On today’s shortened episode, I talk pose the conundrum – by what measure do you consider someone as a great – or the greatest – Olympian? Plus some listener feedback. Download MP3 of Ep 69 Please vote for this podcast this month at You can donate by clicking on the button above, and subscribe by […]
Time for a slightly different episode. We all have our favourite movies, books, and tv shows that have scientific characters. From the Professor in Gilligans Island to Q in James Bond to Dr Watson in Sherlock Holmes. Join Marc West (from the Mr Science Show) and I as we talk about our favourite fictional scientists, […]
In astronomical news recently – it was announced that the Milky Way has two less arms than originally thought. How? Why? And what’s a galaxy to start with? To answer these questions, I talk to Dr Pamela Gay, an astronomer from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, who tells us all why this is so. Also featured […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dr Hunter Mulcare is a clinical health psychologist who has also done research work in the area of psychology. Psycho-oncology is a relatively new area within psychology. It is the psychological study of cancer patients. Dr Mulcare talked to me about some of his research into this area. What is the appropriate amount of information […]
In this episode, I continue my talk with Dr Sarah Maddison from the Swinburne University of Technology on how planets form. If you missed part 1 of the interview, please listen to the previous show. This is part 2 of a 2 part interview. Download MP3 of Ep 63 Please vote for this podcast this […]
In this episode, I talk to Dr Sarah Maddison from the Swinburne University of Technology on how planets form – both in our solar system, and other systems around the universe. We discuss the standard solar system as we know it – and “Hot Jupiters” that have been discovered around distant stars – and how […]
In this episode I speak to Dr Geoff Campbell, honorary research fellow from the school of mathematics from La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. Dr Campbell talked to me about his pioneering research work, including that of Visible Lattice Points, in the area of pure mathematics. He also talks about their application in the real […]
Dr Hunter Mulcare is a clinical health psychologist who has also done research work in the area of psychology. Dr Mulcare talked to me about what psychology is, what it is useful for, and about some of the research he has done especially in the area of drug and alcohol research. He also shares his […]
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