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The menu at Wayward. We'll see you there on June 21!In this episode, Tom, Christie and Shane sit down at the wonderful Wayward Brewing Company, for a test run of the venue, the menu, the sound and also have a chat about Science Marketing. Boston Dynamics   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR5Z6AoMh6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VgxAnZKM14 Charles Bolden EnChroma glasses for colourblind people Outro Music: STARSET -Let It Die. Used with permission.

Dr Katie Mack and Tom.In this episode, Tom interviews Dr Katie Mack, Cosmologist extraordinaire. "There's a lot to do in Cosmology and Particle Physics right now" - Dr Katie Mack We talked about STEM, Dark Energy, Dark Matter and other fundamental physics. It was great fun. To be honest I nerded out a little bit!Thanks so much to Katie for her time. Katie Mack Super-Kamiokande - Official site Super-Kamiokande - Wikipedia K2K neutrino experiment Pint in the sky @AstroKatie Outro Music: STARSET -Let It Die. Used with permission.

The STEMpunk quiz panel: Dr Stephanie Wood, Shane Hengst, Tom Gordon, Christie McMonigal and Dr Vanessa MossOn Tuesday June 21, The STEMpunks, Tom, Christie and Shane hosted a STEMpunk quiz at Wayward Brewery in Annandale, Sydney. It was a huge success with a great crowd, and a great vibe.  We had so much fun at the very first STEMpunk quiz with Christie McMonigal, Shane Hengst, Vanessa Moss, Stephanie Wood, Marc West & Eliot Redelman. Thanks also to Wayward Brewing Company. Massive thanks to all involved! Congrats to Team Christie for winning the event, and to all for everyone in the audience for participating. We had a great time and we're looking forward to doing it again on Tuesday July 19 at Wayward from 6:30-8pm. To book tickets for the next STEMpunk quiz, please go to the eventbrite page here:  https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/stempunk-quiz-tickets-25853080259 Here are the questions we asked in the quiz: S - Science- What is a Syzygy? And how much is it worth in Scrabble- Journal or joke? IJ-ISME J-ERC PNAS JIM - How many times did Pluto make it around the sun between its discovery in 1930 and when it was declassified as a planet (in 2006)?- Gene name or band nameCasanovaSplit ends SHH Sonic hedgehogRolling stones   T - Technology- If a driverless car is at fault in an accident with another vehicle while driving, who takes the blame?- What was the name of the drone ship for the SpaceX rocket that landed itself on April 8 2016?- What is shmeat?- What is special about the band Compressor-head? The Theremin songs:Happy Birthday & Twinkle Twinkle Little star.  E - Engineering - Who of the following have a degree in engineering. Megan Washington, Rowan Atkinson, Harper Lee or Dr Karl, or Dr Karl (the one from neighbours). - Of the 12 people who have walked on the moon, how many have degrees in engineering?- According to the flying pickets, who wants to be an engineer?- Engineering recordsThe least dense solid?Smallest jet engine?Longest carbon nanotubesMost northerly solar powerplant  M - Mathematics- What are Natalie Portman’s ad Carl Sagan’s erdos-bacon number.- Which is incorrect. PEMDAS, BODMAS,  DUMBAS or BIDMAS - What is the sum of the first 6 prime numbers, and is that number a prime? - Where would you find a clothoid loop?

Professor Brian SchmidtIn this episode, the STEMpunk team (Tom, Christie and Shane) interview Professor Brian Schmidt, Nobel Laureate and Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University. Cool huh?? We talked about Professor Schmidt's Nobel Prize, some stories from his research. We also went in to what it was that got him into science as well as what it's like to be the VC! A great chat, I'm sure you'll agree. I really hope you enjoy this episode and also thank you so much to Professor Schmidt for his time! Professor Schmidt is on twitter @cosmicpinot Don't forget our Live STEMquiz show at Wayward Breweries on July 19 from 6:30-8pm.

