Archive for January, 2009

082 – Dr Allie Ford – Introduction to Astrobiology

Monday, January 26th, 2009

In this episode, continue my talk with Dr Allie Ford of Monash University about Astrobiology. We cover the following topics: – Extremophiles – Could life exist deep inside the Jovian planets? – Why would it be beneficial to find life elsewhere? – Europa as a possible candidate for life – How likely is it that […]

081 – Dr Allie Ford – Introduction to Astrobiology

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

In this episode, I talk to Dr Allie Ford of Monash University about Astrobiology. We cover the following questions: – What is astrobiology? – The Urey/Miller experiment – Do amino acids lead to life? – What is life anyway? – What conditions are required for life? – The possibility of life elsewhere in our solar […]

RSS Feed Update

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Hi all, As I mentioned yesterday, google has purchased feedburner, and as a result, the RSS feed for Brains Matter will be changing. The new feed, thanks to the imaginative folks at google, is http://feeds2.feedburner.com/BrainsMatter So what does this mean for you? If you’re using iTunes, it should hopefully not make much of a difference. […]

RSS feed update

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Hi all, Just letting you know, if you experience difficulties with the feed over the next couple of weeks, that is because feedburner and google are having a bit of fun and games at the expense of many podcasters (this isn’t the only podcast that has been affected). So bear with me while these issues […]