Not a Buffalo

Not a Buffalo

By B.R.L. Hall & JackNews
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Not a Buffalo episodes

  • 015 Saturn is a Toaster

    It's the second episode from lockdown, guess which of our hosts has gone crazy first? After we establish the new metric system involving freedoms and potatoes, we did into some fascinating stories about the gas giants, the ancient jungles at the South Pole and discuss a break through in magnetic research that could revolutionise our electronics. We hope you're all keeping safe and well out there and enjoy the episode!

    33 min
  • 014 Everything's Better in 2-D
    The world is going into lockdown from covid-19 but Not a Buffalo is here to give you a little glimmer of hope in these dark times. Jack and Ben discuss the benefits of being infected by zombie-making fungi; how the vast cosmic web relates to a tiny slime mould and the new luxury hotel chain made for seahorses. To cap it all off, we both brought some stories about the wonders of 2-dimensional materials.
    29 min
  • 013 Discovering Paradise...Twice
    In this episode, Jack and Ben explore science all over the spectrum from the discovery of a brand new species of bird to the molecular creation breakthrough that is offers a promising path to better drugs. And we talk about everyone's favourite essential insects, bees.
    24 min
  • 012 Never Release Your Worms
    In the first episode of the new decade, Jack and Ben discuss what they would do to get into space; taking cuttlefish to the cinema and how we're all becoming a little bit cooler. They also discuss the controversial topic of golden rice and the dangers of pressing the mortality switch in worms. You can find the episode spotify, google music, apple podcasts and wherever you can find podcasts.
    32 min
  • 011 It's Christmas
    And a myriad of other festive occasions and what better way to celebrate than the final podcast of the year. In this episode, Jack and Ben keep up the holiday theme about talking about the benefits of board games; the better batteries coming your way for all your Christmas gadgets and that oh so Christmassy topic: dark matter.
    36 min
  • 010 Space Cookies
    This week we received the excellent news that Astronauts aboard the International Space Station will finally be able to have freshly baked cookies, meaning that travelling 27,600 km/h around the Earth will finally smell like home. Ben and Jack also talk about a revolutionary new model that might explain more about our universe and try to figure out what perovskites are and how they will create better solar cells.
    21 min
  • 009 What About a Bull?
    Can colours indicate your culture? Are monkeys better problem solvers than humans? What is the cutest tiny photo? Ben and Jack ramble about these questions and more in our latest episode.
    28 min
  • 008 Ig Nobel Prize Special
    It's that special time of year where scientists are recognised for their research that makes you laugh and then makes you think. We go through our favourite Ig Nobel prize winners of 2019 as well as exploring some of the latest science news.
    29 min
  • 007 Penguin: Dino Killer

    In this episode, Jack displays his great affection for penguins, we discuss India's potential Tiger related Guinness World Record and come up with a new theory for what actually wiped out the dinosaurs.

    20 min
  • 006 Don Juan in Space
    20th July 2019 was the the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, the first time that a human walked on the moon. In celebration of that, Jack and Ben look at some space stories including a gravity spa; technological innovations from NASA that we use right here on Earth and the Voyager probes. We also take a look at some new discoveries and inventions including identifying people by their eye movements along and photographing quantum entanglement.
    33 min

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When headlines focus so much on tragedy, it can be easy to miss the kernels of hope. Two friends, Jack and Ben delve beyond the doom and gloom to discuss the science and technology stories you may…

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