Einstein a Go Go 20 September 2015 Dr Shane, Dr Lauren, Dr Chromo News this week: The Ig Noble roundup including un-boiling an egg and the Stinging pain index. Its the 80s, Star Wars 'a new hope' comes out and a group of physicists aren't as concerned as to the main story line as they are the relative-velocity-time-dilalation effect (special relativity) on the age of twins Leia and Luke. Mini Book review: The Martian by Andy Weir. Understanding how biological processes work on earth and how they...
Sep 20, 2015•43 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Dr Shane, Dr Krystal and Chris KP are joined LIVE in the 3RRR performance space with with very special guest Tim Flannery. (For those unaware) Tim Flannery is a Scientist, Author of 30+ books, including the acclaimed best seller 'The Weather Makers' not to mention a resume that includes: - Australian Humanist of the year (2005) - Australian of the year (2007) - Co-founder and original chairman of the Copenhagen Climate Council (2007) - Australia's Chief climate Commissioner(2007) - Founder and c...
Sep 13, 2015•50 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Dr Shane, Dr Krystal and Dr Lauren discuss why children raised on farms have less allergies, a new material called Stanene and the continuing journey of the extraordinary NASA New Horizons probe. First guest: Professor Michael Smart, Head, Hyshot Group, The University of Queensland tells us all about the faculties small satellite launching system using the combination of the ALV and SPARTAN, which allows 95 per cent of the system to be reusable. Second guest: Saul Cunningham, CSIRO Agriculture, ...
Sep 06, 2015•48 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Aug 30, 2015•44 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Dr Krystal and Chris KP join Dr Shane in the studio. On the line is Amy Shearer-Title - from the NASA Pluto In A Minute YouTube videos. Helping communicate science from the New Horizons mission to the general public. Beth Healy, on the phone from Concordia Base in Antarctica, who is studying the effects of isolation on the thirteen people in the base. In weather below -104 degrees (with wind chill).The Walter and Eliza Hall institute celebrate 100 years, with a whole bunch of events. Please note...
Aug 09, 2015•42 min•Season 1Ep. 33
EAGG 2nd August 2015 Dr Shane, Dr Lauren and Dr Krystal First Guest: Adam Bandt Green Federal member for Melbourne. Adam talks about government spending in science, the importance of generating the next wave in industry and the future of energy in Australia. http://greens.org.au/mps/adam-bandt Second guest: Hans Clevers Professor of Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Hans takes us through his research into stem cells focusing in on intestine and bowel cancer. https://events.unimelb.e...
Aug 02, 2015•47 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Dr Shane, Dr Dyani and Dr Ray discuss a four-legged snake fossil discovery, handedness of animals and a funding boost to the SETI project. First guest: Professor Benjamin Howden, Director, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity discusses tracking the source of public outbreaks like Salmonella food poisoning. Second guest: Dr Alan Duffy, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University talks about the New Horizons Pluto mission and the discovery of an Earth twin li...
Jul 26, 2015•48 min•Season 1Ep. 31
This week on Einstein A Go-Go, Dr Shane is joined in the studio by Dr Dyani and Dr Chromo. Together they begin the show sharing some recent Science news. Topics include the latest in: - Microbiome research - The health effects of a walk in the park - Star Trek inspired technology - The very exciting recently finalised Pluto Mission. First Guest: Professor Canagasingham from CSIRO Perth joins the team by phone to discuss the recent advancements and personal success in the area of Eyecare exams in...
Jul 19, 2015•46 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Dr Shane, Andrea, and Chris KP talk to Glenn Nagle from CSIRO's Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex , about their role in receiving data from New Horizons mission to Pluto. They also have a chat with Rob Sturrock from the Centre for Policy Development, Sydney, and author of The Longest Conflict: Australia's Climate Security Challenge , about how Climate Change will affect our future, and the report's recommendations. Finally, they interview Dr Janine Cooper, Honorary Fellow, Child Neuropsy...
Jul 12, 2015•46 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Dr Krystal and Chris KP join Dr Shane in the studio.First guest is Professor Dick Strugnell who is a microbiologist with the University of Melbourne and the Doherty Institute. He is decoding the genome of superbug Klebsiella pnuemonaie, a bacterium found in hospitals throughout the world. The study could give rise to a vaccine or alternative treatment to antibiotics, which are starting to fail against this bacteria.Second guest is Dr. Ricardo Costa, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics from Mon...
Jul 05, 2015•49 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Einstein A Go Go - 28 June 2015 Dr Catherine, Dr Krystal and Dr Shane. News Items: New Alzheimer's disease and dementia tests through objectively tracking subtle changes in cognition over time. Researchers at the University of Melbourne have sequenced the genome of the Aussie blowfly. Love is Love - gay marriage, Are tri-corders real? First Guest: Anne J Verbiscer Research Associate Professor from the Department of Astronomy at The University of Virginia. Anne is an expert of icy bodies in the o...