On Tuesday July 19, The STEMpunks, Tom, Christie and Shane hosted our second STEMpunk quiz at Wayward Brewery in Annandale, Sydney. It was a huge success with a bigger audience that last time, and a great vibe.  The audio on this recording is not great and for that we apologise, and the error in recording has been fixed as much as possible for this episode and will be fixed completely for next episode. We had so much fun at the very first STEMpunk quiz with Vanessa Moss and Stephanie Wood, we just had to do it again. This time we invited Mayan Amiezer and Ken Silburn who were great! Massive thanks to all involved, especially Liam Chalmers-Giddy, Simon Crook and Wayward breweries for such an awesome venue. Congrats again to Team Christie for winning the event, and to all for everyone in the audience for participating. We had a great time and we're looking forward to doing it again during science week as a part of the Sydney Science Festival Tuesday August 16 at Wayward from 6:30-8pm. To book tickets for the next STEMpunk quiz, please go to the eventbrite page here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/stempunk-quiz-sydney-science-festival-tickets-26275133632?aff=eac2 Here are the questions we asked: SQ1: Brian Schmidt on receiving his Nobel prize, gave a gift to the king of Sweden, What was the gift?what was special about it? SQ2: Science or not science Eddy Current Suppression RingThe Copper NanoTubesSPDFGHBrehmstrahlung SQ3: Beer science What is Saccharomyces carlsbergensis?What are the four main ingredients of beer?Hops, the plant that gives beer its bitterness, is closely related to which plantWhat is the scientific study of beer and beer making called?What is Cenosillicaphobia? SQ4:The largest word with the 4 base pairs in DNA (G, T, A, C) Audience question 1:What is the Alcohol content of Brewmeister's Snake Venom, the worlds strongest beer. Regular beer usually have about 5% TQ1:Which country has a National Technology day? A: Ireland, B: Iceland, C: India or D: Israel (and when is it?) TQ2: Tech or FalseA.I. Brewed beerA robotic seagull that deficates sunscreen onto kids at the beachPlasma rocket powered golf clubA Bra that can be quickly converted into a protective face mask TQ3:How many hours of Youtube videos are upload each minute? TQ4:David Uniapon was a prolific aboriginal inventor with over 19 provisional patents. Which of these were some of his works?Mechanical shearerThe modern AxePerpetual motion machineA helicopter design based on the boomerang Audience Question 2:The first professional brewers called brewsters were all what. EQ1: Engineering or notWhat is the largest number of cylinders in a motorbike?What GWR record was broken to celarbrate National Women in Engineering Day 2015, what was the record?The fastest time to complete a marathon in orbit is 3:35:21, who has this record? EQ2:Engineer Ray Tomlinson sent the first ever email in 1971. What did it say? EQ3: Car EngineeringCoffee powered carBeer powered carTesla coil carNuclear powered carV8 juice powered V8 car EQ4:Which of the Octonauts is an engineer? Audience question 4:where would you find a clothoid loop? textbook, rollercoaster, underwater, in the cockpit of a jet plane MQ1:How are the number pi and the sentence 'How I wish I could calculate pi' related? MQ2:What is a mercator projection? MQ3: Notation or NO-tationGrahams number notationUp arrow notationQuantum notationExploding array notation MQ4:What term did 9 year old Milton Sirotta coin in 1940?

In this episode, STEMpunk Shane Hengst interviews Dr James O'Hanlon, Postdoctoral fellow at Macquarie University. We talked about James' research, his work his interest in science communication and STEM. A great chat, I'm sure you'll agree. I really hope you enjoy this episode and also thank you so much to James for his time! James is on twitter @jamohanlon, and he has his own podcast called Insitu Science. You might recognise his latest guest! James’ Homepage:https://jamesohanlonresearch.wordpress.com/ After James answered Professor Schmidt's question about girls in computer science so well, we asked James to ask a question for our next guest, This is his question: "How would you justify sheer exploration, the intellectual equivalent to sailing into unchartered waters, to friends, family, funding bodies and universities?" Here are some videos that James mentioned in the interview, enjoy! Don't forget our Live STEMquiz show at Wayward Breweries on August 16 from 6:30-8pm. STEMpunk will be hosting a FREE live event at Wayward Breweries in Annandale on Tuesday August 16 for the Sydney Science Festival called STEMquiz. This is very exciting! STEMquiz is a live recording of STEMpunk podcast. This episode of STEMpunk podcast is a mix of Science, variety, quiz, experiments and guests. Think Spicks&Specks Vs Rockwiz, but with more science! The quiz show will have a host and 2 teams comprising of a team captain, a science celebrity and an audience member. The audience member will be chosen based on the answer to a science question, and our celebrities will be interviewed during the show. There will be 4 rounds (S, T, E & M) where we ask STEM type questions as well as live demonstrations and activities. The event will be held at Wayward Brewery in Camperdown. Send us an email at [email protected], or contact us on twitter: @STEMpunk3  Outro Music: STARSET -Let It Die. Used with permission.

