This episode Andrew talks through the latest stats and NPHET models, the road to reopening the country and appreciates the weight that is slowly being lifted. Go get a nights sleep, eat well and spend time outside.

Andrew is actively working with the department of health and meeting members of NPHET weekly to discuss the communication of COVID-19, vaccines, guidelines and mental health to young adults - essentially getting his facts from the source. Spread some good this week!

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This episode we explain some key changes that occurred in the case numbers last week that bring great hope, and a sprinkle of caution. Inspired by an interview that Brezzie had with An Taoiseach Micheal Martin, the lads also discuss a mental health action plan that our youth will need to overcome the trauma of the pandemic, even after this is all over. AND of course, we answer questions from our social media @livingroomlogic.

Andrew is actively working with the department of health and meeting members of NPHET weekly to discuss the communication of COVID-19, vaccines, guidelines and mental health to young adults - essentially getting his facts from the source. Spread some good this week!

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This week cases went down and vaccinations went up. What is the origin of sars-cov-2? Should you be worried about variants? In this weekly mini-series we focus on the GOOD! Updates on progress towards normalcy, the importance of compassion in getting through the next 8-12 weeks and we answer your questions from our socials.

Andrew is actively working with the department of health and meeting members of NPHET weekly to discuss the communication of COVID-19, vaccines, guidelines and mental health to young adults - essentially getting his facts from the source mixed with a dash of his own pazaz. This week Andrew was informed by Dr Cillian de Gascun, the director of the virus laboratory in Ireland. This series will be weekly and aimed at updating everyone with the good. Spread some good this week!

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How will the AstraZenica vaccine side effects impact vaccine roll-out? When does NPHET see normalcy returning? What can you do to get through this last lockdown? In this weekly mini-series we focus on the GOOD! Updates on progress towards normalcy, the importance of compassion in getting through the next 8-12 weeks and we answer your questions from our socials.

Andrew is actively working with the department of health and meeting members of NPHET weekly to discuss the communication of COVID-19, vaccines, guidelines and mental health to young adults - essentially getting his facts from the source mixed with a dash of his own pazaz. This series will be weekly and aimed at updating everyone with the good. Spread some good this week!

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The U.S.A. used A.I. supercomputers to win one of the final cold war battlefields: Chess. This episode, Andrew and Aidan discuss the history of intelligence, why our global perception of it changed over time, and how we now find ourselves losing to machines. Did you know that China uses artificial intelligence to monitor and rate its citizens? Or that it might be quite stupid to model super-intelligent A.I. beings using humans as a blueprint?

We really hope you enjoyed the season finale. If you want to support two humble young scientists producing season 2, you can find us on patreon where all of your support is reinvested back into the podcast to make it bigger and better. Thank you so much.

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70,000 years ago, the eruption of an Indonesian supervolcano whittled the human population down to a few thousand globally. This episode, we walk our way along our evolutionary path from the last known common ancestor of apes and homo sapiens to us: Modern humans. Did you know that scientists found a single pinky bone in a Siberian cave which uncovered an ancient homonin species that once ruled Eurasia? What about the footprints of an earlier hominin species that were cemented in time by a perfect storm?

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Einstein once called quantum physics spooky, listen in to find out why! This part 2 we explore some of the biggest mysteries in physics, the shoelaces that may define the universe and the Irish scientist John Bell that proved Einstein wrong. Do you know that Heisenberg wasn’t just the one who knocks? Or that quantum entanglement isn’t just used by actors to seem smarty pants?

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Two greeks first once asked if we kept cutting an object in half, would we find the smallest building block of the universe? This episode we discuss how after an age of cosmic exploration through telescopes physicists began looking for the smallest of things, some of the biggest discoveries of 20th century physics and the god particle itself. Do you know how discovering the most elusive particles in existence could impact you and your future?

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99% of all the species that have ever lived are now extinct, making all life that’s still on earth the lucky 1%. This episode, Andrew and Aidan walk through the biggest extinction events in the fossil record. From that time when dinosaurs got wrecked by a giant space pebble, to when a Siberian supervolcano killed 90% of all life on earth at the time. Do you remember when the entire ocean was the same temperature as a hot tub, or had the pH of an acid bath? Do you realise how lucky we are to be here?

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This episode we interview a vaccine specialist and immune system expert, Dr Liz Ryan. What makes  COVID-19 so unique that it caused a pandemic? What actually makes the elderly vulnerable? Should we be concerned about new strains? Should we be concerned about how fast the vaccines have been developed? All is discussed in this week's episode.

This episode was recorded in the middle of January 2021 so not all information regarding the current state of the pandemic is up to date.

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