In this episode, we chat with astrobiologist Philippe Reekie from the University of Edinburgh. We discuss how Philippe investigates the existence of life on Mars, the potential for life in other parts of the solar system and the use of Earth's extreme environments for astrobiological research.

Philippe's professional page: https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/people/philippe-reekie

Host and Editor: Amber Carter

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In this episode, Dr Anne Pawsey, a course coordinator at the Max Planck School , talks about research at the frontier where physics meets biology.  Among the diverse range of projects she worked on, we chatted about the science behind what makes a chocolate bar tasty and how that helps us mix cement better! Dr Pawsey also touched on the importance of biophysics in ensuring hygiene standards in food manufacturing facilities.

Host and Editor: Andrew Yong

Link to Max Planck Schools: https://www.maxplanckschools.de/en/matter-to-life

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In this episode Dr Guillaume Goodwin, a post-doctoral researcher in coastal geomorphology at the Universita di Padova, talks about the importance of salt-marshes to the environment, wildlife and coastal defence. We also discuss his PhD research, during which he focussed on the evolving morphology of salt-marshes and Guillaume's previous work in hazard management and coastal engineering. 

Host and Editor: Jack Knowles

Link to Guillaume's website: https://themarshofprogress.wordpress.com/

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In this episode Tanya Schrader, a PhD student at Staffordshire University, talks about her research into the dark-side of conspiracy theories.  Tanya also defines what psychologists would call a conspiracy theory, who is vulnerable to believing in conpsiracies and how we can protect ourselves against them.

Editor: Andrew Yong

Host: Jack Knowles

Link to the conspiracy blog: https://conspiracypsychology.com/

Link to the implicit bias tests: http://www.projectimplicit.net/

publication links: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tanya_Schrader

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In this episode Professor Romeel Davé, chair of physics at the University of Edinburgh, talks about what we can learn about the universe using simulations, how galaxies are formed, what's known about blackholes and how scientists have learned to detect them. Romeel also answers some questions I have about "worm holes" and "the big crunch".

Editor: Amber Carter

Host: Jack Knowles

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Romeel's publications: https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/people/romeel-dave

Another podcast with Romeel: http://thecosmicsavannah.com/tag/romeel-dave/

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Andrew Yong, who's studying for a PhD in particle physics at the University of Edinburgh talks about theoretical physics and his work studying the smallest things in the universe.  Andrew tells us about the discovery of the atom's nucleus, different types of quarks and discusses his interests in anti-matter.

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Kiani Jeacock, a PhD researcher at the University of Edinburgh, talks about her work studying Parkinson's disease as a biochemist and previous experience studying Alzheimer's disease.  Kiani explains what Parkinson's is, the biochemical causes of the disease and the things that we currently don't know.  We also talk about potential methods and impact of early diagnosis of Parkinson's, a topic currently being reasearched.

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This episode is in no way promoting or encouraging smoking, which is a known cause of various illnesses and premature death.  Please remember the terms "correlation" or "linked to" are not being used to mean cause.

In this episode Dr Michela Johnson, who recently gained a PhD from Edinburgh university, talks about her work in vertebrate paleontology and studying crocodylomorphs/fossil crocs.  We discuss different types of crocs and their relationship to modern crocodiles and alligators, and Michela tells us the best places to find great examples of ancient crocs (not canada).

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In this episode Dr Simon Clark, who gained his PhD in Atmospheric Physics from The University of Exeter, talks about the work he carried out during his PhD on the stratosphere.  Additionally we discuss global warming, o-zone holes, community vs government in climate interventions and Simon helps to explain some weird "science" I found online.

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In this episode our guest Amber Carter, a PhD researcher in Marine Science at Edinburgh, talks about the effects climate change is having on coastal communities.  We also discuss projects that she's been involved with like creating sea cucumber farms in madagascar and finding temperature resistant corals in South America.

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