Science(ish)

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Science(ish) episodes

April 21, 2017 Special(ish) 023 – Big Data Brother
Co-founder of The Open Data Institute, Sir Nigel Shadbolt, elaborates on the themes explored in the latest Scienceish,1984:
How easy has surveillance become in an age of Big Data and – counter intuitive as it may seem - is making our data public the best thing for us?
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8 min
March 17, 2017 1984, Series 2 Episode 2
Rick and Michael delve into the 1949 classic in search of answers. Are humans fatally vulnerable to authority? Does our behaviour change when we think we’re being watched? And are we currently living in 1984? Uplifting stuff.
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1 hr
February 14, 2017 The Matrix, Series 2 Episode 1
Taking a trip down a Matrix-inspired rabbit hole, the boys ponder the potential for ‘bullet time’, the science behind becoming an instant Kung Fu expert, and whether our universe is, in fact, a computer simulation. Standard.
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1 hr 8 min
February 07, 2017 Scienceish Season Two Trailer
Scienceish is BACK! On VALENTINE'S DAY! With that classic love story...THE MATRIX. Listen to the trailer now.
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6 min
November 30, 2016 Special(ish) 022 – The Red Planet
Dr Joe Michalski talks us through the terrain of Mars. Michalski specialises in the mineralogical and geomorphic studies of the Red Planet. Turns out we've got more in common with the martians than we thought.
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20 min
November 22, 2016 Special(ish) 021 – Mauna Loa
Dr Sheyna Gifford has just emerged from Earth's longest NASA-sponsored simulated Mars mission. As chief medic for MARS 500, she lived for a year in a dome on Hawaiian mountain Mauna Loa. Here Gifford muses over the mission.
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18 min
November 15, 2016 017 – The Martian
The boys are back in the studio to tackle Ridley Scott’s blockbuster ‘The Martian’. With a manned mission to Mars on the cards, some of the big cosmic questions need answering: How are we going to get there? Will we survive?
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1 hr 2 min
October 25, 2016 016 – Her
Live from the British Science Festival, Rick and Michael unpack Spike Jonze’s computer love story “Her”. Featuring the disembodied voices of author and psychotherapist Dr Aaron Balick and web psychologist Nathalie Nahai.
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1 hr 16 min
October 18, 2016 Special(ish) 019 – Flight to Mars
In anticipation of our forthcoming Science(ish) episode, we sonically explore one man’s survival on the red planet in this musical edition of Special(ish).
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15 min
October 05, 2016 Special(ish) 018 – Harmon-E
In this episode, eHarmony’s data scientist Jon Morra discusses the ways in which machine learning and data science are applied to help connect people for successful long term relationships.
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11 min

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Flâneur and irrepressible commentator, Rick Edwards, and "Indiana Jones in a lab coat" Dr. Michael Brooks, delve into the science behind popular culture.