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- Episode 240 - Avoiding spilling coffee - Ignobel Prize '12 and 17 (Fluid Dynamics)
How do you avoid spilling your coffee? Well different solutions have won the Ignobel prize not once but twice! We find out on this groundbreaking research that makes you laugh and then think.
19 min - Episode 240 - Avoiding spilling coffee - Ignobel Prize ‘12 and 17 (Fluid Dynamics)
How do you avoid spilling your coffee? Well different solutions have won the Ignobel prize not once but twice! We find out on this groundbreaking research that makes you laugh and then think.
19 min - Episode 239 - Farewell to Cassini and Noisy storms in Space
After 20 years we say farewell to Cassini and catalog all it's hard work peering into the workings of Saturn's moons, rings and atmosphere. We also find out about some noisy storms living in our Van Allen Belts.
16 min - Episode 238 - Domesticating Grains, Evolving Crops and Vitamin A rice
The history of humanity is tied to the history of domestication. But we often overlook the rule of farming and domesticating grains which enabled huge cities to form. We find out about using modern day science to follow the journey of agriculture to today. Plus some of the future innovations we can implement such as Vitamin A rice.
19 min - Episode 237How can we protect species from extinction? What can the Dodo and other extinctions on islands teach us about protecting species today?18 min
- Episode 236 - Seeing through better windows
How do we make our buildings adapt to the climate around them from turning opaque and clear, to blocking only heat we dive into the science of glass.
19 min - Episode 235 - Australian science in National Science Week
To celebrate National Science Week we find out about some groundbreaking Australian science on uses for Vitamin B3 to help reduce risk of birth defects and another application for melanoma risk.
18 min - Episode 234 - Preparing experiments for the Total EclipseNorth America gears up for a solar eclipse by planning a myriad of experiments, from telescopes on jets to analysing mountains on the moon. We find out about the experiments planned for this once in a generation event.18 min
- Episode 233 - Turning food waste into bioplastics, cleaning agents and smog reducers.How can we reduce food waste and turn it into bioplastics and cleaning agents. Plus the benefits of using bio-char to help improve crops and clean the air from smog.19 min
- Episode 232 - The microbiome and how it can identify, protect and serveYour own unique microbiome protects and serves you. We find out more this week.16 min
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A fun take on the latest science news with enough data to sink your teeth into. Lagrange Point goes beyond the glossy summary and gets in depth with the research from across the world.