Heating and Health, with Dr Radha Modgil
With energy bills skyrocketing of late, many of us are thinking twice before putting the heating on, or maybe not even putting it on at all. But what effect could living in a cold home have on our hea...
4 Marras 202216min
The e-waste dilemma, with Josh Lepawsky
Is your smartphone becoming more environmentally friendly? Are tech companies doing enough to reduce their carbon footprint? Josh Lepawsky, a researcher in the geography of waste shares his views on t...
31 Loka 202226min
COVID in waste, with Dave O’Connor and Marc Johnson
In this episode Jason speaks to virologists Dave O’Connor and Marc Johnson from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. For the past year they have been hunting down a heavily mutated strain of SARS-Co...
27 Loka 202220min
Irrational thinking and beliefs, with Steven Pinker
Are we innately rational or irrational beings? What’s the common psychology that leads people to be sucked into conspiracy theories? Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker shares his theories about rationa...
23 Loka 202233min
Flies, with Dr Erica McAlister
Yes, we moan about them biting us, landing on our food and invading our picnics, but did you know that flies are extremely important pollinators? And they also polish off a lot of the dead and decompo...
20 Loka 202234min
Medical Detection Dogs, Dr Claire Guest
Can animals sniff out cancer? Absolutely they can! It turns out that a dog’s incredible sense of smell can sniff out prostate cancer from a urine sample. Indeed, one recent study suggested that a dog ...
16 Loka 202245min
Holding the Universe in your hands, with Dr Kimberly Arcand
What if you could hold a supernova in the palm of your hand? Or what if you could listen to a black hole? Dr Kimberly Arcand, a data visualiser for NASA, explains how astrophysics is moving beyond fla...
13 Loka 202234min
The science of learning music, with Adriana Barton
Picking up an instrument is something we’ve all done, or thought about doing. But what is actually going on in our brains when we do? We talk to health writer and cellist Adriana Barton about her book...
9 Loka 202219min
