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The Mr Science Show

Your weekly prescription of popular science in a social context. Check out www.mrscienceshow.com for more info.

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04:23

Bonus Video: Why I never became an actor....

The Mr Science Show ·

2010/03/17

This video is not particularly sciencey - but is bonus material for my lovely iPhone app subscribers. The vid from 1995 aptly portrays why I followed science and I never went into acting. We made this video about the crime fighters Brad and VD when in Year 11. Those involved have ended up being quite creative - director Nick as a digital producer, and actor Scott as a designer. A good look back on the days of analogue tape. We were clearly influenced by Get Smart.

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09:54

Ep 124: Liberals, atheists, intelligence, cocaine...

The Mr Science Show ·

2010/03/16

Liberals, atheists, intelligence, cocaine deaths and the temperature? What do these things have in common? The answer? Correlation of the Week of course. This podcast concerns our two most recent Correlations of the Week: Liberals and Atheists Are More Intelligent; Cocaine overdoses and the Weather.

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18:22

Ep 123: Remote Medicine

The Mr Science Show ·

2010/03/04

Wadeye is a remote town in Australia's Northern Territory. It has a population of roughly 2500 people, 2200 of whom are Indigenous Australians, and as such is one of Australia's largest indigenous communities. The town is over 200 km southwest of Darwin, and during the wet season the only way in and out of the town is by air, as the roads are completely cut off. The town has a number of social issues, with gang violence making international headlines in 2006. On average there are 16 people per house

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23:47

Ep 122: Science of Superheroes - Wolverine (Part 2)

The Mr Science Show ·

2010/02/13

This is the second part of our series on the science of Wolverine - specifically, how can we create Wolverine in the lab? Join Dr Boob and myself as we journey through Wolverine's characteristics and how they may be recreated in a human. Read more on Wolverine in part 1 of this series. Specifically in this episode, we tackle the topics of: What would happen to your bones if you completely covered them with metal? Bones are living parts of your body and make red blood cells, platelets and bone

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12:25

Ep 121: Science of Superheroes - Wolverine (Part 1)

The Mr Science Show ·

2010/02/01

Wolverine is probably the best known of the X-Men. Commonly known as Logan, Wolverine is a mutant who has animal-keen senses, super bodily strength, retracting claws, and the ability to almost instantly heal himself from injury. And thanks to some evil scientists, he has the near indestructible (and fictional) metal alloy adamantium fused to his bones, meaning that his claws and skeleton are almost unbreakable. In the second episode of our regular series on the science of superheroes, biochemist Dr

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07:40

Ep 120: Correlation of the week, housework and sex

The Mr Science Show ·

2010/01/16

There's nothing quite like pulling on the rubber gloves, splashing each other with dirty dish-water and then reaching for the vacuum cleaner with the adjustable nozzle to get you in mood for love. The first Correlation of the Week for 2010 is awarded to Constance Gager, from Montclair State University, and Scott Yabiku, from Arizona State University, who discovered that wives and husbands who spend more hours in housework and paid work report more frequent sex. They theorise that women and men who

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06:57

Ep 119: Alien Vox Pop and (re)introducing The Beer...

The Mr Science Show ·

2009/12/10

The Beer Drinking Scientists are back! It's been two and a half years since our last episode, but Darren Osborne, editor of ABC Science Online, and I have got back together over a beer in Sydney to chat about the pressing scientific issues of the day - in this case, alien life. We chat about the latest scientific research and discoveries in areas such as astrobiology, SETI and exoplanets, and also to others in pub to hear their opinions. In this Mr Science Show episode, you can hear the vox pop

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30:48

Bonus Audio - The Beer Drinking Scientists are back

The Mr Science Show ·

2009/12/10

The Beer Drinking Scientists are back! It’s been two and a half years since our last episode, but Darren Osborne and Marc West have got back together over a beer in Sydney to chat about the pressing scientific issues of the day - in this case, alien life. As you have downloaded the Mr Science iphone app, this is bonus audio for you. In this episode, we chat about the latest scientific research and discoveries in areas such as astrobiology, SETI and exoplanets. We also chat to others in pub,

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20:58

Ep 118: Astrobiology and the search for...

The Mr Science Show ·

2009/11/20

Astrobiology is a fascinating and complex field of science. It is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe, and is a relatively new field of science incorporating astronomy, biology, geology, palaeontology, physics, mathematics and other disciplines. It is even more fascinating given that we have never actually discovered life anywhere else in the universe! Dr Carol Oliver is a science communication researcher working for the Australian Centre for

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26:41

Bonus Episode - The Beer Drinking Scientists take on...

