Listen to Lost Radioactive Material, Meat-Eating Mushrooms, Silicosis and Climate Change Adaptation52:4429 January 2023

The team provides an update on a wide array of topics including, a highly radioactive puck lost somewhere in Western Australia, meat-eating mushrooms, and shape shifting robots. Then, Associate Professor Jane Bourke from Monash University joins the team to discuss silicosis - what it is and what is being explored to prevent it? And Professor Lauren Rickards, currently from RMIT but soon to be Latrobe University, provides an update on the subtle changes and challenges we can expect from climate change, and how adaptation will occur. With presenters Dr. Shane, Dr. Laura, and Dr. Ailie.

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Exploring the wonders of science and its impact on the world. Dissection and discussion of science and science issues made digestible for public consumption.

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  • ChrisKP
  • Dr Jen
  • Dr Euan
  • Dr Ray
  • Dr Laura
  • Dr Ailie
  • Dr Linden
  • Dr Lauren
  • Dr Scarlett

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Listen to Dr Shane's 'Chat with a Nobel Laureate' at a University of Melbourne-Comprehensive Cancer PhD Program event.

Dr Shane chats with Psychologist Emma-Rose Parsons from Spectrum House about teacher and school staff mental health as we approach the start of the school year and a return to face-to-face learning.


The podcast intro and outro theme is Soft Illusion and was generously provided by Andras.

https://andras.bandcamp.com/track/soft-illusion

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