Not Yet a Dr.

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  • BONUS - Season 1 Review

    We're back! Well...almost. In this BONUS episode Beth, Alastair, and Sienna look back on their favourite highlights from Season 1 and answer some burning listener questions. Is your favourite episode featured? Listen now to find out!

     

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    Edited by: Alastair

     

    Questions or Suggestions? Email us at [email protected]

    1 hr
  • Episode 12 - Dark Matter

    In the final episode of this series, Beth describes the long-awaited concept of dark matter (not to be confused with antimatter, nor dark chemistry!) with some significant (σ ≥ 5) and recent (ca. 2021) discoveries that are exciting physicists the world 'round!

     

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    Edited by: Sienna

     

    Questions or Suggestions? Email us at [email protected]

    1 hr 26 min
  • Episode 11 - Paleobotany

    Turning back time, Sienna takes us to the cretaceous period to stop and smell the flowers! With Dr. Brian Atkinson from the University of Kansas as our guide, we explore the rockin' field of paleobotany, and discover some pretty "cool" facts about Antartica too!

     

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    Edited by: Alastair

     

    Questions or Suggestions? Email us at [email protected]

    1 hr 26 min
  • Episode 10 - Dark Chemistry

    In this episode Alastair leads us into the deepest, darkest, regions of our universe where not even the matter can escape chemistry's reactive influence! Fortunately we have Dr. Sergio Ioppolo, Lecturer and Royal Society University Research Fellow at Queen Mary University of London to show us the way, and describe some pretty ~cool~ compounds he's discovered in the void.

     

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    Edited by: Sienna

     

    Questions or Suggestions? Email us at [email protected]

    1 hr 28 min
  • Episode 9 - Fusion

    This week, Beth interviews her uni friend Alice who graduated with a physics degree, but now works on the European Commission's contribution to the ITER (pronounced EEE-tah) project; an experimental fusion reactor exploring the future of power generation!

     

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    Edited by: Alastair

     

    Questions or Suggestions? Email us at [email protected]

    1 hr 30 min
  • Episode 8 - Aging

    At what point do we start to age? Does drinking green tea make you live to 100? This week, Sienna gathers these age-old answers in her interview with Amr Omer, an aging researcher at McGill (and friend of the podcast!) Together they tackle the most important questions on cellular senescence, telomeres, and aging.

     

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    Edited by: Alastair

     

    Questions or Suggestions? Email us at [email protected]

    1 hr 19 min
  • Episode 7 - Bread

    Are you just LOAFing around looking for something to listen to? Well get BREAD-y because in this episode Alastair explains the chemistry of making bread, and some unique research that's sure to make a lot of DOUGH! This is an episode you'll KNEAD to hear.

     

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    Edited by: Sienna

     

    Questions or Suggestions? Email us at [email protected]

    49 min
  • Episode 6 - Gravitational Waves

    If gravity can come in waves, does this mean we can go surfing on them? This week Beth shares the FUN-damental challenges in gravity wave detection in her interview with Dr. Pia Astone from INFN Roma. Is this episode Interferometry Part 2? Listen in to find out!

     

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    Edited by: Sienna

     

    Questions or Suggestions? Email us at [email protected]

    1 hr 33 min
  • Episode 5 - Colour Vision

    What colour is a banana? Is your red the same as mine? How would you describe the colour of the sky at twilight? In this episode, Sienna answers all these questions and more with the help of Dr. Bevil Conway, Shridhar, and Isabelle from the National Eye Institute at the National Institute of Health. Find out why seeing really is un-believing!

     

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    Edited by: Alastair

     

    Questions or Suggestions? Email us at [email protected]

    1 hr 39 min
  • Episode 4 - Bees?

    What's all the buzz about? This week Alastair interviewed Dr. Dominique Weis and Kate Smith from the Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research about their work on lead isotope ratios. What has this got to do with the bees? Listen now to find out!

     

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    Edited by: Sienna

     

    Questions or Suggestions? Email us at [email protected]

    1 hr 15 min

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Join us as we teach each other about remarkable scientific discoveries in our respective fields. Each episode is a deep dive into a topic from the disciplines of science including biology, chemistry,…