Jun 28, 2015•47 min•Season 1Ep. 27
This week on Einstein A Go-Go, Dr Shane is joined in the studio by Dr Diani and Dr Dr Chromo. Dr Diani begins the show discussing the 'Power of Positivity' and recent studies into Optogenetics & light sensitive proteins. The team also touch on recent interview and story on fellow RRR show 'Radio Therapy' and the 3 step approach of Gratitude, Empathy & Mindfullness. Dr Chromo then discusses the 'Fake Faster Diet' (a diet with actual merit?) and the benefits as opposed to the more popular ...
Jun 21, 2015•46 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Dr Shane, Dr Krystal, Dr Jen and Chris KP discuss controversial comments from Tim Hunt, ancient fossils, MERS disease in South Korea, microscopic robot surgery, sphincter muscle and gathering kangaroo species numbers in the north (please support the big roo count ). Guest, Kylie Smith, Speech Pathologist, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute discusses her research into anxiety of older children with stuttering. Program page: http://www.rrr.org.au/program/einstein-a-go-go/ Facebook page: Einstein...
Jun 14, 2015•49 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Dr Shane, Dr Lauren, and Dr Krystal bring you the week's hottest science - biolimb transports & developments in regenerative medicine, a test that can measure your viral history, and Pluto's moons' orbits. Continuing the Space theme, Dr Shane reviews Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight by Jay Barbree. The team speak with Mark Wakeham, CEO of Environment Victoria, about state renewable energy targets. They also interview Dr Zerina Lokmic (Head of Vascular Anomalies Research Laboratory; Clinical ...
Jun 07, 2015•50 min•Season 1Ep. 24
May 31, 2015•45 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Einstein A Go Go 24 May 2015 Dr Jen, Dr Diani & Dr Shane News Items:Mutations causing skin cancer, Congratulating Ireland on marriage equality, Biomedical scientist information management "Mark to Cure" https://mark2cure.org/ First Guest: Wes Stein, CSIRO Solar Research Leader. CSIRO scientists have designed and installed a solar field in Cyprus which places the island nation at the frontier of solar energy research in Europe. http://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2015/CSIRO-solar-shines...
May 24, 2015•47 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Dr Shane, Dr Krystal, Dr Chromo and Dr Lauren discuss empathy in rats, naming of new diseases, discovery of a warm blooded fish, how seasons influence human genes expression, holding your breath to reduce pain and federal budget science funding. Dr Elisa Hill, neuroscientist from the department of physiology at the university of Melbourne talks about how the change in microbiomes (made of a complex mix of fungi, microbes of good and bad bacteria) in our digestive system could affect symptoms of ...
May 17, 2015•52 min•Season 1Ep. 21
On today's show Dr Shane is joined by Chris KP in the studio. First Guest: Dr Elizabeth Vincan - Head of the the Cancer Biology lab at University of Melbourne (Anatomy and Neuroscience section) sharing insights on Bowel Cancer. Second Guest: Laureate Professor Alan Lopez - Melbourne school of population & global health at University of Melbourne, also works withUniversity of Washington. Alan discusses the many uses of health data, health systems and policy,. specifically explaining birth, de...
May 10, 2015•48 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Dr Shane, Dr Ray, Dr Catherine and Chris KP talk about hyper-redundant arms, air pollution's effect on pregnancy, additional insights into how bats navigate, and exciting imminent results from space probes. The team talk to Dr Ted Edwards, Honorary Fellow from the CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection, about the Enigma Moth, a 'living dinosaur', that has recently been discovered on Kangaroo Island. They also speak to Professor Michael Parker from St Vincent's Institute and the University o...
May 03, 2015•48 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Dr Lauren, Dr Ray and Dr Jen join Dr Shane in the studio. In news - how we measure time needs fine-tuning via atomic clocks; artificial photosynthesis; Epigenetics can identify differences in DNA for identical twins; Chinese scientists have been looked at modifying the human embryo to prevent a fatal blood disease.Euan Ritchie joins the team to discuss the state of science in Australia, including government spending on research and development.Vaccinations is back in the news after the Australia...
Apr 26, 2015•47 min•Season 1Ep. 18
EAGG 19th April 2015 Hosts: Dr Krystal, Dr, Kathryn, Dr Jen, Dr Shane News items: The possible origins of antibacterial resistance, How does the skeletal muscles respond to a high fat diet?, New research in the placebo effect, Earthquake warning from mobile phones. First guest: Chiara Paviolo, PhD. The most common treatments for cancer are surgery or a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Recently, gold nanoparticles have been employed in cancer cell therapy under laser illumination or ...
