Lagrange Point

Lagrange Point Episode 137 - Ignoble Prizes 2015 (Physics And Chemistry)

What law governs the time taken for animals to pee? Is it possible to unboil an egg? Find out answers to research no one else bothered to ask in Part 1 of our Ig Nobel Prize 2015 special.

Lagrange Point Episode 136 - Genetic Histories And The Science Of X Men

Are mutants like X-men scientifically possible? can we trace human history through our DNA and genes?

Lagrange Point Episode 135 - Butterfly Overlords And Aquatic Invaders!

Ants for one, welcome their butterfly overlords, who keep them fed in exchange for protection. Our oceans also need protection from aquatic invaders from far away seas! Find out in this week's Lagrange Point!

Lagrange Point Episode 134 - Smartphone Microscopes And Rattlesnakes Under Attack

Want to turn your smartphone into a cheap but powerful Microscope? What has nearly wiped out one of the worlds deadliest predators, the rattlesnake, from over 8 states? Find out in this week's Lagrange Point!

Lagrange Point Episode 133 - Learning Vaccines From Bees And Milking Jellyfish

How do bees make their own vaccines? How do you milk a jellyfish? Why would you even bother? We push the envelope of biology and medicine by learning from animals across the world.

Lagrange Point Episode 132 - Making Magnets And An A New Renewable Source Of Power

Can cows be the power source of the future? What can we do to make our 'waste' more efficient? Plus one neat trick to make a new type of magnets out of non magnetic materials.

Lagrange Point Episode 131 - Evolution And Adaption In Our Oceans And Great Barrier Reef

Can evolution go backwards? Fish are leading the way in adaptation to changing climates, overfishing and warming. Find out about how fish stay cool in the reefs, and the size shifting fish of the great lakes.

Lagrange Point Episode 130 - Science Cafe On Limits Of Science Explanations And Building In Space

How do you explain difficult scientific ideas? Is it okay to simplify or 'dumb it down'? We talk about Feynman, 'Domains of Utility' in science education. We also discuss the challenges of building massive physics experimental machines on earth and in space!

Lagrange Point Episode 129 - Science Cafe On The Big Issues In Physics And Getting Into Research

What are the biggest challenges in astrophysics? Could we one day know all there is to know about physics or is that a philosophical misstep? How do you even get into researching these big questions? Find out all this and more in Part 2 of our Casual Science Cafe series.

Lagrange Point Episode 128 - Sciene Cafe On Gravity Waves

Gravity is everywhere, but how do you really measure what makes it work? Listen in to the recording of YSA Melbourne's Science Cafe to learn about LIGO and Gravity waves from Dr Eric Thrane from Monash University.

Lagrange Point Episode 127 - Food Analyser And Detector In The Palm Of Your Hand, Real Or Fake

A handy phone app that tells you exactly (down to the molecule or allergen) what's in your food. Real or fake? Could it even be possible to do mass spectroscopy in the palm of your hand?

Lagrange Point Episode 126 - A Tale Of Two Battery Lives (pseudo Science Vs Reality)

Sick of phones, tablets and watches running out of battery? There are many claims on how to help fix it. We take two inventions, and let the real science do the talking, mythbusting fake claims on the way and celebrating real ingenious achievements.

Lagrange Point Episode 125 - 3D Bioprinting, Xray Producing Cells And Fake Fad PH Diets

Can we 3D print new organs? How do lasers turn deadly bacteria into X-ray machines? How does the real science stack up against the pseudo-scientific fad 'pH' balanced diets? Check out this week's Lagrange Point!

Lagrange Point Episode 124 - Cleaner Oil Spills And Mythbusting Pseudoscience

We clean up science by talking some of pseudo-scientific products such as Salt Lamps and other strange chemistry ideas that ignore scientific reality. Plus we found out how real scientists are inventing organic ways to clean up oil spills.

Lagrange Point Episode 123 - Heart Beats, CPR And Regenerating Hearts

How do heartbeats connect with watches, movies and music? What the realities of CPR vs the Hollywood myths? Can we train our hearts to repair themselves? We get to the heart of the matter on Lagrange Point.

Lagrange Point Episode 122 - Mythbusting Famous Pyschological Experiments And Propagating Research

Confused by the omnipresent "Studies Show..." headlines? Can't figure out which conflicting psychological and medical studies to believe? We bust some of the psychology myths and discuss how the scientific community makes sense of the myriad of studies.

Lagrange Point Episode 121 - The Science Of Changing Minds And How We Keep Science Accurate

What is the science behind changing people's minds? Can we accurately measure what the most effective strategies are? How do we make sure our results are accurate and really scientific? This week on Lagrange Point, the science of changing minds.

Episode 120 - The Balancing Act Of The Thirty Meter Telescope And The Significance Of Maunu Kea

How do you balance the needs of indigenous people and major scientific projects? The Thirty Meter Telescope would be one the two most powerful Extremely Large Telescopes in the world, but many Native Hawaiians object to it's location on the mountain Maunu Kea.

Lagrange Point Episode 119 - The Scientific Records Of Australian Indigenous Communities

What can we learn by listening to over 40,000 years of scientific records from Australia's many indigenous communities? Find out how their knowledge can help us study meteor craters, tsunami remnants and insight into to how our climate works!

Lagrange Point Episode 118 - SolaRoads, Squid Space Probes And Ethical AI Art Projects

Why not just make our roads one giant solar panel? How can we use squid like robots to explore Europa? What are the ethical implications and challenges of driverless cars? Find out all this and more in Lagrange Point!