In the studio this week are Dr Shane, Dr Jen and Chris KP. News: A study from Oxford University looks at "pristine habitats" and discovered that not only are there none left, they haven't existed for thousands of years. Cat videos and a study from the Czech Institute of life sciences come together about the grazing and post threat behaviour in deer. Melbourne weather and La Nia, Icelandic geothermal production plant CO2 sequestration into rocks. The First guest is Jo Douglass (in the studio) - h...
Jun 12, 2016•46 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Dr Shane is joined in the studio with colleagues Dr Krystal and Chris KP. The team begin discussing science news. Dr Krystal opens with the latest updates on Cancer vaccines, more specifically the method of boosting our own immune system to fight the disease. Chris KP then delves into the world of meerkats, and recent studies into weight being an advantage when selecting an appropriate leader for a meerkat colony. Is it better to be a fat meerkat? Dr Shane shares with the team the news of an exc...
Jun 05, 2016•47 min•Season 1Ep. 68
Dr Shane, Dr Ray and Emily (Zoos Victoria guest) discuss spider mating habits, weed killer links to cancer, a crazy plan to probe the Jupiter moon Europa and Zoos Victoria 'Don't Palm Us Off Project'. Second Guest: Bernard Wood, Professor of Human Origins and Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, George Washington University tells us all about his extensive research into paleoanthropology. Third Guest: Travis Park, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University d...
May 29, 2016•48 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Dr Shane is joined by Dr Ray and Dr Krystal. First guest is Drew Barry who is a Bafta and Emmy-award-winning Drew Berry has been a biomedical animator at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for 20 years. Drew's animations bring to life biological processes that are difficult for people to comprehend and impossible to observe. Drew was awarded the MacArthur fellowship AKA 'Genius Grant' to pursue his work in science communication. This fellowship has recently come to a close and Drew is reflectin...
May 22, 2016•48 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Dr Shane, Dr Euan, Dr Jen and Chris KP bring you this week's hottest science news, including the ancient forests of Antarctica, fat labradors, how the brain is triggered by words, and some newly found nearby exoplanets. The team speak with Penny Bonda (founding chair & primary author of the USA's Green Building Council committee for LEED Commercial Interiors rating system, author of Sustainability Matters, and fellow of the Green Building Council) about the latest work to make buildings gree...
May 08, 2016•46 min•Season 1Ep. 64
In the studio this week are Dr Shane, Dr Ray, Dr Ailie and DrJen in this special Gender and Workplace Diversity episode.First guests (via Skype) - Prof. EmmaJohnson from the School of Biological Sciences at UNSW whotalks about what she studies and the tools used to study them, the coral reef bleaching andgender equality in tertiary institutions.Dr Ailie and Dr Jen focus on gender and diversity issues in theworkplace, andspecifically in education and research. What are the statistics,why does itm...
May 01, 2016•48 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Dr Shane is joined in the studio with colleagues Dr Krystal andDr Ray. Dr Krystal kicks the team off talking Dinosaurs, Extinctiontheories and why did all the birds survive when the dinosaurs diedoff? Could teeth hold the answers? Dr Ray then talks Sleep, more specifically how people sleep. Have youever noticed why when you go to sleep somewhere for the first time,the sleep isn't so deep? Dr Ray explains the theory of 'First nighteffect' Showcasing the power of community radio, and the influence...
Apr 24, 2016•47 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Dr Shane, Dr Krystal, Dr Chromo and and Chris KP discuss bionic spinal cords, inflammatory bowel disease, treatment for cholesterol deposits and quantum physics. First Guest: Matthew Holden, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland tells us about his research into computer modelling on things like fisheries management and how people making environmental management decisions typically make worse ch...
Apr 17, 2016•49 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Dr Ailie joins Dr Shane and three guests in the studio. In news - SpaceX successfully land a rocket on a barge in the ocean. See level rise caused by human activity won't peak for at least one millennium. First guest is Dr Tatiana Soares da Costa an NHMRC Early Career Fellow in Biochemistry from La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University. Tatiana's overall research focus is in the development of new classes of antibiotics and herbicides. Her main focus is the first enzyme in a...
Apr 10, 2016•48 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Joining Dr Shane, Dr Ray, Dr Lauren and Chris KP In the studio this week is Dr Jason Dutton , Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science at La Trobe University, about his work that will help lead to more practical use of Hydrogen as a fuel. The team also discuss minimal synthetic cells, nanotechnology for self-cleaning clothes, a fish (cryptotora) that walks like land vertibrates do, and new insights into how the brain processes fear. Dr Shane and Peter Aylward ...
Mar 27, 2016•52 min•Season 1Ep. 58
In the studio this week are Dr Shane, Dr Krystel, Dr Chromo and Dr Ailie.News:Sexing dinosaurs, North Carolina State University have managed to identify the medullary bone in a T. rex. Breast feeding shamers. Science journalism wrap for Time Magazine, after an article on the science of the correlation between depression and foods with a high glycemic index. Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) have discovered the largest structure within the Universe call the BOSS Great Wall. A physics...
