Women who Measured the Stars with Dava Sobel (170) Rpt
Release Date: 09/22/2024
More Cracks with Marcus Chown (409)
Shirtloads of Science
Author and astrophysicist Marcus Chown tells of the forgotten Australian female astronomer who helped discover the first black hole. Dr Karl digs deeper into Marcus' latest book on black holes "A Crack in Everything".
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The Crack with Marcus Chown (408)
Shirtloads of Science
Author and astrophysicist Marcus Chown is a great explainer. A British stargazer, he studied under Richard Feynman in California. Dr Karl puts him to the test talking about Marcus' latest book on black holes "A Crack in Everything".
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Growing Ear Drums with Professor Marcus Atlas (407)
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Dr Karl uncovers a lifelong Australian quest to restore comfort and hearing with custom made eardrum transplants. Called Cleardrums, Professor Marcus Atlas is close to passing regulatory hurdles for human trials.
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Feral Bugs in a cooked Australia (406)
Shirtloads of Science
Prof Puckett from the US explains how America lost its fire ant war and Jess Ward-Jones on the struggle to learn what is killing our Alpine Eucalypts (Snow Gums).
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Beating Cancer with Professor Richard Scolyer (405)
Shirtloads of Science
Professor Richard Scolyer is the 2024 joint Australian of the Year. Dr Karl probes skin cancer therapies and immunotherapies with a researcher who has put his life on the line.
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Dr Matt Agnew's guide to AI 404
Shirtloads of Science
Phones made today are super smart. Fast and versatile they can be so powerful to be spooky. Dr Matt joins Dr Karl to peel back the AI layers for a set of rules for the future.
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Dr Matt Agnew's extraordinary life so far 403
Shirtloads of Science
Mining Engineer, Reality TV star, Astrophysicist, Author - What's left for Dr Matt?
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Observable and Infinite with Prof Lewis (402)
Shirtloads of Science
If we need to fully understand space we need more time - lots of it. Beyond the Hubble sphere things gets lumpy.
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Deceit starts with D with Prof Mann (401)
Shirtloads of Science
Dr Karl asks a fellow physicist for the telltale signs when powerful people spread untruths. They are easy to spot and nasty.
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Hot Data with Prof Mann (400)
Shirtloads of Science
The graph points skywards. A thousand of years of data says "stop burning carbon". Prof Mann tells Dr Karl of how the USA responded to his articles in the early 1990s.
info_outlineEdwin Hubble is world famous. What about Henrietta Swan Leavitt? She found a way to measure and classify the universe. In Dava's book "The Glass Universe" she references the half million glass slides Henrietta and other women used to document both the northern and southern skies.