Lagrange Point

Episode 199 - Animals helping the planet in strange ways

How can a platypus help treat diabetes? What about bird poo to tackle climate change? Or Mantis mimicking flowers? We find out about animals helping us in unusual ways.

Episode 198 - Learning from robotic blunders

Learning from robotic blunders - how are artificial intelligence can often fail and what we're doing to improve it. Robots can fail at university entrance exams, landing on planets and even navigating daily life. So how do we make them better?

Episode 197 - Surviving Chicago in a zombie outbreak, finding hidden snakes and adapting frogs

How long would Chicago last in a zombie outbreak? What animal can humans easily detect hidden in a noisy signal? How are frogs adapting to climate change? All this and more in a survival special.

Episode 196 - Bacteria helping humans from Acne to Plastics and antibiotics

Turning bacteria into allies to help with antibiotics, plastics and more. Bacteria that thrive on acne can help us tackle skin disease, other bacteria can help us prey on antibiotic resistant microbes. Plus cracking the structure of plastic forming bacteria.

Episode 194 - Ecology in Frankenstein, Spider Venom and Burn treatments

What scientific theories are hidden inside Frankenstein? Plus the science of spider venom and finding new treatments for horrific burns. All this in a somewhat spooky episode of Lagrange Point.

Episode 193 - Prehistoric dinosaurs and fish, unlocking Australia's history and Jaws

What's the connection between fish and sharks to the jaws in our mouths? Why are there so many dinosaur fossils in central Queensland? We find out all this and more in a prehistoric special.

Episode 192 - Nobel Prize Physics 2016 - Topology strikes again

How did the quirky mathematics of topology help unlock the secrets of superconductivity? The answer won a Nobel Prize for Physics in 2016. We find out more in our Nobel Prize 2016 recap special.

Episode 191 - Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2016 - Molecular nanomachines

Making nano-machines out of molecules won the Nobel Prize for 2016 in Chemistry. We find out about the complicated chemistry and physics that went into making a toolbox of building blocks we can use to make nano machines.

Episode 190 - Ig Nobel Prizes 2016 - Part 2 - Medicine, Psychology and Perception

What age group has the best liars? How can can you lie to your brain to get relief from an itch? Does the world make more sense upside down? Well fear not because the Ig Nobel Prize winners of 2016 answered these questions and more. Find out in Part 2 of our Ig Nobel Prize 2016 special.

Epsiode 189 - Ig Nobel Prizes 2016 - Part 1 - Pants on rats and holidays from humanity

It's time for science that no one else bothered to ask, the Ig Nobel Prizes in 2016. We find out about two winners this year who put underpants on rats, and others who took holidays from humanity and became goats, badgers and foxes in the name of science.

Episode 188 - Precision medicine using stem cells to tailor treatment

Precision medicine is tailored to your genes and organs, which can really help transplants, treatments and more! We find out more in our precision medicine special.

Episode 187 - New species in unexpected places

Finding new species in unexpected places - from pet stores to zoos and conservation areas. Plus we find out what secret (but adorable) technique bats use to find their prey!

Episode 186 - Stormy weather across the Universe

Storms across the universe - from Jupiter to gas giants across space, and back here on earth. What mysteries lie at Jupiter's poles? How do super gas giants work? Why did our atmosphere break a decades old pattern?

Episode 185 - Making waves across the world and a whole new reef

How is a storm in Iceland connected to seismologists in Japan? How did the Australian Navy team up with Universities to find an even greater barrier reef? What are we doing about former Hurricane Gaston?

Episode 184 - Protecting earth from asteroids, comets and mining in space

How do we protect earth from asteroids and comets? Can we avoid the science fiction disasters and actually turn space mining into a reality?

Episode 183 - Citizen Science Special to celebrate National Science Week

We celebrate citizen science as part of National Science Week! We find out why divers are the most helpful citizen scientists, how QLD science students broke a world record and how university students launched their projects into space. Plus we break down the barriers between arts and science with the help of the Synchrotron!

Episode 182 - Keeping sport fair and clean from performance enhancing drugs

How do scientists help keep sporting events like the games clean and fair? How are scientists fairing in the doping arms race? How does doping with steroids, EPO and gene doping work and how can we detect it? All this and more in our anti-doping episode!

Episode 181 - Moving Australia, keeping GPS accurate to help ships, cars and whales

Australia is in the wrong spot, and needs to move! Plus we find out how we keep GPS working to make life easier for ships, driver-less cars, Pokemon and whales.

Episode 180 - Farms under solar panels, sustainable plantation and green zones

Do solar farms impact the ecosystems around them? Is it possible to farm palm oil in a sustainable and Eco-friendly way? Plus we find out if green spaces gentrify cities and learn about ways to start your own launch your own sustainable business ideas.

Lagrange Point Episode 179 - Evolutionary Journeys And Humans Impact On Biodiversity

What's driving the evolution of humanity? Will there be a next step in the evolutionary journey of humans? Plus how are humans impact the evolution of the animals and world around them?