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Dear Science

The Tuesday Wire's weekly dive into the wide world of science.

Featuring a rotating cast of smart people including Chemist Professor Allan Blackman and Physicist Dr Cushla McGoverin. 

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 27th August, 2024

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 27th August, 2024 Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 27th August, 2024, 20.24 MB
Tue 27 Aug 2024

For Dear Science this week, our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted with us about mosquitoes using infrared detection, paper versus digital testing, and waste from the production of whisky

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 20th August, 2024

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 20th August, 2024 Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 20th August, 2024, 20.64 MB
Tue 20 Aug 2024

This week on Dear Science, our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted with us about people aging in spikes, poisonous dyes used on books, and water found underground on Mars

Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 13th August, 2024

Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 13th August, 2024 Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 13th August, 2024, 32.53 MB
Tue 13 Aug 2024

For Dear Science this week our expert Doctor Cushla McGoverin chatted to us about a parasite taking drugs to the brain, tarantulas making friends, and social groups of lions

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 6th August, 2024

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 6th August, 2024 Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 6th August, 2024, 21.7 MB
Tue 6 Aug 2024

In a unique edition of Dear Science, expert Professor Allan Blackman spoke to us about the 250th anniversary of the discovery of oxygen, the history of the person who did it, and oxygen facts in the 21st century. 

Dear Science w/ Caeden and Castor: 30th July, 2024

Dear Science w/ Caeden and Castor: 30th July, 2024 Dear Science w/ Caeden and Castor: 30th July, 2024 , 11.37 MB
Tue 30 Jul 2024

Bit of a strange Dear Science this week, as both of our regularly scheduled experts happened to be absent. In their place, regular Tuesday Wire host Castor and Thursday Wire host Caeden took us through a series of interesting topics new to both them and listeners! This week on Dear Science, we chatted about phone use while driving, potential life on Mars, and iron on the teeth of Komodo dragons

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 23rd July, 2024

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 23rd July 2024 Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 23rd July 2024, 16.41 MB
Tue 23 Jul 2024

For Dear Science this week, our expert Professor Allan Blackman spoke to us about plants not holding as much carbon as we thought, tea tasting worse due to air pressure, and previously extinct giant millipedes.

Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 16th July, 2024.

Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 16th July, 2024. , 14.81 MB
Tue 16 Jul 2024

For Dear Science this week, we chatted to Doctor Cushla McGoverin about giving an old antibiotic a makeover, frozen woolly mammoth DNA, and a mummified crocodile’s final snack. 

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 9th July, 2024.

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 9th July, 2024. , 15.56 MB
Tue 9 Jul 2024

This week on Dear Science, Wire host Castor chatted to Professor Allan Blackman about fighting cancer with gold nanoparticles, trends in the melodies of popular music, and NASA's fake Mars mission

Dear Science w Dr Cushla McGoverin: 2nd July, 2024.

Dear Science w Dr Cushla McGoverin: 2nd July, 2024. , 14.89 MB
Tue 2 Jul 2024

This week on Dear Science, Dr Cushla McGoverin chatted with us about rifleman making new sounds, Antarctic ice melts, and new developments in quantum computing