Science At The Local Podcast

In this episode, Hamish and Kevin pick up where they left off last time, discussing some of the thought provoking questions over at Edge.org. As if we don't all have enough to worry about, we worry about how to answer the question What Should We Be Worried About?

This episode, Hamish and Kevin talk about John Brockman's website Edge.org and its great feature, the Annual Question Centre. We try our hands at answering a few and fail miserably but entertainingly!

After a rather long half time break, Season 2 of the Science at the Local podcast kicks off with a return to our bold and amateurish experiment in format. Once more we pay homage to the mad skillz of Harry Shearer's Le Show by combining news, music and 'satire' with a science flavour.

For those desperate for a return to interviews or other formats, fear not - fresh content awaits!

Season 2 of the Science at the Local podcast kicks off with an experiment in format. Inspired by (but infinitely inferior to) Harry Shearer's Le Show, we're doing segments and a little music. Will this format stick? Will we return to interviews? Stay tuned to find out!

Our most attended ever Science at the Local (so far) included a session on sleep science for humans. But what about the animal kingdom? John Lesku has been studying the sleep structure and habits of many wild animals and it's fascinating - it's so far from being a cure for insomnia that there's a nonzero probability* it'll give you insomnia.

As always, you can check out the show notes at https://www.scienceatthelocal.org/podcasts.html

* But still vanishingly small

We've all heard more than we can stomach about gut microbes (including at Science at the Local events and podcasts!), but what about viruses? Paul Young from UQ goes viral in a good way as he takes us into the strange and incredible world of viruses.

As always, you can check out the show notes at https://www.scienceatthelocal.org/podcasts.html

World are colliding at the Science at the Local podcast, as one of our most popular ever speakers from the Science at the Local events, Professor Shari Forbes, joins us to catch us up on the latest in forensic science since her talk in July 2015.

As always, you can check out the show notes at https://www.scienceatthelocal.org/podcasts.html

I really enjoyed this chat with Dr Alice Williamson, who speaks eloquently about a very interesting project she's involved in, which just might change the way we do medical science.

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I catch up with Dr Michaela Blyton, who tells us all about the things you can find out from investigating Koala deposits. It's quite a lot!

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I catch up with ecologist Aaron Greenville, who speaks about his regular pilgrimages to the Simpson Desert

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