Archive for July, 2007

035 – Dr Adrian Gentle – Introduction to Regge Calculus

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

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 […]

034 – Max Planck

Monday, July 30th, 2007

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

BM featured on iTunes

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Hi all, Some great news – Brains Matter has been featured on the iTunes Australia music store on the front page for podcasts: It’s also sitting at #6 for science podcasts on ITMS Australia: -OG

Global Warming – ‘Scepticism is fine, falsification is a completely different thing’

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

Sun not responsible for recent warming Study of climate sceptics The Great Global Warming Swindle Hack interview with David Karoly Some say that the ABC shouldnt be airing it. Others say it’s truth. Hack caught up with David Karoly, a scientist who appears in the debate airing after the documentary

Global Warming – ‘Scepticism is fine, falsification is a completely different thing’

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

Sun not responsible for recent warming Study of climate sceptics The Great Global Warming Swindle Hack interview with David Karoly Some say that the ABC shouldnt be airing it. Others say it’s truth. Hack caught up with David Karoly, a scientist who appears in the debate airing after the documentary

033 – Interview with Dr Adrian Gentle – General Relativity

Friday, July 13th, 2007

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 […]

Cosmos articles

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

Sun in the clear over global warming A solar radiation study is evidence that global warming over the past two decades cannot be blamed on the Sun, a theory espoused by climate-change sceptics. Maths proves the silliness of silly walks Scientists have explained mathematically why the famous “silly walks” of Monty Python’s John Cleese have […]

Useful info

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is showing the mockumentary, masquerading as a documentary, called “The Great Global Warming Swindle”. Unfortunately, it’s being pitched as a documentary, and those who do not have an understanding of science, climatology, or plain logic, may be fooled into believing it. There have been many deconstructions of it, and it includes […]

Some July science news

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

Saturn moon looks like a sponge (ABC Australia science news) Scientists make landmark DNA discoveries (ABC Australia science news) Vatican reveals Roman necropolis (news.com.au) Mercury probe swings by Venus (Discovery channel) Future universe will ‘stop expanding’ (National Geographic) Lava microbes lived on early earth (Discovery channel) Meditator’s brains seem alert (ABC Australia science news) Earth […]

Another Dr Karl link

Saturday, July 7th, 2007

The Missing Day (click here)