Ockham's Razor - Program Podcast

What questions should you ask of research, a press release, or a journalist's article about that new health or science development to make sure it's legit?

Understanding the links between animal and human health is key to preventing the next viral pandemic.

Do you have any input into the design of the products you buy and consume day-to-day? Your phone, laptop, clothes, even your food?

How do we have meaningful advances in our understanding of gender when biologists and gender theorists are at odds?

Franz Nopcsa — a troubled aristocrat, a brilliant scientist, a one-time spy ... and a co-founder of the field of paleobiology.

How do you know what effect refugee populations have on the economy of the countries they become a part of?

Would teenagers be more interested in science if they were literally sending objects into space?

John Stapp was a pioneering researcher into the effects of 'rapid human deceleration' — otherwise known as a plane crash — on the body.

Professor Martin Green queries how we dispel the lingering pessimism in Canberra over solar and expand the use of this remarkable technology?

On first blush, they might seem worlds apart. But modern drug research and ancient medicine intertwine in this tale of the fight against malaria's history.

Cross disciplinary research, undergraduate study, postgraduate study, double degrees!

Professor Tom Frame thinks much of what we take for leadership in Canberra and across the country needs to change.

Australian mathematician Nalini Joshi pays a personal tribute to the life and legacy of Maryam Mirzakhani, the first female winner of the Fields Medal, who died in 2017.

The idea that there is something bogus about reality goes back a long way.

There are villains out there, trying to make the most of the rarity of Australia's species by tracking down their locations for the purposes of poaching.

Plonk and moonshine, rum and port — it's all a part of Australia's early story.

Why write books? For some, it's necessary — to find out what we think, and to get the record down for all of history to see.

A trail of outlandish endorsements, supplements, fad diets — and claims sprinkled with the lightest dose of science. These are the hallmarks of a celebrity-turned-'scientist.'

Why is Australia doing badly at launching careers in academic science — and what can be done?

What's safe, and how can we be taken seriously if we think we are food sensitive?