Synopsis
Up and Atom brings you the latest breakthroughs and discoveries in the ever-changing world of science. Sometimes weird, sometimes confronting, always informative, come learn about the world around. Hosted by Alice Williamson (@all_isee), University of Sydney lecturer and researcher for Open Source Malaria, each week on Up For It with Ruby Miles.
Episodes
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Culling Cane Toads and Starfish
23/09/2015 Duration: 08minGeorgia Hitch and Alice Williamson take a look at new ways to solve some of the infestations threatening our fragile ecosystems.
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Underwater Time Capsules and Book-Based Filters
22/09/2015 Duration: 08minToday on Up For It we have a water theme - Alice Williamson and Georgia Hitch talk about how subterranean water can reveal evolutionary secrets, and how old books teach us about filtration.
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Yeasty Opioids and Shock-Therapy Condors
09/09/2015 Duration: 10minAlice Williamson and Georgia Hitch talk about using yeast to synthesise opiates, and how electro-shock therapy is saving condors.
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Science Week and Watery Condoms
09/09/2015 Duration: 09minAlice Williamson and Georgia Hitch discuss water-based polymer condoms, and all the great stuff happening around the place during Science Week.
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Shrimp Sunscreen and a Fruity Hangover Cure
09/09/2015 Duration: 09minGeorgia Hitch and Alice Williamson talk foodstuffs on Up and Atom: How can shrimp be used to prevent a nasty sunburn, and could fruit be the answer to a post-drink hangover?
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Palaeolithic Dentistry and Extraterrestrial Radio
08/08/2015 Duration: 10minNick Watts and Alice Williamson discuss the birth of the world's most hated profession, as well as how radio can get us in touch with extraterrestrial life.
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Fishy Sunscreen and Pears as a Hangover Cure
04/08/2015 Duration: 09minAlex Williamson talks with Georgia Hitch about how chemicals in algae, fish mucus and shrimp shells can be made into a super-sunscreen and how pears can be used to help ward off hangovers.
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Windsurfing Spiders and Cancer-detecting dogs
18/07/2015 Duration: 08minAlex Williamson talks with Georgia Hitch about spiders capable of aquatic transportation, as well as a new move to use dogs to sniff out cancer.
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Facial Recognition, Crime and Lazy Pandas
18/07/2015 Duration: 09minGeorgia Hitch and our new Up and Atom host Alice Williamson take a look at the link between exposure to faces of fear and juvenile delinquency, as well as why pandas are so darn lazy.
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Jim Morisson and his lizard
10/06/2013Hear Wendy Zukerman talk about a lizard species named after self proclaimed lizard king Jim Morisson and new research that shows that neurons in the brain do actually regenerate
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The future for Painted Turtles and uncovering Earth's foul stench
07/05/2013Wendy Zuc talks the future of North American Painted Turtles in the face of Global Warming and uncovering some fossilised bacteria that suggests 1.9 billion years ago earth smelt like rotten eggs!
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Scratching is Contagious and Scanning Rapper Brains
20/12/2012Scratching is Contagious and Scanning the Brain's of free-styling rappers reveals insights into creativity
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