Einstein A Go-Go

Dr Shane, Dr Laura, Dr Linden and Dr Ray discuss the T-rex dinosaur speed, fish under stress, cost of CO2 on future generations, extensive look at coastal erosion, how Tuna fish use their lymphatic system and mosquito population control in California.

First guest: Luke A. Connal, Senior Lecturer and veski Innovation Fellow, University of Melbourne discusses research developing a unique self-healing gel that could potentially be used to prevent screens from cracking, or 'heal' themselves if they do.

Second guest: Dr Nic Veldhuis and Dr Angus Johntson, ARC Centre for Bio Nano Science tell us all about an immersive VR event called ""Journey Inside a Human Cell"". For more details visit http://www.openhousemelbourne.org/buildings/monash-institute-of-pharmaceutical-sciences

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Dr Lauren and Dr Krystal join Dr Shane in the studio.

First studio guest is Dr Sue Barrell, Chief Scientist and Group Executive, Science and Innovation, Bureau of Meteorology.

Einstein A Go Go - 9th July 2017

Dr Linden, Dr Jen, Dr Chris KP, & Dr Shane

First guest: Neil Degrasse Tyson - ""American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Since 1996, he has been the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Centre for Earth and Space in New York City. The centre is part of the American Museum of Natural History, where Tyson founded the Department of Astrophysics in 1997 and has been a research associate in the department since 2003.""

""Not only are we in the universe, but the universe is in us""

""We are not literally, but figuratively stardust""

Second guest: Professor Mark Dawson, University of Melbourne

""The ""gene hunting"" aspect of cancer research has for years been the stuff of headlines, thanks to discoveries like the mutations in several genes linked to a higher breast cancer risk.""

News items: Ornithologists have discovered the Palm Cockatoo deliberately and repeatedly performs rhythmic beats to attract females. The link between the sense of smell and metabolism in mice, how your poo is related to your brain.

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Dr Shane, Dr Linden, Dr Lauren and Dr Catherine bring you this week's hottest science, including Victoria's driest June on record, new research into safe levels of air pollution, Japan's moonshot, defensive behaviour in different coloured fairy wrens, delivering the flu vaccine via a band-aid, and petunias' fragrance.

The team talk to Peter Scales, Director of Engagement at the Melbourne School of Engineering, about the Victorian Indigenous Engineering Winter School, and also about his work with water recycling programs around the world.

They also interview Professor Benjamin Solomon from the Department of Medical Oncology at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and also Dr Clare Weeden from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research, about their work with different types of lung cancer.

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In the studio this week are Dr. Linden, Dr. Lauren II, Dr. Ray and Dr Shane.

News: Cowherd Mathematics, Global risk of deadly heatwave events, The shape of eggs, Coronal mass solar ejections and thanks to listener Guy on the discussion around the use of CO2 capture discussion.

The First guest (in the studio) is Professor Brian Smith, Head of the School of Molecular Sciences, Latrobe University who talks about molecular modelling.

The Second Guest (in the studio) is Saskia Freytag, Researcher at Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research who talks about how she started in mathematics and her research analysing big data relating to gene expression in the post-mortem brain. http://choosemaths.org.au/

More News: Comparing modern blue-green algae with 100 year old blue-green algae and the origin of deadly viruses (to humans).

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In the studio this week with Dr Shane is colleagues Dr Catherine, Dr Lauren and Dr Jeff.

After swapping stories and tips on mattresses, the team delve into some science related news.

News from a recent winner of the Kyoto Prize who has been working on a new strain on wheat. Next up, A science version of Tinder? Can this readily made application style information searching be useful? The topic shifts to babies, placenta and technology meeting biology and finishes with the latest research into space sugar coming from the ever impressive ALMA.

First Guest: Dr Kevin Rowe - Museum Victoria.

Dr Rowe has recently spent time in the Indonesian rainforests searching for some 25 known species of rats specific to the area, but what he (and his team) found was 5 new species, including the now award winning 'Slender Rat'.

Second Guest: Professor Ralph Hayes - School of earth sciences / Peter Cook centre for carbon capture storage research at University of Melbourne.

Professor Hayes answers questions and explains to the team (and 3RRR audience) What carbon capture and storage is, how it works and why this somewhat controversial research is important for our future.

The team finish up discussing the latest in the arguement of 'Was the mighty T-Rex covered in scales? or feathers as it has recently been claimed?' with supporting recent research news

Remember,.. Science is everywhere!

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Dr Shane, Dr Laura, Dr Euan and Chris KP discuss 300,000 human fossils, zombie beetles, mushroom fossils, mass of a white dwarf star, projecting images inside the womb, crumb-free bread destined for space, top shelf whiskey test and the sound of bees.

In a pre-recorded interview, Dr Jane Goodall explains what studying chimpanzees can teach us about being human and discusses environmental issues.

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Joining Dr Shane on the show is Dr Lauren and Dr Ray. On the phone is Professor Richard Wilkinson, Emeritus Professor of Public Health at the University of Nottingham. Professor Wilkinson's research has uncovered that economic inequality is the key driver for numerous health (and social) problems in developed countries such as Australia. Second guest is Amy Winship from Monash University's Biomedicine Discovery Institute. Her research proposal directly addresses two of the greatest challenges in reproductive medicine: 1) impaired fertility in older women and 2) Egg damage and death in women during anti-cancer treatments. Guest 3 is Dr Katherine Gibney, from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity. Dr Katherine found that from 1991-2011 some diseases (e.g. measles) became less common through immunisation. Other diseases (e.g., chlamydia infection, influenza, pertussis) became more common, partly through improved diagnostic tests and increased testing. These results are being used to prioritise diseases for public health intervention. Final guest is Dr Calum Roberts, Monash Children's Hospital. Every year in Australia, more than 7000 babies born prematurely require breathing support. Dr Roberts' research examined High Flow, an increasingly popular type of breathing support for use in premature babies.

Einstein A Go Go - 28th May 2017

Dr Laura, Dr Krystal, Dr Ray & Dr Shane

News items: The flamingo stance hypothesis, Where did all that whale come from?, North American Cicada growth.

First Guest: Peter Veth, UWA Centre for Rock Art Research brings us information regarding the earliest evidence found for aboriginal people living on the Australian coast. More HERE

Second Guest: Linden Ashcroft Senior researcher at Universitat Rovira i Virgili in southern Catalonia, Spain tells us about her observations of pre-industrial climate. More HERE

Added News: New images from Jupiter HERE, 33% of bee loss in America HERE

Remember, ""Science is everywhere"", including:

Website, Facebook, Twitter, Podcasts

and every Sunday at 11a.m AEST on RRR 102.7mHz FM

Dr Shane, Dr Lauren and Dr Jeff bring you this week's hottest science, including plasma jet engines, atom-wide wires and super-thin hologram media, a study about community responses to various childhood disease treatments, and data aggregation for crime-fighting, and news from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology conference. The team chat with Verity Morgan-Schmidt, CEO of Farmers for Climate Action, an organisation of farmers who are concerned about the impacts of climate change. They also interview Dr Astrid Zeman, Research Fellow - Human Vision, Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences at The University of Melbourne who tests how computer models of human vision perform when presented with visual illusions.

Program page: http://www.rrr.org.au/program/einstein-a-go-go/ Facebook page: Einstein A Go Go Twitter: https://twitter.com/einstein_agogo

and every Sunday at 11:00a.m AEST on RRR 102.7mHz FM in Melbourne.