Archive for June, 2008

Science, Learning, and the fun we have in the process…

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

A bunch of people have asked me why I do a podcast. Some even ask why I do a science podcast. Paring that back a bit, it comes down to a couple of real questions.
1) Why science?
2) Why podcast?

To answer the first part - I’ve always loved science. Ever since I was knee high to [...]

066 - Seth Shostak - The Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Dr Seth Shostak is a senior astronomer at the SETI Institute - we discuss the SETI program and about the possibility of intelligent life out there; the Drake Equation and how soon it might be before we find extra terrestrial life of some form.
Also featured on today’s show are the Brain Teaser, Pin of the [...]

065 - Dr Pilar Gil-Pons - Binary Stars

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Dr Pilar Gil Pons is a postdoctoral researcher in the area of super asymptotic giant branch stars who has just received a grant by the Spanish government to work on SAGB stars at Monash University in Australia.
She also happens to be an expert on binary stars, which is what I talked to her about in [...]