Mar 20, 2016•47 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Dr Shane is joined in the studio with colleagues Dr Euan, Dr Jen and Chris KP. Tonight on the show the team are joined by two of heavy hitters in current world science. One an expert on String Theory and another that has been awarded over 28 honorary doctorates. First Guest - Dr Brian Green; Professor of Physics at Columbia University. The team and Dr Green discuss Einstein's theory of relativity and the possibilities around string theory. Dr Green is visiting Australia currently and speaking at...
Mar 13, 2016•50 min•Season 1Ep. 56
In the studio this week are Dr Shane, Dr Lauren and Dr Ray with a very busy program.News:Scott Kelly is back from the international space station (he was there 340 days), leading into some interesting twin studies. Studies showed that racoons (on an island in British Columbia - where there are no known predators left) who when played the sounds of wolves and cougars, stopped their voracious foraging. A study in Huazhong, China has concluded the human had is evidence of a Creator, which has gener...
Mar 06, 2016•47 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Dr Shane, Dr Krystal and Dr Ray dive straight in with a record six studio guests.Guest 1: Donna Stolzenberg, Director of the Melbourne Homeless CollectiveSpeaking about the Melbourne Period Project raising public awareness about homelessness and menstruation management. Guests 2 and 3: Dr Frank Muscara and Dr Meredith Rayner, Child Neuropsychologists from the Murdoch Children's Research InstituteTake a Breath program being trialled at RCH. It is a program for parents with very sick children to h...
Feb 28, 2016•47 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Einstein A Go Go - 21st February 2015 Dr Lauren, Dr Ray, Dr Shane News Items: nature inspired robotics, early warning earthquake systems, exercise stimulating immune system against cancer. First guest: Peter Aylward, President, Space Association Australia. More info here Second Guest: Peter Crouch, PhD NHMRC R.D. Wright Fellow, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Melbourne "Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common form of motor neuron disease (MND). It is an adult-onset di...
Feb 21, 2016•48 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Dr Shane, Dr Ailie, Chris KP and Dr Jen bring you this week's science news, such as a new cryogenic technique, along with guests:- Professor Rachel Webster (Head of Astrophysics at the University of Melbourne) and Professor Susan Scott (Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University), who explain about the discovery of gravity waves- Dr Bradley McColl, Cell and Gene Therapy Laboratory at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, who describes his team's work on thala...
Feb 14, 2016•48 min•Season 1Ep. 52
In the studio this week Dr. Shane returns from his summer break with Dr Krystal, Dr Lauren and Dr Ray.This Week's News:The Francis Crick institute has been given the green light to use CRISPR-Cas9. A team of biologists led by Dr. Rainer Hedrich of Universitt Wrzburg have discovered that a Venus Fly trap can count. Researchers at Oxford University and the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) have modelled that man-made climate change had made the floods, associated with Storm Desmond...
Feb 07, 2016•47 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Einstein A Go Go - 20th December 2015 Dr Dyani, Dr Chromo, Dr Ray, Dr Liv, Dr Ailee and Dr Shane. Year in Review: The Reproducibility project, GM food research paper retracted, new descriptions of Sauropoda, water on Mars, decomposing you, medical 3D printing, the discovery of homo naledi and the presentation of discovery, CRISPR gene editing, the new horizon project delivers new data on Pluto, Guests: Sally Sherwin and Marissa Parrott From Zoos Victoria bring us updates from the animal collecti...
Dec 20, 2015•47 min•Season 1Ep. 50
In the studio this week is Dr Shane, Dr Krystal, Dr Jen & Chris KP. Dr Krystal kick things off discussing recent news surrounding the outbreak and resurgence of Ebola, focussing on recent news coming out of Liberia. Dr Jen answers the age old questions around 'selective deafness', is it actually a thing? Chris KP then discusses the topic of 'foot pumped urine operating wearable MFCs' What are they? and why urine? Dr Shane shares with the team news surrounding protein extraction from millions...
Dec 13, 2015•47 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Dr Shane, Dr Krystal and Dr Ray, with three studio guests.Guest 1: Dr Tamsyn Van Rheenen from the Melbourne Neuropsychiatry CentreTamsyn's research uses neuropsychological and neuroimaging techniques to study the brain and behaviour in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Currently, she is involved in a number of projects assessing the way in which people with these disorders respond to and process social and non-social information. Guest 2: Dr Alyssia Rossetto from School of Population and Globa...
