Radio Sci-Lens

Radio Sci-Lens

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Radio Sci-Lens episodes

  • Birthday Science - 2 August 2024

    Can turning 30 really change your life? What bacterial gift do you get from your mother the day you are born? Are birthdays distributed evenly throughout the year? Kade, Karla, Kaih and Catriona talk about the science of birthdays on Radio Sci-Lens.

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    47 min
  • Ourselves - 26 July 2024

    What can we learn about addiction by giving drugs to rats? How can you use lasers to focus an ion beam? What can studying the immune system teach us about sunscreen allergies? Kade, Kaih and Catriona talk about their own research on Radio Sci-Lens.

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    47 min
  • Who Am I? - 24 May 2024

    I'm in the trees, I'm in the breeze, I'm here, I'm there, I'm everywhere. I am the most diamagnetic element. I am capable of pausing pregnancy. I believe that investigating the paranormal can help us to understand magnetism. Karla, Catriona, Kade and Kaih decode these clues and more to celebrate the final episode of Radio Sci-Lens for the semester.

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    49 min
  • Language - 17 May 2024

    What changes in your brain when you learn a language? How does the pitch of your voice affect how you communicate? Why are there common words across languages? Daniela, Kade, Catriona and Kaih talk about language on Radio Sci-Lens.

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    47 min
  • 100th Episode - 10 May 2024

    To celebrate 100 episodes of Radio Sci-Lens, Kade, Kaih, Catriona and Karla reminisce about our favourite science facts we learnt over the years. How have we twisted every theme to fit our own areas of expertise? How did Radio Sci-Lens begin? What have been some of the most mind-blowing things on the show? What are some of our favourite moments from the show?

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    46 min
  • The Middle Ages - 3 May 2024

    Was there a little ice age in the Middle Ages? Is it possible to turn lead into gold? How were leaches used in medieval (and modern!) medicine? Eilish, Kaih, Karla and Kade talk about the Middle Ages on Radio Sci-Lens.

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    48 min
  • Chirality - 26 April 2024

    What is chirality? How do 3D movies work? Why do some drugs have different effects depending on if the molecule is left or right handed? Erin, Kaih and Kade talk chirality on Radio Sci-Lens.

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    53 min
  • Preventing Extinction - 19 April 2024

    Can we bring the thylacine back from extinction? What animals were thought to have gone extinct but didn't? How weird is dolphin genitalia? Pranav, Catriona and Kaih talk about preventing extinction on Radio Sci-Lens.

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    43 min
  • Yarn Craft - 12 April 2024

    What does knitting have to do with computer science? Does crochet actually help your attention span? How small can we make yarn? Ella, Kade, Karla and Kaih talk yarn craft on Radio Sci-Lens.

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    48 min
  • Balance - 5 April 2024

    What happens when your neurons are all out of balance? Why do we have tiny crystals in our ears? Does alkaline water actually help you maintain good blood pH? Lauren, Kade, Catriona and Kaih talk balance on Radio Sci-Lens.

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    43 min

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Tune in to Radio Sci-Lens for your weekly science fix! We open up the wacky world of science for everyone to enjoy. Discussing the latest and most exciting scientific news stories and exploring broader topics, we bring strange and surprising science into focus. If you want to quench your curiosity then Radio Sci-Lens is the show for you!

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