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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.... more
FAQs about Lagrange Point:How many episodes does Lagrange Point have?The podcast currently has 566 episodes available.
August 31, 2015Lagrange Point Episode 133 - Learning Vaccines From Bees And Milking JellyfishHow do bees make their own vaccines? How do you milk a jellyfish? Why would you even bother? We push the envelope of biology and medicine by learning from animals across the world....more15minPlay
August 24, 2015Lagrange Point Episode 132 - Making Magnets And An A New Renewable Source Of PowerCan cows be the power source of the future? What can we do to make our 'waste' more efficient? Plus one neat trick to make a new type of magnets out of non magnetic materials....more15minPlay
August 17, 2015Lagrange Point Episode 131 - Evolution And Adaption In Our Oceans And Great Barrier ReefCan evolution go backwards? Fish are leading the way in adaptation to changing climates, overfishing and warming. Find out about how fish stay cool in the reefs, and the size shifting fish of the great lakes....more18minPlay
August 10, 2015Lagrange Point Episode 130 - Science Cafe On Limits Of Science Explanations And Building In SpaceHow do you explain difficult scientific ideas? Is it okay to simplify or 'dumb it down'? We talk about Feynman, 'Domains of Utility' in science education. We also discuss the challenges of building massive physics experimental machines on earth and in space!...more16minPlay
August 03, 2015Lagrange Point Episode 129 - Science Cafe On The Big Issues In Physics And Getting Into ResearchWhat are the biggest challenges in astrophysics? Could we one day know all there is to know about physics or is that a philosophical misstep? How do you even get into researching these big questions? Find out all this and more in Part 2 of our Casual Science Cafe series....more14minPlay
July 27, 2015Lagrange Point Episode 128 - Sciene Cafe On Gravity WavesGravity is everywhere, but how do you really measure what makes it work? Listen in to the recording of YSA Melbourne's Science Cafe to learn about LIGO and Gravity waves from Dr Eric Thrane from Monash University....more14minPlay
July 20, 2015Lagrange Point Episode 127 - Food Analyser And Detector In The Palm Of Your Hand, Real Or FakeA handy phone app that tells you exactly (down to the molecule or allergen) what's in your food. Real or fake? Could it even be possible to do mass spectroscopy in the palm of your hand?...more14minPlay
July 13, 2015Lagrange Point Episode 126 - A Tale Of Two Battery Lives (pseudo Science Vs Reality)Sick of phones, tablets and watches running out of battery? There are many claims on how to help fix it. We take two inventions, and let the real science do the talking, mythbusting fake claims on the way and celebrating real ingenious achievements....more16minPlay
July 06, 2015Lagrange Point Episode 125 - 3D Bioprinting, Xray Producing Cells And Fake Fad PH DietsCan we 3D print new organs? How do lasers turn deadly bacteria into X-ray machines? How does the real science stack up against the pseudo-scientific fad 'pH' balanced diets? Check out this week's Lagrange Point!...more17minPlay
June 29, 2015Lagrange Point Episode 124 - Cleaner Oil Spills And Mythbusting PseudoscienceWe clean up science by talking some of pseudo-scientific products such as Salt Lamps and other strange chemistry ideas that ignore scientific reality. Plus we found out how real scientists are inventing organic ways to clean up oil spills....more15minPlay
FAQs about Lagrange Point:How many episodes does Lagrange Point have?The podcast currently has 566 episodes available.