Dec 06, 2015•46 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Dr Shane is joined in the studio with Einstein A Go-Go regulars Dr Diani and Dr Ray. The team kicks things off by discussing some science news / creepy crawler talk, more specifically recent studies in 'Shapeshifting Woms' and 'Blue Tarantulas.' Dr Shane then leads a discussion on the issue of taste. Asking questions like, 'Do we learn taste? (as we do with smell) - Thanks to the people at Columbia Universtity, we may have some answers. First Guest : Dr Peter Moore - research fellow and entrepre...
Nov 29, 2015•47 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Dr Shane, Dr Ray, Dr Jen and Dr Catherine discuss Dr Jen's return from a research trip up to northern Australia, Buzz Aldrin's visit, research on coffee drinking, The innuendo effect, how roundworm infection increases fertility and a new study into beeswax found in ancient pottery. First guest via Skype call: John Hessler, modern cartographer/specialist in Geographic Information Science, curator at The Library of Congress in Washington D.C tells us all about the role of cartography with the adve...
Nov 22, 2015•50 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Dr Shane and Dr Dyani discuss New Horizons' discovery of possible ice volcanoes on Pluto, using ultrasound to deliver medication to specific parts of the brain, and whether large animals are particularly vulnerable to extinction risks. They speak with Associate Professor Christine Erbe (Director, Centre for Marine Science and Technology at Curtin University) about the need to create noise-free zones for marine animals. They also catch up with Rebecca Johnson from Windaroo State School, winner of...
Nov 15, 2015•49 min•Season 1Ep. 45
EAGG 8th November 2015 Dr Krystal, Chris KP & Dr Shane News Items: Not necessarily catching cancer, ROUS did exist, CAR T-Cell Immunotherapy, Extreme event attribution. First Guest: Jane Elith Principal Researcher Quantitative Applied Ecology Group School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne. Modeling why species are where they are. Link Second Guest: Dr Nathan Quadros CRC for Spatial Information Mapping exposure to sea level rise. Link Supplemental news from the barista: What happened to...
Nov 08, 2015•47 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Dr Lauren and Dr Krystal join Dr Shane in the studio. In news, Eskins: allowing pressure and touch sensations in artificial limbs - revolutionising robotics. New type of smart glasses that translates images into sounds that are intuitive. On the Phone is Dr Justine Shaw: Research Fellow, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, The University of Queensland. Her research focus is the conservation of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems. She is in...
Nov 01, 2015•45 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Today in the studio we have Dr Shane, Dr Chromo, Dr Dyani & Dr Catherine. First up Dr Dyani discusses developments in Prosthetics technology, tactile feedback and artificial skin. Dr Chromo delves into the world of Artificial Intelligence, Robots and possible Alien Mega structures. Dr Catherine talks all things Multi Tasking. Are women really better multi taskers than men? And what impacts can brain training and increased cognitive capacity have on our ability to multi task. Dr Shane discuss...
Oct 18, 2015•51 min•Season 1Ep. 41
EAGG 18th October 2015 Dr Dyani, Dr Chromo, Dr Catherine & Dr Shane. News Items: Adding the sense of touch to prosthetics, A.I., wrapping an alien sun, understanding multitasking, William Shatner review, Buzz Aldrin promo. First Guest: Amy Shira Teitel: As you know Amy is the host of Vintage Space and Pluto in a Minute and has just released a new book called Breaking the Chains of Gravity. We will be talking to Amy about her recent work following the release of The Martian, the latest Pluto ...
Oct 18, 2015•51 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Dr Shane and Chris KP discuss a study on how height may be linked to increased cancer risk, the recent Nobel Prize winners and more exciting science news. First guest: Professor Andrew Peele, Director of the Australian Synchrotron is in the studio to promote the open day of the local Synchrotron facility http://www.synchrotron.org.au . Andrew tells us all about the research and applications carried out at this amazing Synchrotron facility. Second guest: Dr Misty Jenkins PhD, Senior Research Offi...
Oct 11, 2015•47 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Dr Shane, Dr Lauren and Dr Ray bring you the week's hottest science! They discuss smart textiles, alpine bumblebees needing to adapt to a change of flower distribution due to climate change, water on Mars, and NASA's archive of Apollo photos . They interview Dr Lesley Cheng, from the Department of Biochemistry and Genetics at La Trobe University, about using exosomes as a diagnostic tool, and their role in neurodegenerative diseases. The team also talk to Dr Paul Lasky, from the Monash Centre fo...
Oct 04, 2015•46 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Dr Shane and Dr Lauren speak with Julie Boyce (Research Associate - Volcanology and Geochemistry; Monash Volcanology Research Group - MONVOLC) and Jim Driscoll (School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment at Monash University) about the new Monash Earth Sciences Garden , an arrangement of nearly 500 rock specimens, weighing up to 14 tons, laid out to represent a pattern of rock outcrops. They also chat to Australia's Chief Scientist , Professor Ian Chubb, about the opportunities to promote scien...
Sep 27, 2015•46 min•Season 1Ep. 38
