Episodes
Tuesday Apr 01, 2014
Episode 59: Lying Eyes, Tricking The Nose And Robotic Biologists
Tuesday Apr 01, 2014
Tuesday Apr 01, 2014
Can you tell someone is lying by looking them in the eyes? Just how many smells can our nose really tell apart? Can we automate creating and testing new crops with robots? Its a biotech fest this week on Lagrange Point.
Tuesday Mar 25, 2014
Episode 58: Gravitational Waves, The Big Bang And The Future Of Astrophysics
Tuesday Mar 25, 2014
Tuesday Mar 25, 2014
Want to know how gravitational waves work and what their discovery means? So did we, so we had dinner with a physicist to find out more! We even explored the big unanswered questions around the big bang and how we can solve them with quantum computing.
Tuesday Mar 18, 2014
Episode 57: Staying safe in the air, Corrosion, Fatigue And Black Boxes
Tuesday Mar 18, 2014
Tuesday Mar 18, 2014
How do we keep the our air planes safe in the sky? What science and engineering are used to manage corrosion and fatigue in our airplanes? What's the Australian connection to the safety feature Black Box?
Tuesday Mar 11, 2014
Episode 56: Memory, Sleep, Pet Language And Brains In A Jar
Tuesday Mar 11, 2014
Tuesday Mar 11, 2014
Do our pets understand our language? How does your brain give the signal to shut down your body and would you like to spend your days as a brain in a jar? All this in more in our memory and brains special.
Tuesday Mar 04, 2014
Episode 55: Video Games, Ethics, Twitch And Group Decision Making
Tuesday Mar 04, 2014
Tuesday Mar 04, 2014
What makes video game trolls tick? Why are twitch played games so chaotic? Are there scientific reasons behind MMO behaviour and can video games actually help peoples lives? All of this and more including Not Even Rocket Surgery.