Science Queeries

In a stellar episode of Science Queeries, Dr Cat chats with a superstar guest, astronomer Stephanie Bernard. Their chat is astronomically insightful as they gravitate to galaxies far away that...

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Dr Cat and Dr Mohammad Taha conduct a conversation about different materials for more sustainable buildings. Did you know that around 60% of energy used in buildings is used to...

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Dr Cat chats to a bright, stellar astronomer, A/Prof Deanne Fisher. We are all made of stardust. Based at Swinburne University, Deanne looks through telescopes to answer questions like: “how...

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Dr Cat has an out-of-this-world conversation with Lee Conneely from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space. Lee studies how we can insert the genetic instructions for plant-based...

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Dr Cat and Kade Huckstep talk about athletes and sex. They sprint through the facts, hurdle over the controversies, and dive into the heart of the discriminatory practice of sex...

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Dr Cat and Dr Elyas Arvell discuss the basics of communication in the brain; when things go wrong in Parkinson’s Disease; the link between queerness and neurodiversity; and what’s going...

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Dr Cat has a solid chat with Dr Mike Wilson about the building blocks of our world. She’s a Material Girl, and they’re a material scientist-turned-educator. Can fabric generate electricity...

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How can we help Australian flora “Survive and Thrive”? For a special National Science Week episode, Dr Cat has a blooming great conversation with Dr Meg Hirst and Russell Larke...

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Dr Cat chats to geneticist Dr Haylo Roberts, who studies the DNA traces that animals shed into the environment or leave behind. These tiny traces of genetic material can tell...

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Dr Cat chats to data scientist and educator, Dr Linda McIver. What is data science and why do we need to be data literate? (Spoiler: because we’re generating so much...

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