Fuzzy Logic Science Show

The idea of the 'greenhouse effect' goes back to the mid 1800s but back then, it was a theory. Now we know it's real. The evidence has been clear for a long while, so what's happening?

We are playing fast and loose with the climate system. To help us navigate this maze, we are joined by Professor Mark Howden, Director of the ANU Climate Institute and Dr Liz Allen, a demographer.

We talk about what's happening while human population is climbing rapidly. How are we going to feed ourselves?

But is it all gloom - what can we actually do? And how do we connect with....political...leadership?

Interview by Rod

As you're reading this text, or listening to this podcast - you're paying attention. That's the skill you need to absorb critical information in a dense, overcrowded world. Filter the noise, ignore the distractions and focus on the thing that's going to earn you your lunch. Or help you evade the huge, pointy teeth and becoming some one else's lunch.

Rebecca Lawrence is in her 3rd hear PhD research at the ANU where she's probing into our ability to focus attention. During the show she mentions a visual illusion that tells us something about how cultural background affects what we see  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCller-Lyer_illusion

If you want to be part of Rebecca's research, contact her at [email protected].  It'll take about half an hour and have some fun along the way. You're eligible if you're

•    18 – 40 years of age

Interview by Rod, with guest Caitlin Roy

Want to see the future of medicine? Then tap into a conference such as the New Investigator Forum run each year by Australian Society for Medical Research.

We visited last week to see what they're up to on a wide range of research areas including immunology, personalised medicine, and nuclear imaging technology.

In this podcast you'll hear

Interviews by Rod  @FuzzyLogicSci

Single photons? It's surprising but yes, that's what this imaging technology uses. SPECT - Single Photon Emis­sion Com­puted Tomo­graphy - is a type of nuclear medicine that helps diagnose conditions such as cancer.    

Tasneem Rahman is a  postdoctoral research fellow at the UNSW is researching the use of L-SPECT which offers considerable improvements in the technology. If you've ever needed a body scan, you can thank people such as Tasneem who make this possible.

Watch her TEDx talk where she describes her interesting background and motivations.

Tasneem loves cricket. In this episode we talk about the physics of cricket and our Ask Fuzzy on the subject.

Brought to you by Madeleine and Rod.  @FuzzyLogicSci

Register for the AMSR New Investigator Forum: asmr.org.au/asmr-mrw/canberra

Regeneration, reproudction, recreation. Jill and Broderick talk about all these and more on today's show which is bound to reenlighten you!