The Nobel Prizes are really pretty famous. But what about the guy who set them up?

Rod tells Will the story of Alfred Nobel!

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The Nobel Prizes are really pretty famous. But what about the guy who set them up?

Rod tells Will the story of Alfred Nobel!

The Wholesome Show is Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant, proudly brought to you by The Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science!

In 1996 the US Air Force released an 'ideas paper' exploring how "US aerospace forces can ‘own the weather’ by capitalising on emerging technologies and focusing development of those technologies to war-fighting applications."

In short, they were looking at making weather a weapon against their enemies!

Will tells Rod about the history behind this idea...

The Wholesome Show is Dr Will Grant and Dr Rod Lamberts, proudly brought to you by the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science!

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In 1996 the US Air Force released an 'ideas paper' exploring how "US aerospace forces can ‘own the weather’ by capitalising on emerging technologies and focusing development of those technologies to war-fighting applications."

In short, they were looking at making weather a weapon against their enemies!

Will tells Rod about the history behind this idea...

The Wholesome Show is Dr Will Grant and Dr Rod Lamberts, proudly brought to you by the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science!

In 1966 a group of US Army scientists wanted to find out just how vulnerable the New York Subway system was to a biological attack.

The good news? They found it was... pretty vulnerable.

The bad news? The way they found this out was... pretty dodgy.

Will tells Rod and Hans all about it!

The Wholesome Show is Dr Will Grant and Dr Rod Lamberts, joined today by Dr Hans Thulstrup, and proudly presented by The Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science!

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In 1966 a group of US Army scientists wanted to find out just how vulnerable the New York Subway system was to a biological attack.

The good news? They found it was... pretty vulnerable.

The bad news? The way they found this out was... pretty dodgy.

Will tells Rod and Hans all about it!

The Wholesome Show is Dr Will Grant and Dr Rod Lamberts, joined today by Dr Hans Thulstrup, and proudly presented by The Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science!

Kant holds that the fundamental principle of our moral duties is a categorical imperative. For people who listen to Heavy Metal, that means categorising music with the most awesome array of sub-categories you can imagine!

Rod tells Will (and Hans!) all about the science of Heavy Metal!

The Wholesome Show is Rod Lamberts and Will Grant, joined today by Hans Thulstrup! Proudly brought to you by The Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science!

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Kant holds that the fundamental principle of our moral duties is a categorical imperative. For people who listen to Heavy Metal, that means categorising music with the most awesome array of sub-categories you can imagine!

Rod tells Will (and Hans!) all about the science of Heavy Metal!

The Wholesome Show is Rod Lamberts and Will Grant, joined today by Hans Thulstrup! Proudly brought to you by The Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science!

It's a sad fact of humanity that people who don't know much about something wildly over estimate how good they are at that thing. Heard about Iran's nuclear program? Then you're basically an expert. Played a video game with a helicopter? You're basically a pilot.

This phenomenon is known as the Dunning-Kruger effect.

But it's not just a reason we should calm down our self-estimation, it has real world consequences. Rod tells Will more!

The Wholesome Show is Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant, proudly brought to you by The Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science!

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It's a sad fact of humanity that people who don't know much about something wildly over estimate how good they are at that thing. Heard about Iran's nuclear program? Then you're basically an expert. Played a video game with a helicopter? You're basically a pilot.

This phenomenon is known as the Dunning-Kruger effect.

But it's not just a reason we should calm down our self-estimation, it has real world consequences. Rod tells Will more!

The Wholesome Show is Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant, proudly brought to you by The Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science!