Episodes

Tuesday Apr 15, 2014
Episode 61: Lagrange Point Live Part 1 - Mythconceptions
Tuesday Apr 15, 2014
Tuesday Apr 15, 2014
We bust some common science mythconceptions in part 1 of the Lagrange Point Panel show live in front of an audience at YSA Melbourne's Open Day. What's cooler a kettle or a meteorite? Where's the edge of space? Why do bulls charge at red? All of these in more as our panel busts myths to compete for points and glory!

Tuesday Apr 08, 2014
Episode 60: Thinking Caps, Recognising Faces And Too Many Glasses Of Water
Tuesday Apr 08, 2014
Tuesday Apr 08, 2014
Can you boost your learning by wearing thinking cap? Can you read someones mind through the combination of facial recognition and MRI machines? How do we know when to stop when we've had too much water? All this and more on this week's episode of Lagrange Point!

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.

Tuesday Feb 25, 2014
Episode 54: Culls, Ethics And Bringing Animals Back From The Dead
Tuesday Feb 25, 2014
Tuesday Feb 25, 2014
The great white shark, badgers and wolves all share one thing in common; controversial culls. We talk about the science and ethics of these, along with the ultimate question - which animal would you bring back from extinction!

Tuesday Feb 18, 2014
Episode 53: Winning Gold At The Olympics With Hot Pants, Gps And Wind Tunnels
Tuesday Feb 18, 2014
Tuesday Feb 18, 2014
How do you win gold medals at the Olympics? With hot pants of course! We talk about the science of the Olympics including wind tunnels, GPS, maps, and great diets! We talk about how science can help you win gold.

Tuesday Feb 11, 2014
Episode 52 - Street Science Part 2 - Living In Space And What Food Is Safe
Tuesday Feb 11, 2014
Tuesday Feb 11, 2014
Part 2 of our Street Science special where we ask young scientists across Melbourne if they'd want to live in space forever if it meant not coming back to earth, and how humans learnt what food was safe to eat.

Tuesday Feb 04, 2014
Episode 51 - Street Science Part 1 - Black Holes And Animals In Casinos
Tuesday Feb 04, 2014
Tuesday Feb 04, 2014
In this week's episode we bring science to the streets, and ask some young scientists what they feel about some of the latest scientific research! How do black holes work and which animal would be best to help you win big at a casino? We talk to our young scientists and get their own funny and insightful ideas before exploring the real science.

Tuesday Jan 28, 2014
Episode 50: Randomness, Bees, Robot Language And Dinosaurs
Tuesday Jan 28, 2014
Tuesday Jan 28, 2014
Just how random is random, and what do sharks, bees and humans all have in common? How do we make robots bond and speak like humans? What happens when you're an Apex Predator and someone challenges your throne? All this and more in a bumper special of Lagrange Point.

Tuesday Jan 21, 2014
Episode 49: Bronx Frogs, Listening With Your Mouth And Hacking Frog's Brains
Tuesday Jan 21, 2014
Tuesday Jan 21, 2014
New species discovered in the bronx, hacking the brain, and insights into evolution and romance; frogs sure have a lot to teach us about biology. We learn about some of the latest, greatest and funniest frog science.

Tuesday Jan 14, 2014
Episode 48: Lovely Lizards, Legless Lizards, And Laconic Lizards
Tuesday Jan 14, 2014
Tuesday Jan 14, 2014
What do you call a lizard with no legs? What do lizards, billboards and fashion have in common? In what big cities can you find new species of lizards? What happens when a lizard falls in love? Find out some amazing things about chameleons, legless lizards and lizards in love in this lizard special!

Tuesday Jan 07, 2014
Episode 47: The Exceptions To The Rules And Breaking The Laws Of Physics
Tuesday Jan 07, 2014
Tuesday Jan 07, 2014
Sometimes our best theories fall apart in tough circumstances. Negative temperatures, chemistry that ignores the rules of ionic bonding and perfect cellular copies are all possible at the edges of science, theoretically. We explore these exceptions to the rules and how theories change and grow.

Thursday Jan 02, 2014
Episode 2 - Breast feeding dinos, Crazy Kickstarters and a Human magnet
Thursday Jan 02, 2014
Thursday Jan 02, 2014
Welcome to Lagrange Point! Tune in for an informative but funny look into the world of science from the Young Scientists of Australia. Come and hang out at the Lagrange Point whilst we talk about:
-Could you be a human magnet?
-Did dinos breastfeed their young?
-Fact or Fiction, which crazy kickstarter projects are real and which are fake.

Thursday Jan 02, 2014
Episode 3 - 3D Printers Special
Thursday Jan 02, 2014
Thursday Jan 02, 2014
Come check out YSA's podcast Lagrange Point where we hang out and talk about interesting ideas in science! In this week's episode we have a bumper special on 3D printers including:
-3D printing pens
-How 3D printing really works
-Bionic hearts
-Replica valentines chocolates and gummi bears
-Cool business card ideas
-Robotic bat wings

Thursday Jan 02, 2014
Episode 4 - All About Asteroids
Thursday Jan 02, 2014
Thursday Jan 02, 2014
Come hang out at the Lagrange Point, YSA's podcast where we take a comedic and interesting look at the world of science. This week we look into space to check out neighbours with topics including:
-Asteroid deflection with paint ball guns
-Asteroids craters being the creators of life
-Asteroid hunting satellites
-Asteroid mining

Thursday Jan 02, 2014
Episode 5 - Iron man suits, fact or fiction and curing blindess
Thursday Jan 02, 2014
Thursday Jan 02, 2014
Come hang out at the Lagrange Point, the Young Scientists of Australia podcast. This week we tackle the world of bionics and play our fact or fiction game! We delve into the world of:
-Iron man suits
-Controllable scent suits
-Bionic Eyes
-Kickstarter cyborg projects

Thursday Jan 02, 2014
Episode 6 - Plasma wings, Teleportation and quantum computers
Thursday Jan 02, 2014
Thursday Jan 02, 2014
Ever wanted to know how to use particle physics to teleport, to fly super fast using plasma wings or to super charge computing using micro drum quantum computers? The Young Scientist of Australia Podcast, Lagrange Point delves into the world of quantum mechanics and particle physics!