Launch in new window

Nikki Nair - XXX

You are here

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/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 18th July, 2024.

Dear Science w/ Dr Cushla McGoverin: 18th July, 2024. , 12.83 MB
Tue 18 Jun 2024

This week for Dear Science, Dr Cushla McGoverin chatted to us about a treatment option polycystic ovary syndrome, sex differences in pain receptors, and 34,000 year old termite mounds

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 11th June, 2024.

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 11th June, 2024. , 37.69 MB
Tue 11 Jun 2024

For Dear Science this week our expert Professor Allan Blackman spoke to us about a genome in a tiny fern, a paper retracted about Alzheimers, and a study on success and failure

Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 4th June, 2024.

Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 4th June, 2024. , 31.47 MB
Tue 4 Jun 2024

For Dear Science this week our expert Dr Cushla McGoverin spoke to us about microbes in the baths of Bath, genetically isolated trout due to metal pollution, and new information from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 28th March, 2024.

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 28th March, 2024. , 41.52 MB
Tue 28 May 2024

For Dear Science this week, Professor Allan Blackman spoke to us about reconstructing the genome of the little bush moa, a protein folding prediction programme, and a new discovery regarding promethium

Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 21st May, 2024.

Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 21st May, 2024. , 37.79 MB
Tue 21 May 2024

This week on Dear Science, our expert Dr Cushla McGoverin spoke to us about synthetic fungus-based leather, origami-like structures using DNA, and the colouring on rodents' teeth

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 14th May, 2024.

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 14th May, 2024. , 33.99 MB
Tue 14 May 2024

For Dear Science this week, Professor Allan Blackman chatted to us about the cause for Beethoven's deafness, the first recorded vaccination, and researchers mapping a small part of the brain

Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 7th May, 2024.

Dear Science w/ Doctor Cushla McGoverin: 7th May, 2024. , 33.44 MB
Tue 7 May 2024

For Dear Science this week Doctor Cushla McGoverin chatted to us about an orangutan treating its own injury, beluga whales changing the shape of their foreheads, and the development of skin burn healing bandages from plant based materials. 

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 30th April, 2024.

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 30th April, 2024. , 34.47 MB
Tue 30 Apr 2024

For Dear Science this week, Professor Allan Blackman chats to us about false stoner stereotypes, technology to differentiate elephant and mammoth ivory, and fixed messaging on the Voyager-1 probe

Dear Science w/ Dr. Cushla McGoverin: 23rd April, 2024.

Dear Science w/ Dr. Cushla McGoverin: 23rd April, 2024. , 33.2 MB
Tue 23 Apr 2024

For Dear Science this week we chatted to Dr. Cushla McGoverin about bumblebees submerged in water, UV light destroying biofilm, and data gathering by Borderlands 3 players

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 16th April, 2024.

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 16th April, 2024. , 36.38 MB
Tue 16 Apr 2024

For Dear Science this week, our expert Professor Allan Blackman chats to us about the taste of ancient Roman wine, dating a solar flare from 1859, and a cosmic blast nicknamed "The BOAT."