Dr. Hashini Senaratne, Lead researcher PhD candidate, Monash University, explains developing accessible electronic toolkits to help encourage STEM knowledge, logical thinking and creativity for people living with intellectual disabilities; Dr. Laura Miller from…
Having defeated the flu, Dr Shane is back with Dr Ray, Dr Stacey, Dr Jen and Dr Graci to learn that cockroaches are evolving to be less interested in sugar; mice are able…
Mother and daughter Louise and Mae Driscoll update listeners on their lived experience of primary immune deficiency. Professor Andrew Pask, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, discusses a…
Dr. Shane is joined by co-presenters Chris KP and Dr Sarah Best to discuss growing plants in lunar soil, sunscreen and coral, and blackholes. Guest Professor Dick Williams from Charles Darwin University explains…
Presenters Dr Shane, Dr Euan and Dr Grace discuss the latest science news, including embalming, burials, and how techniques and approaches to do this have changed over time, as well as current threats…
Dr Shane is joined by co-hosts Dr Ray, Dr Linden & Dr Stacy. In science news, they discuss measured productivity of video conferencing compared to in-person meetings, theoretical outer space hibernation, behavioral tendencies…
In science news, we explore how a Locked In Syndrome patient (ALS) communicating via brainwave, requested beer! And in celebration of the upcoming Day of Immunology, we have two immunity physician guests. First…
Professor Nancy Baxter, Head of Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Melbourne University, provides a covid global health update, and explores covid policy; Dr Leah Beauchamp from the Florey Institute of…
Dr Jasmine Muir, Earth Observation Technical Lead at FrontierSI, discusses satellite earth observation, why it's so important, and how it's useful to Australia. Professor Cheryl Dissanayake, Director and Chair, Olga Tennison Autism Research…
Sarah Cohen-Woods, a Professor of Psychology at Flinders University, talks about the interaction of our genetics with the environment and explores the question of why some people who have a genetic disposition for…
Professor Tim Senden from the Australian National University discusses the bridges between physics and chemistry in the microscopic world; Dr Mary Dahm, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Communication in Health Care. also from…
Dr Felicity McCormack has 'the best job in the world' and we agree it sounds pretty cool! Hear what glaciologists do to predict how climate change impacts Antarctic ice melt and future sea…
Dr. Shane is joined by co-presenters Graci, Dr Jen and Dr Euan to discuss using GE to stop the spread of invasive mosquitoes; studies of how large animals impact climate; and the discovery…
Dr Shane discusses the latest science news with the team. Dr Katherine Sewell from La Trobe University and the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health talks about research on mood and mental…
Dr Shane is joined by co-presenters Dr Lauren, Dr Graci, Dr Ailie and Liv. In science news, they discuss how and why lizards self-amputate their tails, and a record breaking pterodactyl discovery in…
Dr Hannah Power discusses the largest volcanic eruption in decades, resulting in the largest tsunami waves seen in Australia since the 60's; and Dr. Sarah McNab from the Royal Children's Hospital, raises awareness…
Dr. Vanessa Pirotta, wildlife scientist, science communicator, and Superstar of STEM 2021-2022, talks about her work as a wildlife scientist and science communicator. And in science news, the team explores a spider’s web…
Dr Susanna Harris, Science Communicator, Manager of Engagement and Communications at Xontogeny & founder of PhD Balance, discusses her experience starting up PHD Balance, a community support organisation, to help students in academia…
Hosts Dr. Shane, Dr. Ailie, and Dr. Laura explore if it is possible to grow muscle while sleeping, because new research shows that squirrels can, due to their gut biomes. And frog limbs…
Dr Shane is back for, yes indeed, 2022! We are kicking off with talking about the extraordinary volcanic eruption happening 9 days ago on Tonga-Hunga with Chris KP, and dive deeper into the…
It's the last 'Einstein' for 2021, with the whole team on board! Dr Stacey compels us to become citizen scientists by sharing a study where, in a quest to measure microorganisms in the…
This week in science news, we find out about hippopotamuses' gut biomes, fish kills, the creative sleep phase, and water freezing. Then, Professor David Bishop from Victoria University talks about new research into…
Dr Shane discusses some of the latest science news about dinosaurs, animal breeding, and immunity with Dr Laura and Dr Ray; and Professor Peter Catcheside from Flinders University talks about new research looking…
Dr Shane is joined by fellow EAGG presenters Anu & Dr. Lauren. In science news, they discuss a long lost Woolly Mammoth tusk found deep in the sea; and cloud seeding and red…
Dr Shane presents three guests. First up, Dr Suzie Sheehy who is researching accelerator physics, talks about her work with the particle accelerators, her move to the UK to live in COVID normal…
Dr. Graci explains how scientists are developing air filtration devices to clear out lingering COVID-19 bacteria; Dr. Shane explains the historical artefacts on display at Melbourne Museum's 'Treasures of the Natural World' exhibition…
Sarah Best and Saskia Freytag, from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI), talk about treatments available at the new Brain Cancer Centre; Megan Munsie, University of Melbourne, discusses stem cell therapy availability…
Dr Mika Peace from the Bureau of Meteorology explains her research into how complex interactions between fires and the atmosphere produces extreme local fire behaviour, as we brace ourselves for another fire season…
This week Dr Shane talks to Tim Costello, Executive director of Micah Australia, about how to vax the world against Covid. What does Australia’s commitment to COVAX look like, what is the moral…
Dr Bryan Lessard, entomologist at CSIRO, regales us with tales of naming new insects, including the RuPaul soldier fly; Professor Sharon Goldfeld, Paediatrician and Director at the Centre for Community Child Health at…
In the news this week is healthy eating in children, sloths, anthropocene and wilderness. There are two guests: Dr. Caroline Eakin from ANU who discusses earthquakes, Graci Finko who talks about deep sea…
Dr Shane is joined by fellow EAGG colleagues Dr. Linden & Dr. Lauren. They discuss fossils, Wigner crystals, identical twins, LaGrange points and trojan asteroids, before being speaking with two special guests: Professor…
A solo Dr Shane presents four guests in a special episode focussing on children and COVID-19, and the challenges we will soon face as schools prepare to reopen. Joining the discussion are:
New research explains that cats are more stressed in new environments when their owners aren’t with them; Researchers have infused bacteria with silver to improve power efficiency in fuel cells; Scientists have discovered…
Susan Christo, Doherty Institute, discusses new research findings in the area of tissue-resident memory cells; and Megan Maher and Christopher McDevitt, also from the Doherty Institute, talk about research into pneumonia and a…
Radiothon 2021 rolls on (to subscribe, hit up: rrr.org.au) and the full team stack the show with bites of science from around the world to remind you to get online and support…
Dr Shane is joined, rapid-fire-style, by 20 special guests - 20 PhD Students! The candidates are all studying an array of topics for their PhDs, ranging from climate change, hospital waiting areas, cancer…
Dr Ken Walker, Senior Curator of Entomology at the Museums Victoria, discusses the exhibition Treasures of the Natural World and the significance of borrowing the collection from the Natural History Museum; Dr Samantha…
Dr Christine Ball, Specialist Anaesthetist at the Alfred Hospital, Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University, Honorary Curator at the Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History, talks about the complexities and history of…
