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Einstein A Go-Go - 16 October 2016

Oct 16, 201647 minSeason 1Ep. 87
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Episode description

Dr Shane, Dr Jeff and Dr Ailie discuss the nobel prize, jumping spiders, high testosterone levels, updated count of galaxies, Mars probe landing and the discovery of an ancient duck sounding bird.

First guest: Suzanne Mason, Dolphin Research Institute, discusses her research on Port Phillip Bay common dolphin communities.

Second guest: Christine Nearchou, senior lecturer in optometry, talks about a crowdfunding campaign to get to Sri Lanka in January to spend time in orphanages screening kids for ocular health and distributing specs (they've done similar work in Laos). She can also talks about the epidemic of myopia among kids in western countries and Asia.

Program page: http://www.rrr.org.au/program/einstein-a-go-go/ Facebook page: Einstein A Go Go Twitter: https://twitter.com/einstein_agogo

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