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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/ Allan Blackman: October 28, 2020

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: October 28, 2020 Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: October 28, 2020, 28.26 MB
Wed 28 Oct 2020

This week on Dear Science, Allan tells Bronnie about the life of James Randi, a new organ found in the human throat and the shortest interval of time ever recorded - a zeptosecond

Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: October 21, 2020

Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: October 21, 2020 Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: October 21, 2020, 22.74 MB
Wed 21 Oct 2020

On Dear Science this week, Marcus Jones talks about the first ever room-temperature superconductor, a new NASA mission which will lightly graze up against an asteroid and the mystery of why adding salt to sweet foods makes them taste even sweeter

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackmans: October 14, 2020

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackmans: October 14, 2020 Dear Science w/ Allan Blackmans: October 14, 2020, 24.28 MB
Wed 14 Oct 2020

This week on Dear Science, Allan and Bronwyn follow up on last week's discussion of nobel prizes by talking about the prize in chemistry. This was awarded to Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier for the discovery of CRISPR, a method for gene-editing. They also speak about kiwi scientist Professor Roy Kerr who was a contemporary of Nobel prize winning Roger Penrose, who would have also been a worthy nominee.  

Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: October 7, 2020

Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: October 7, 2020 Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: October 7, 2020, 28.39 MB
Wed 7 Oct 2020

This week on Dear Science, Marcus and Bronwyn talk about the recently announced nobel prizes in medicine and physics. The first was to three scientists for their discoveries around hepatitis C. The physics prize was split in two between mathematician Roger Penrose and astronomers Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for their research on black holes

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: September 30, 2020

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: September 30, 2020 Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: September 30, 2020, 27.84 MB
Wed 30 Sep 2020

On Dear Science today, Allan Blackman tells Bronwyn about a trojan-horse cancer treatment without drugs, electricity-exhaling bacteria, and the dangers of eating too much licorice.

Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: September 23, 2020

Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: September 23, 2020 Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: September 23, 2020, 20.64 MB
Wed 23 Sep 2020

Dear Science takes a light-hearted start today, with Marcus Jones telling Bronwyn about the winners of the unconventional Ig Nobel Prizes. They then talk about some enlightening discoveries about Vikings and IBM’s 1000-quibit quantum computer.

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: September 16, 2020

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: September 16, 2020 Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: September 16, 2020, 31.78 MB
Wed 16 Sep 2020

On this week's thrilling episode of Dear Science, Bronnie speaks with Allan about the possibility of life on Venus, ice-cold hummingbirds, and a study that looks into a link between Panadol and increased risk-taking behaviour.

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: September 9, 2020

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: September 9, 2020 Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: September 9, 2020, 8.81 MB
Wed 9 Sep 2020

On Dear Science this week, Bronwyn and Allan Blackman discuss the largest source of gravitational waves ever detected, rust on the moon, and liquid that defies gravity

Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: September 2, 2020

Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: September 2, 2020 Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: September 2, 2020, 27.66 MB
Wed 2 Sep 2020

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: August 26, 2020

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: August 26, 2020 Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: August 26, 2020, 30.56 MB
Wed 26 Aug 2020

This week on Dear Science, Allan Blackman talks a possible link between cannabis use during preganancy and a heightened risk of autism, a water beetle who can survive being eaten alive and excreted by a frog, and the rare element Astatine and its potential benefits for cancer treatment.