The Mr Science Show ·

2009/11/17

October 15 is Blog Action Day 2009 and this year's topic is Climate Change. The idea is to raise awareness of the topic, so I thought I'd get in on the act - it is still October 15 in some parts of the world... Climate Change is arguably our most pressing human concern. If you are interested in what it is, who’s responsible and why we should care, then an easy way to enter the debate is to have a listen to our 2007 Beer Drinking Scientists episode on the topic. We recorded this in 2007 over a beer

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18:16

Ep 117: The Science of Superheroes - Mystique (X-men)

The Mr Science Show ·

2009/11/17

Ever wondered whether it is scientifically possible to become a superhero? In a new series of podcasts, Dr Christopher Pettigrew (aka Dr Boob*) and I are going to tackle this question. Chris is a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Biochemistry in University College Cork, and in these podcast episodes - which we will publish more than a few times a year - we will uncover whether it is possible now to possess the powers of superheroes, and if we can't, whether in the near future we could

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11:45

Ep 116: Terence Tao and Prime Numbers

The Mr Science Show ·

2009/10/19

Terence Tao is a Professor at the Department of Mathematics, UCLA and one of Australia's most acclaimed mathematicians. Indeed, he is arguably the world's greatest living mathematician. In 2006, he was awarded a Fields Medal, which is the top prize a mathematician can win, and at 24 became the youngest ever full professor at UCLA. I recently went to Tao's Clay–Mahler Lecturer at UNSW, which was a fascinating look at prime numbers. I managed to grab Terence for a quick chat.Primes are integers that

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04:53

Ep 115 (Enhanced): Dust storms in Sydney

The Mr Science Show ·

2009/09/29

The dust is finally starting to clear from Sydney, leaving a ruddy orange layer of muck all over the city. This podcast goes with our previous article Red Sydney, and as well as being a description of the science involved, is a video slide show of photos of the dust-storm. All the photos in this enhanced podcast come from flickr and are available to use under Creative Commons licences.

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07:28

Ep 114: The Science of Coffee

The Mr Science Show ·

2009/09/14

Following on the heels of our Science of Cocktails podcast, we have an episode for the morning after – The Science of Coffee. At the recent Science of Coffee event at Lushbucket Cafe as part of The Ultimo Science Festival, I spoke to Rafael Bartkowski from Campos Coffee about the scientific method of making coffee, the most important steps in the process, how to decaffeinate coffee and where in the world you can find the best cup.

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11:50

Ep 113: The science of cocktails

The Mr Science Show ·

2009/09/07

Manuel Terron is a celebrity chef with the Lifestyle Channel program Mixing with the Best - he is described as a Mixologist, writer and bar consultant, and has been working in the bar/cocktail industry for 17 years. He's also described as sultry and I know my better half certainly had an eye on him.... Manuel ran an event called The Science of Cocktails during the Ultimo Science Festival. It was a fantastic event, and apart from learning how to make margaritas and martinis, Manuel took us on the

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09:24

Ep 112: Jon Lomberg, the Voyager Gold Record, and the...

The Mr Science Show ·

2009/08/30

Jon Lomberg is one of the world's most distinguished space-artists. Lomberg was Carl Sagan's principal artistic collaborator for more than twenty years and in 1998, the International Astronomical Union officially named Asteroid Lomberg in his honour. In 1972, Sagan asked Lomberg to illustrate The Cosmic Connection, after which they worked on NASA's interstellar Voyager Golden Record, a record included in the two 1977 Voyager spacecraft. It contains sounds and images that portray the various life

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15:59

Ep 111: The Ultimo Science Festival, and sending text...

The Mr Science Show ·

2009/08/23

This week's podcast celebrates the start of the Ultimo Science Festival - ten days and nights of science fun for families, schools, and people of all ages. The festival is presented by the Powerhouse Museum, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The University of Technology Sydney and TAFE NSW. It runs mainly in the Ultimo precinct near Central Station and Harris St - see the map on Google maps here. Most events are free and held from Friday August 21 through to Sunday August 30, 2009.In this

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19:29

Ep 110: Coral, the Stone Henge of the Pacific, and...

The Mr Science Show ·

2009/08/07

This week's podcast takes us back across the ocean to discover more of the sights, sounds and science of Tonga - see our previous episode for more on Tongan blowholes and whales. On location in Tonga, we tackle the topics of: Haʻamonga ʻa Maui - otherwise known as The Stone Henge of the Pacific. This is an ancient 12-tonne stone trilithon whose purpose is not exactly known, much like that other Stone Henge in the UK. A previous King of Tonga, Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, once claimed it had an

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19:21

Ep 109: Tongan Blowholes and Whales

The Mr Science Show ·

2009/07/19

The Kingdom of Tonga is an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean comprising 169 islands stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres. It is the only sovereign monarchy in the Pacific and takes pride in its claim that it was never colonised.I recently spent a wonderful two weeks in Tonga - the islands completely live up to their billing as the Friendly Islands - Captain Cook gave Tonga this moniker after his first visit in 1773 when he was treated to various festivals. It was only later that

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13:22

Ep 108: Correlations of the week - vampires and...

The Mr Science Show ·

2009/07/05

This week on the podcast we tackle two Correlations of the week published recently here on The Mr Science Show: Do the number of Vampire and Zombie movies released each year depend on whether the US president is Republican or Democrat? Is the winner of the Ashes cricket series between Australia and England dependant on the El Nino effect?

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