It's a Scientific Fact
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 12 years ago -A weekly snippet of science to expand your brain, brought to you by Chris Stewart and Tilly Boleyn, from Tilly's Thursday Overdrive show on radio 2SER 107.7FM in Sydney, Australia.
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Episodes
IaSF 19-07-12: Lazy, Climate & Dolphin Maths
July 21, 2012 05:07 - 11 minutes - 5.4 MBThis week? We're so lazy it's killing us. Also, go figure: extreme weather events leads to an increase in belief in climate change. And dolphins might be using some awesome maths when finding fish for dinner.
IaSF 12-07-12: Magnetic fish noses!
July 12, 2012 05:07 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBChris & Tilly, back with fresh pantaloons! No Higgs boson news this week. Instead? Australian boys to get Gardasil. Also: magnetic fish noses, and watching salmon evolve. Very ichthyological, this episode.
IaSF 4-7-12: We found the Higgs Boson!
July 04, 2012 03:14 - 13 minutes - 6.31 MBThis week: we found it! By "we", of course, we mean "they": physicists galore at CERN announce the discovery of a new fundamental particle that looks one helluva lot like the long-sought Higgs Boson, responsible for all the mass in the Universe.
IaSF 21-6-12: Toads & Brains
June 21, 2012 02:58 - 10 minutes - 4.63 MBTaking the fight to the notorious cane toad, by nabbing the tadpoles before they even leave the pond. Also, Brain scans can show you how hard your mind is working to accommodate those non-intuitive scientific facts.
IaSF 7-6-12: the SKA and C14
June 07, 2012 06:36 - 9 minutes - 13.4 MBAstronomical nerdery this week: the Big Decision has been made about the location of the Square Kilometre Array — yay! And, something slammed into the atmosphere around 1200 years ago that made levels of Carbon-14 jump. What was it? No one knows.
IaSF 31-5-12: Tragic tree tales
May 31, 2012 06:33 - 10 minutes - 13.8 MBIf you've ever done anything stupid, take heart: at least you didn't inadvertently chop down the oldest organism on the planet.
IaSF 3-5-12: Magnetic birds & UV sight
May 03, 2012 23:36 - 10 minutes - 4.63 MBChris and Tilly natter about birds and their magnetic navigation skills. Then a quick lesson on light — UV light to be exact. Did you know that some people can see UV light? No? Amazing!
IaSF 19-4-12: See-thru solar & bird HUDs
April 19, 2012 05:01 - 10 minutes - 5.02 MBSee-through solar cells are the bee's knees and birds with Heads-Up Displays are the dog's bollocks.
IaSF 5-4-12: Colds & Bottoms
April 05, 2012 05:01 - 10 minutes - 4.97 MBSnuffles, sneezles and why there's no cure for the common cold, and why it's really time to stop sitting on your bum all day.
IaSF 29-3-12: Higgs & Football
March 29, 2012 04:01 - 8 minutes - 15.7 MBWhat's the link between the Superbowl and the search for the Higgs Boson? Come on in, let's find out ...
IaSF 15-3-12: Lego Death Star & the Bruce Effect
March 15, 2012 04:01 - 8 minutes - 18.9 MBStoopid presidential candidates, the Lego Death Star, and the fabulously named Bruce Effect.