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Dr Roger Rassool is a particle physicist from the University of Melbourne. He runs the physics MUPPETS outreach program, aimed at students, and those who are interested in science. I talked to him about the program. Download MP3 of Ep39 Please vote for this podcast this month at You can donate by clicking on the […]

Briony Rogers is the president of the Victorian chapter of EWB Australia. Listen to Briony discuss engineering, the purpose of EWB, as well as some EWB experiences. Engineers Without Borders web site: http://www.ewb.org.au/ Download MP3 of Ep38 Please vote for this podcast this month at You can donate by clicking on the button above, and […]

Scientists have discovered a hole in the universe. A discussion on what they found, plus pin of the episode, listener feedback, and a brain teaser. Today’s promo is of Promotime Download MP3 of Ep37 Please vote for this podcast this month at You can donate by clicking on the button above, and subscribe by subscribing […]

Part 2 of an interview with Dr Adrian Gentle on Regge Calculus – a mathematics that is used to describe space-time. Please listen to episode 35 as an introduction to this episode. Dr Gentle’s web page is at: http://www.usi.edu/science/math/apgentle/ and his papers can be found at arxiv.org Wikipedia link on Regge calculus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regge_Calculus Today’s promo […]

Part 1 of an introduction and setup to understanding Regge Calculus – a mathematics that is used to describe space-time. Dr Gentle’s web page is at: http://www.usi.edu/science/math/apgentle/ and his papers can be found at arxiv.org Wikipedia link on Regge calculus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regge_Calculus The next episode will go into the detail of Regge Calculus. Today’s promo is […]

A brief introduction to physicist Max Planck, the Brain Teaser, Pin of the Episode, and some listener feedback. Download MP3 of Ep34 Please vote for this podcast this month at You can donate by clicking on the button above, and subscribe by subscribing in iTunes digg this

Today I talk with Dr Adrian Gentle, formerly of the Los Alamos National Laboratories, and currently at the University of Southern Indiana, on Einstein’s General Relativity. I would advise you to listen to last week’s episode on Special Relativity as a precursor to this show. Dr Gentle’s web page is at: http://www.usi.edu/science/math/apgentle/ and his papers […]

Today I talk with Dr Adrian Gentle, formerly of the Los Alamos National Laboratories, and currently at the University of Southen Indiana, on a topic that everyone has heard of – but one that not everyone understands. Relativity, and in particular, special relativity. Dr Gentle’s web page is at: http://www.usi.edu/science/math/apgentle/ and his papers can be […]

Short show today including a brief introduction to thermodynamics and the movie Blade Runner. Pin of the episode, and a promo of the CaffiNation podcast. Download MP3 of Ep31 Please vote for this podcast this month at You can donate by clicking on the button above, and subscribe by subscribing in iTunes or manually with […]

I talk with Dr Zachary Moore, from the Department of Biophysics and Molecular Genetics from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, regarding evolution, and to tackle the questions that some nay-sayers have about it. Dr Moore’s website is http://www.drzach.net/ Download MP3 of Ep30 Please vote for this podcast this month at You […]