Synopsis
A soap box for all things scientific, with short talks about research, industry and policy from people with something thoughtful to say about science.
Episodes
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Creating the perfect sports team
18/04/2020 Duration: 11minStar players don't mean a champion team.
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Can a river sing?
11/04/2020 Duration: 12minIf the (once) mighty Murray could sing, how would it sound?
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Moving beyond 'us' and 'them'
04/04/2020 Duration: 08minWhy does talk of climate change always seem to end up with 'us' and 'them'?
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Fire, hope and healing
28/03/2020 Duration: 10minWhen your coping mechanism is destroyed, how to cope?
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People, animals and pandemics
21/03/2020 Duration: 11minThe Spanish Flu devastated the world a century before COVID-19.
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Forensic archaeology
14/03/2020 Duration: 11minNuclear technolgy is revealing the historical travels of ancient ochres.
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How to run a research institute
07/03/2020 Duration: 10minIt's time to say goodbye to 'research hotels'.
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Is all freshwater up for grabs?
29/02/2020 Duration: 11minUp to 5 per cent of the world's fresh water is buried under the sea. Should we tap it?
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How to fake acupuncture
22/02/2020 Duration: 11minYou can't fake sticking needles into someone, without a little magic ...
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The future is one part tequila
15/02/2020 Duration: 12minCould three crops transform our farming - and our climate impact?
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Is eating meat bad for you?
08/02/2020 Duration: 11minWhat makes food 'good' goes well beyond science and health.
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The greatest time machine ever invented
01/02/2020 Duration: 08minHow to study the ancient rocks of Antarctica without leaving South Australia.
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Down with war ... on cancer
25/01/2020 Duration: 11minCould we treat cancer better by doing less? Surgeon Christobel Saunders thinks so.
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It could happen to your child
14/12/2019 Duration: 11minYou're carrying a few lethal genes, but how would you know? Ockham's Razor returns January 26, 2020.
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Einstein's physics for kids
07/12/2019 Duration: 11minCan kids understand relativity and quantum physics?
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Green energy for lazy people
30/11/2019 Duration: 11minJemma Green is building a path of least resistance to renewable energy.
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HealthLit4Kids
23/11/2019 Duration: 12minA little health literacy program in Tassie is making waves on a global stage.
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Tackling obesity with a twist
16/11/2019 Duration: 12minTreating obesity is never as simple as eat less, exercise more.
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The end of tobacco smoking
09/11/2019 Duration: 12minTobacco smoking has caused untold death and disease. But is a world without cigarettes possible? Public health academic Coral Gartner has a dream ... and a plan.
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Nudity, easels and the science of embodiment
02/11/2019 Duration: 12minZoe Kean has always suspected that taking part in life drawing classes changes us - and now she's found a scientist who shares her curiosity and has begun to study the effect.