Lagrange Point

What do Mosh Pits, Mauraders maps and beauty have in common? Mathematics of course! In today's episode we get into some mysteries of mathematics and how it relates to everyday life. We look at modelling mosh pits, robots with marauders maps and mathematical definitions of beauty.

We break down some codes and learn how we protect secrets from the past and into the future. We look at the history of code breaking from Ancient Greece, through to Medieval courts and the world wars. We look at the way internet security works, and how we can break codes in the future using mathematics and quantum computing

Are you being bombared by absurd study 'advice' or tricks for getting through exams? In this week's episode we bust a whole bunch of exams and studying myths to try and figure out what works and what is pure fiction! Including associative learning, sleep deprivation, cramming, and strange studying superstitions.

Want the best tools to help your learning? We investigate brain training, if vitamins boos ttest scores and the benefits of using ebooks for learning!

In this week's Lagrange Point, there is a politic-oil spill, nanotech arms to help you lift like an Octopi based scientist with a PhD, and we talk about how bling can be used to fight bacteria!

We transmute feathers into plastic, learn what animals can lie like humans and how the colour of a container can impact your taste!

We pay homage to the Kaiju genre by delving into the science behind giant monsters, the impossibilities of Godzilla, evolution, and what makes these movies so entertaining to watch.

We rock your world with some exciting geology news about silent earthquakes, continents drifting apart and our city of science Christchurch and their earthquake research.