Ockham’s Razor

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Ockham’s Razor episodes

November 09, 2019 The end of tobacco smoking
Tobacco smoking has caused untold death and disease. But is a world without cigarettes possible? Public health academic Coral Gartner has a dream ... and a plan.
13 min
November 02, 2019 Nudity, easels and the science of embodiment
Zoe Kean has always suspected that taking part in life drawing classes changes us - and now she's found a scientist who shares her curiosity and has begun to study the effect.
12 min
November 02, 2019 Nudity, easels and the science of embodiment
Zoe Kean has always suspected that taking part in life drawing classes changes us - and now she's found a scientist who shares her curiosity and has begun to study the effect.
12 min
October 26, 2019 Life after Earth ... for capitalists
It might be the ultimate dream for preppers and Trekkies: life in a Dyson sphere. Astrophysicist Natasha Hurley-Walker takes us to a possible distant future via the physics of continuous economic growth.
13 min
October 26, 2019 Life after Earth ... for capitalists
It might be the ultimate dream for preppers and Trekkies: life in a Dyson sphere. Astrophysicist Natasha Hurley-Walker takes us to a possible distant future via the physics of continuous economic growth.
13 min
October 20, 2019 The downside of good science communication
Collaborating with an artist to bring Tassie wildlife science to a broader audience has created a dilemma for saltmarsh researcher Vishnu Prahalad.
12 min
October 19, 2019 The downside of good science communication
Collaborating with an artist to bring Tassie wildlife science to a broader audience has created a dilemma for saltmarsh researcher Vishnu Prahalad.
12 min
October 12, 2019 The complexity of pregnancy
Sheila Pham always thought it would be great to have kids; but one thing that worried her was what you had to go through beforehand.
9 min
October 12, 2019 The complexity of pregnancy
Sheila Pham always thought it would be great to have kids; but one thing that worried her was what you had to go through beforehand.
9 min
October 05, 2019 New stemsation: do stem cells live up to the hype?
It all starts with tubes of warm, thick, gooey fat delivered fresh to the lab.
10 min

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This program is no longer in production. Ockham’s Razor is a soap box for all things scientific, with short talks about research, industry and policy from people with something thoughtful to say…