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A fun take on the latest science news with enough data to sink your teeth into. Lagrange Point goes beyond the glossy summary and gets in depth with the research from across the world.
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Tuesday Jul 29, 2014
Tuesday Jul 29, 2014
Do you share more genes in common with your friends than with a stranger? What mysterious source of x rays is at your desk? What deep sea monster needed some extra help from a pair of spectacles? All this and more in this week's episode of Lagrange Point.
Tuesday Jul 22, 2014
Tuesday Jul 22, 2014
What colour is so dark that it absorbs almost all light? Why it's the nanotech vantablack! We also find out about bacteria that chow down on electricity!
Tuesday Jul 15, 2014
Tuesday Jul 15, 2014
Some creatures want to watch the world burn, and have crazy schemes to hunt their prey, like fishing spiders. Others protect the animals around them and save countless lives like elephants! We explore super hero and super villain animals in this week's episode!
Tuesday Jul 08, 2014
Tuesday Jul 08, 2014
We bend it like Beckham and find out how footballers pull off those tremendous shots using incredibly intricately designed balls. We also find out if the world cup could be played in space and by robots!
Tuesday Jul 01, 2014
Tuesday Jul 01, 2014
We take a penalty kick for goal, as we dive into our World Cup Special! In part one we tackle the science behind making a catchy theme song stay in your head. Plus we find out what mathematical paradox is proven by world cup squads!
Tuesday Jun 24, 2014
Tuesday Jun 24, 2014
Meet some mysterious creatures live on the boundaries of existence as we find out about newly discovered species such as the skeleton shrimp, dragon trees and gelatinous cubes. We also find out about some new ways to treat cancer using nanotech.
Tuesday Jun 17, 2014
Tuesday Jun 17, 2014
Scientists from many different disciplines have come together to solve the case of a mysterious disease that breaks the hearts of young children. We also find out how we can use novel and innovative ways to detect and treat cancer using measles vaccines and mans best friend!
Tuesday Jun 10, 2014
Tuesday Jun 10, 2014
Ever felt so hungry you would eat a planet? Sometimes stars eat their own planets! We also find out about fungus that can clean the earth by literally eating pollution! We also find out what Australia has stolen from New Zealand for far too long.
Tuesday Jun 03, 2014
Tuesday Jun 03, 2014
Invaders are lurking around every corner! Parasites, Viruses and Bacteria! Learn how your body fights back and some cutting edge research to improve the strength of the invaders defense force!
Tuesday May 27, 2014
Tuesday May 27, 2014
Want to help fight cancer with lasers? Interested in getting involved in cutting edge lab research whilst still an undergraduate? This week we learn about pathways into science and research with examples from one of our presenters.
Tuesday May 20, 2014
Tuesday May 20, 2014
What mysterious noise from the depths of the oceans confused scientists for decades? If the winter Olympics where held on Titan, could the contestants take off? Can we make force fields a reality? Find out all this and more on this week's Lagrange Point.
Tuesday May 13, 2014
Tuesday May 13, 2014
What if you went to be a jock and woke up a maths genius? How can our brains visualise complicated mathematics? We also find out about the newest element in the periodic table!
Tuesday May 06, 2014
Tuesday May 06, 2014
The third installment of Lagrange Point Live where we look at some zany scientific kickstarters and mythconceptions. Who wanted to build a giant cereal gun and can robots really tell jokes? Tune in to find out. This episode was recorded live as a panel game show at the YSA Melbourne Open day on April 12th 2014. Check out our previous parts for more of the live panel show.
Tuesday Apr 29, 2014
Tuesday Apr 29, 2014
We catch a space dragon, chop the top off a mountain for an extremely large project, and find out how to walk on the surface of a star on this week's episode of Lagrange Point.
Wednesday Apr 23, 2014
Wednesday Apr 23, 2014
We find out which scientists took an odd career turn in part 2 of the Lagrange Point Panel show live in front of an audience at YSA Melbourne's Open Day. Which scientist missed out on the Olympics and won a nobel prize instead? What does James Bond gadgets have to do with WiFi and whats the connect between the filming of Star Wars and psychology research?
Tuesday Apr 15, 2014
Tuesday Apr 15, 2014
We bust some common science mythconceptions in part 1 of the Lagrange Point Panel show live in front of an audience at YSA Melbourne's Open Day. What's cooler a kettle or a meteorite? Where's the edge of space? Why do bulls charge at red? All of these in more as our panel busts myths to compete for points and glory!
Tuesday Apr 08, 2014
Tuesday Apr 08, 2014
Can you boost your learning by wearing thinking cap? Can you read someones mind through the combination of facial recognition and MRI machines? How do we know when to stop when we've had too much water? All this and more on this week's episode of Lagrange Point!
Tuesday Apr 01, 2014
Tuesday Apr 01, 2014
Can you tell someone is lying by looking them in the eyes? Just how many smells can our nose really tell apart? Can we automate creating and testing new crops with robots? Its a biotech fest this week on Lagrange Point.
Tuesday Mar 25, 2014
Tuesday Mar 25, 2014
Want to know how gravitational waves work and what their discovery means? So did we, so we had dinner with a physicist to find out more! We even explored the big unanswered questions around the big bang and how we can solve them with quantum computing.
Tuesday Mar 18, 2014
Tuesday Mar 18, 2014
How do we keep the our air planes safe in the sky? What science and engineering are used to manage corrosion and fatigue in our airplanes? What's the Australian connection to the safety feature Black Box?