That's What I Call Science!

Stomping around the park and learning about science, what could be more fun? Join Kate Johnson and Lucile Leveque at Science in the Park. You’ll hear from children who are learning about science by o…

Handfish are a type of anglerfish endemic to Australia. Most species are considered endangered and little is known about them. This week Niamh and Mibu chat with Tyson Bessell about his research into…

Join Niamh and Sarah in this episode as they talk to Brian Salmon about satellites and engineering.  Brian takes us through how satellite images are processed to become useful and what some of the ke…

Gardening is an age-old pastime, but what can it teach primary school students? This week, Kate Johnson and Lucile Leveque talk to some of the children at Moonah Primary who are cooking and gardening…

The Southern Ocean is not bound by any continent, so how do bushfires from Australia influence marine productivity 1000s of kilometres offshore? This week Olly Dove and Mibu Fischer had a chat with J…

“Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day.”

But what if it doesn’t? From flood prevention to water supply in drought conditions, hydrology and hydraulics protect and help us every day, yet most of …

Citizen Science is the new hotness that explores how ‘non-experts’ can research alongside scientists. ‘Big data’ means there is now more data than can humanly (and computationally) be processed by ex…

A future of faster, safer, and smarter medical imaging is being paved by … physicists??

This week, Sophie talks biomedical imaging, ACROBEAT, and pig spines for safer surgery, with physicist Dr Tess R…

We all know that physical activity is important for a healthy life right? This week, Niamh interviews Associate Professor Verity Cleland about how we can be more physically active and what role our c…

In this episode we interview Dr Andrew Ottaway, the founder of Health Volunteers International. Andrew’s charity aims to improve medical education and capacity building to improve quality of health c…

In this episode, we chat about ageism with sociologist Dr Peta Cook. Ageism is a type of discrimination based solely on age and has a significant impact on our society. We speak about ageist stereoty…

The number of people studying higher level maths in Australia is in decline. Why?
This week, Sophie talks to maths teaching specialist Dr Hayden Tronnolone about maths phobia and maths education in Au…

Kate chats to Dr Penny Jones about her research monitoring air quality, communicating and understanding the intersection of humans and our environment, making decisions about living with fire, and he…

This week Niamh and Hannah interview quantitative marine ecologist Dr Nicole Hill. Together they take a deep dive into Nicole’s research, including her career highlights such as diving into Antarctic…

This week, Niamh and Hannah are joined by Associate Professor Kara Barry from the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture at the University of Tasmania, to explore her work around plants and their relatio…

Join Sarah and Niamh in this episode as they talk to Assoc. Prof. Damien Holloway from the School of Engineering at UTAS about architectural acoustics.  Damien’s diverse engineering career has spanne…

Tune in to hear science and poetry combined and meet the authors behind the poems!

This is the second of two episodes where Kate talks to Tasmanian-based poets reading the poems that they entered in ‘…

Tune in to hear science and poetry combined and meet the authors behind the poems!

This is the first of two episodes where Kate talks to Tasmanian-based poets reading the poems that they entered in ‘T…

What do you do when you know what the plethora of diversity problems facing Women in ICT are and how to fix them, but it seems like an insurmountable task? You bring together a team of stellar women …

Join Sarah and Niamh while they talk to environmental engineer Robyn Bussey.  Robyn’s diverse experiences shows the range and scope of work in the environmental engineering, from runways and infrastr…