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THE BIG QUESTIONS is hosted by author and broadcaster Adam Spencer. The Big Questions HQ is a place to talk to smart interesting people about smart interesting stuff. We speak to writers, scientists... more
FAQs about The Big Questions with Adam Spencer:How many episodes does The Big Questions with Adam Spencer have?The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.
May 23, 2018What does future crime look like?How do you protect yourself against Cyber Crime? Marc Goodman is a New York Times Best-Selling author and global strategist focused on the profound change technology is having on security, business and international affairs. He is the founder......more39minPlay
May 17, 2018How small can you build a robot?First up in the Singularity University* series that we’ll be rolling out over the coming weeks, is Professor Sarah Bergbreiter who heads up the Microbotics Laboratory at the University of Maryland, USA. Prof Sarah and her team develop technologies......more33minPlay
May 13, 2018How the stuff you should know podcast worksJosh Clark is the co-host of the research-based, general knowledge podcast Stuff You Should Know that is loved around the world. Having faithfully released two episodes each week since 2008, SYSK released their 1000th episode in 2017. Adam......more25minPlay
December 10, 2017What happens when art meets science?How do you represent the Milky Way Galaxy with a grain of sand? What happens when thousands of people send a message to the Juno satellite destined for Jupiter? And, what on earth does a Visual Strategist for NASA do? Our guest in this......more35minPlay
December 03, 2017What is the glass universe?In this special episode of The Big Questions we chat with Dava Sobel, the Janis Joplin of science writing and author of 'Longitude' and 'Galileo's Daughter' and most recently, 'The Glass Universe'.In the 19th-century......more38minPlay
November 26, 2017What is it like to win a Nobel Prize?Australia has an amazing track record when it comes to the prestigious Nobel prizes. One of our very brightest is Peter Doherty, who in 1996 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his breakthrough understanding in how our cells protect......more45minPlay
November 19, 2017What is it like to go to space ?If you combine crushing it on your socials with posts from outer space and also being an astronaut with a perfect mustache, you get Commander Chris Hadfield. The astronaut that other astronauts look at and think, "Now that's an......more38minPlay
November 12, 2017Why do we feel pain?When you hurt yourself you feel pain. And we assume the bigger the injury, the more intense the pain? But what if you didn't even realise you were hurt, would the pain be the same? What about when pain isn't related to an injury......more49minPlay
November 05, 2017What happens when (Neutron) stars collide?Neutron stars are amazing. They are so tightly packed with matter that a single teaspoon of neutron star weighs about a billion tonnes. So when two collide things really go BANG. In fact space-time itself wobbles noticeably. Adam chats......more46minPlay
October 30, 2017When you lose weight, where does the fat go?We're in the middle of an obesity epidemic and weight loss is one of the most talked about topics on the planet. Yet most people still think that when you lose weight it turns into heat and energy. Bow-bowww, not true. In this episode......more34minPlay
FAQs about The Big Questions with Adam Spencer:How many episodes does The Big Questions with Adam Spencer have?The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.