Archive for April, 2010

April update

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Hi all, A couple of bits of news. Firstly, the Brains Matter podcast, along with the Monash Science Centre, will be joining forces during National Science Week 2010 and will have a live show to the public. The topic of the show will be an interview following the topic of “From Slime to Dinosaurs to […]

113 – Maria Maltseva – The Discovery Institute

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Maria is an editor, writer and attorney from Washington State in the US, and is well known in the Skeptics community in the US. She spoke to me about the Discovery Institute and the agenda they are trying to push in science classes in the USA. – What IS the Discovery Institute? – What are […]

112 – Prof Roger Short and Evan Bittner – Taronga Zoo Baby Elephant Birth

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

In today’s episode, I talk to both Professor Roger Short and Evan Bittner from the University of Melbourne on several topics related to the Asian Elephant, including the recent “miracle birth” of the baby elephant at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo. Topics we cover include: – Some of the latest news with Prof Short and Evan Bittner’s […]