Hi Audience! You're awesome!On Tuesday August 16, The STEMpunks, Tom, Christie and Shane hosted our third STEMpunk quiz as a part of the Sydney Science Festival and supported by National Science Week at Wayward Brewery in Annandale, Sydney. It was a huge success with a huge audience, and a great vibe.  This time we invited Fred Watson and Carolyn Hogg who were great! Massive thanks to all involved, especially Alison, Adam, Wayward breweries and the Sydney Science Festival for such an awesome venue and event. Shane, Tom and Christie. Nice shirts guys!Congrats again to Team Drone (Shane) for winning the event, and to all for everyone in the audience for participating. You can get involved too by answering the online Audience questions (and survey)  Here are the questions we asked: SQ1: Frankenstein was put together one anatomical feature at a time, from raw materials supplied by the dissecting room and the slaughter-house. True or False SQ2: What do Radar, CRISPR, Test Tube Butt Set and A Santa at NASA have in common? TQ1: The word Android refers to a Male robot, what about a female robot? TQ2: 1 point for each of Asimov's three robot laws TQ3: Robot or NO-bot (Includes drones)- A robot that feeds you tomotoes as you run - Orgasmatron robot - Haircutting drone - Ikea furniture building robot EQ1: The word engineer comes from a Latin word meaning what? a. applied science, b. cleverness, c. contraction of "engine" and "beer", d. technical EQ2: What is on the emblem of the Macguyver school of engineering? EQ3: In computer engineering, what is the 90-90 rule? MQ1: What is the volume of a cylinder with radius z and depth a? MQ2: Logical fallacy or not,- Ad hominem- Proof by handwaving- quis nostrud exercitation- Post hoc ergo propter hoc MQ3: Maths Problem or not,- Monty Hall problem- 3 Pints problem- Two Sheds problem- Hairy ball problem

Shane chats to some of the exhibitors of the Expo at the Australian Museum’s Science Festival.  He gains insights to the public engagement of STEM and motivations for why STEM is important. Australian Museumhttp://australianmuseum.net.au/ 3M Australiahttp://www.3m.com.au/ First Australiahttps://firstaustralia.org/ Macquarie Universityhttps://www.mq.edu.au/ Code Club Australia #GETKIDSCODINGhttps://codeclubau.org/ Australian National Maritime Museumhttp://www.anmm.gov.au/ STEM Reactorhttps://stemreactor.com.au/ UNSW Physicshttps://www.physics.unsw.edu.au/ UTS: Sciencehttps://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-science Western Sydney University #westernsydneyuhttp://www.westernsydney.edu.au/ Jenolan Caveshttp://www.jenolancaves.org.au/ Australian Science Innovationshttps://www.asi.edu.au/ Frog and Tadpole Study Group of NSWhttp://www.fats.org.au/ Young Scientists of Australiahttp://www.ysa.org.au/

Hi Audience! You're awesome!On Tuesday August 16, The STEMpunks, Tom, Christie and Shane hosted our third STEMpunk quiz as a part of the Sydney Science Festival and supported by National Science Week at Wayward Brewery in Annandale, Sydney. It was a huge success with a huge audience, and a great vibe.  This time we invited Fred Watson and Carolyn Hogg who were great! Massive thanks to all involved, especially Alison, Adam, Wayward breweries and the Sydney Science Festival for such an awesome venue and event. Shane, Tom and Christie. Nice shirts guys!Congrats again to Team Drone (Shane) for winning the event, and to all for everyone in the audience for participating. You can get involved too by answering the online Audience questions (and survey)  Here are the questions we asked: SQ1: Frankenstein was put together one anatomical feature at a time, from raw materials supplied by the dissecting room and the slaughter-house. True or False SQ2: What do Radar, CRISPR, Test Tube Butt Set and A Santa at NASA have in common? TQ1: The word Android refers to a Male robot, what about a female robot? TQ2: 1 point for each of Asimov's three robot laws TQ3: Robot or NO-bot (Includes drones)- A robot that feeds you tomotoes as you run - Orgasmatron robot - Haircutting drone - Ikea furniture building robot EQ1: The word engineer comes from a Latin word meaning what? a. applied science, b. cleverness, c. contraction of "engine" and "beer", d. technical EQ2: What is on the emblem of the Macguyver school of engineering? EQ3: In computer engineering, what is the 90-90 rule? MQ1: What is the volume of a cylinder with radius z and depth a? MQ2: Logical fallacy or not,- Ad hominem- Proof by handwaving- quis nostrud exercitation- Post hoc ergo propter hoc MQ3: Maths Problem or not,- Monty Hall problem- 3 Pints problem- Two Sheds problem- Hairy ball problem

Silvia with her galaxy hair and Tom with his no hair, in a lab!STEMteach1 is Tom's interview with STEM Teacher Silvia Choi. STEM education is fascinating area of discussion for this podcast. Silvia is a teacher in Sydney who has taken a break from teaching to learn more for herself about teaching. Silvia is very passionate about teaching and it was a pleasure to talk to her about her ideas in STEM. We'll be talking to more teachers and students on STEMpunk in the near future. Show notes: CAASTRO CAASTRO in the classroom Bring your own device (BYOD) Steiner School Global Challenges Monash University Pandemic - Board game Here's Silvia on Twiter: @cristalbeam Outro Music: STARSET -Let It Die. Used with permission.