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.
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.
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.
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.