Lagrange Point

Lagrange Point Episode 97 - Surviving A Fall From Space And Itunes Shuffling Randomness

Can life survive re-entry into the atmosphere? Can DNA travel the depths of space intact? What makes our I-tunes playlist seem 'random' or can it actually read our mind?

Episode 96 - Random Walks And Keeping Buildings Cool With Mirrors

Can we cool the planet by painting infrared mirrors across our cities and bouncing the heat back into space? How do we go from studying ants to get insights into randomness, chaos theory and improving our telecommunications.

Episode 95 - Immortal Ants And Harry Potter On The Brain

What happens to our brains when we read Harry Potter and what can an MRI tell us about the way we process literature and learn life lessons? How do crafty genes make ant queens immortal?

Episode 94 - Staying Safe In Sport

How can we use science to make sport safer? What are the risks that both amateurs and professionals face? What technologies, tools and equipment can we use to improve lives and outcomes? Find out in this week's Lagrange Point!

Episode 93 - Harpoon A Comet

We all witnessed the miraculous landing of Philae on Comet 67P, but what happened next for the Rosetta mission, and what does the future hold for the plucky probe and it's lander? We also find out all the obstacles the mission overcame in it's 10 year journey!

Episode 92 - Ghost Robots And Shortcuts To Smartness

Is there a scientific explanation for feeling like a ghost is watching you? Is it possible for a super-pill to improve your brain and make you ace those tests? Check out Episode 92 of Lagrange Point.

Episode 91 - Global Challenges Part 3 - Genetic Engineering

Can we use genetic engineering but avoid a dystopian future? can we harness human evolution? Can we use genetic engineering to feed our planet and adapt to our new environments? Can the X-Men dream become a reality?

Episode 90 - Ignoble Prizes Part 3

Can art be so bad, so terrible, that it hurts to see it? Why does our brain recognise faces in all the wrong places? Find out about these amazingly obscure innovations in science that won Ignoble Prizes in 2014.

Episode 88 - Noble Prize 2014 Physics

How did the invention of little lights in red, green and blue let us have the marvelous technology that we have today? How did the invention of blue LEDs enable us to have smart phones? Find out how 3 researchers from Japan cracked the final piece of the puzzle in our Noble Prize 2014 Special.

Episode 87 - Noble Prize 2014 Medicine

How do we make mental maps? What enables us to not get lost when it's dark or we close our eyes? How does our brain track these locations? We find out in our 2014 Nobel Prize Special - Part 1.

Episode 86 - Ignoble Prizes Part 2

Are cat owners at more risk than dog owners? What's scarier for a reindeer - a polar bear or a human dressed as a polar bear? Why were these even researched in the first place? Check out our Ignoble Prize special - Part 2!

Episode 85 - Ignoble Prizes 2014 Part 1

Just how slippery is a banana peel? What is the mysterious dark triad that can haunt nightowls and what does it have to do with Facebook, twitter and selfies? Check out Part 1 of our Ignoble Prize special!

Episode 84 - Out Of This World Lizards, Drinks And Our Intergalactic Address

Want to know how to make a drink that's truly out of this world? What happened to the love struck space lizards? What exactly is planet earth's address? All this in more in an intergalactic special of Lagrange Point!

Episode 83 - Bacteria Signatures, Secret Arachnids And Ebola Vaccines

Can we solve crime using our own unique microbiological aura? Have we managed developed a vaccine to help fight Ebola? What is the last place you expect to find some secret spiders? All this and more on this week's Lagrange Point!

Episode 82 - Rocking Out In Death Valley And Lying Pandas

What causes rocks to mysteriously race across Death Valley? Was it aliens or an ancient conspiracy? Never fear, science sets the record straight. We also find out about animal con artists in zoos!

Episode 81 - Global Challenges Part 2 - Adapting With Our Planet

Can humanity evolve to adapt to a changed climate? Can we survive a mass extinction? Is it even possible to geo-engineer our planet to hit a terran sized reset button? All this and more on Part 2 of our Global Challenges special!

Episode 80 - Global Challenges Par 1 - Feeding The Planet

How do we feed a planet with a growing population? In Part 1/4 of our Global Challenges series, we explore how we can feed the planet now and into the future using science! Is a meal in a pill a viable option? Should we not eat meat? What about genetic modification of crops? Or is Entomophagythe answer?

Episode 79 - Fields Medals, Sharing Cake And Barely Getting By In Sports

What's the fairest way to slice up a cake? Is just winning even worse than loosing by a big margin? Who just made history and broke the mathematics glass ceiling? Find out all this and more in our mathematical Lagrange Point!

Episode 78 - Mysterious Siberian Abyss, Nano Flares And Interstellar Oddities

What's causing these massive abyssal rifts to form in Siberia? What's the hottest part of the sun? Is space really empty? All of these questions have seemingly simple answers but are in fact very complicated. Don't worry Lagrange Point is here to shed light on these mysteries!

Episode 77 - Leafing Some Fresh Air And The Ebola Outbreak

Running short of fresh air? Take a leaf out of Julian Melchiori's book and fashion yourself some photosynthesising silk! We also have an update on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and how the world is responding to this deadly virus.