Apr 19, 2015•48 min•Season 1Ep. 17
On this week's episode Dr Shane and the team discuss dormant hair follicles, the resurrection of the brontosaurus, determining causes for population height change and the economics of reinvigorating ancient canal systems. Special guest Emily Rochette from Melbourne Girls Grammar talks about teaching science and technology incorporating social media. Lastly, Dr Stephen Leslie from the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute discusses his work (from the cover of Nature!) in which he created the first...
Apr 12, 2015•48 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Dr Shane, Dr Chromo, Emily P & Dr Ray discuss the lunar eclipse; Autism Awareness Month and inflammitary diseases, and possible links with bleach and food additives; the NASA Swift Satellite 's 10 year anniversary; fur seals attacking sharks; plants that synchronise with the moon; and reviving ancient remedies. They also discuss the 5th anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon explosion, and Dr Chromo reports from his experiences at a conference about the effects of alcohol on fetal development ...
Apr 05, 2015•47 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Dr Shane and Dr Crystal discuss the 'Value of Science' and how it's more to the average person than just free Wifi and GPS. Followed by possibly the ultimate control experiment spanning over 12 months and involving identical twins and NASA. First Guest: Dr Beth Healey - Live from Antarctica, Concordia Base. Beth discusses the land based space experiment, isolated and at high altitude for 9 months including 3 months of complete darkness. Second Guest: Dr Jo Abbott - Research Fellow, Health Psycho...
Mar 29, 2015•46 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Dr Shane, Dr Jen, Dr Ray and Dr Catherine discuss ultrasound technology to treat Alzheimer's disease, how brain chemistry relates to empathy, quasicrystals in meteorites and the mars one project. First guest: Dr Michelle Smith, School of Botany and Ecology, University of Maine, USA (via Skype call). Michelle discusses active learning techniques being tested to improve student engagement. Second guest: Joe Micallef, Victorian State Manager of Engineering Australia, discusses the wonderful "SUBS i...
Mar 22, 2015•48 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Dr Chromo and Dr Ray join Dr Shane in the studio.In news: the jury is back in on homeopathy - it doesn't work.Australian science made it into Nature this week for not funding their scientific infrastructure. Time for science to fight back.Today's guest is Emily Petroff from the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing at Swinburn University. Emily works with telescopes and radio astronomy instrumentation to look for short timescale events in the radio sky, like pulsars; and a new type of objec...
Mar 15, 2015•47 min•Season 1Ep. 12
EAGG 8th March 2015 Hosts: Dr Shane, Dr Krystal, Dr Lauren, Chris KP. News items: Welcome to International Womens Day, The effect of federal funding cuts, Researchers have found a new fossil in Ethiopia dated back to 2.8 million years ago, Use of tools changed the physiology of the human jaw bone and teeth, A new/old moth family discovered Aenigmatinea glatzella. On one island. On one tree, The DAWN space craft has been put into orbit around Dwarf Planet Ceres. First guest:Maree Treadwell Kerr, ...
Mar 08, 2015•48 min•Season 1Ep. 11
On this week's show, Dr Shane, Dr Lauren and Dr Catherine discuss how precious metals move under the surface of the earth, the perception of colours, light (and dresses), preventing peanut allergies and... how to transplant a human head. Guests include Jacqui Young from the Mount Rothwell Biodiversity Interpretation Centre, discussing the preservation of threatened species, Thomas McCoy from the School of Chemistry at Monash University, discussing water purification using graphene and Vera Ignja...
Mar 01, 2015•46 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Dr Shane, Dr Jen and Dr Ray bring you all that's hot in science - parasites that are migrating due to climate change, the Queensland cyclones (with Andrea Peace from the Bureau of Meteorology), using lasers instead of sparkplugs, the continuing effect of UV rays after sun exposure, and the Growing Tall Poppies program's call for mentors. They are joined by Ben Sanders, Wildlife Conservation Officer with Zoos Victoria , who described the Guardian Dog project that the zoo is currently trialling- a...
Feb 22, 2015•46 min•Season 1Ep. 9
On this (retrospective Valentines Day) episode Dr Shane, Dr Lauren, Dr Catherine and Chris KP talk eye research and contact lenses that help people with macular degeneration, research that talks about back pain and distraction and sea slugs! Guests include Fiona Russell - a vaccines expert from the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, James Goodridge talks the science of birds and author and academic Professor Kate White talks about women in science. Program page: http://www.rrr.org.au/program/...
Feb 14, 2015•47 min•Season 1Ep. 8
