Lagrange Point

Episode 40: Scorpion Painkillers, Gold Leaves, Scent - Ringtones

Want a new painkiller? Chew on some scorpions! Is that bacon you smell? Nope it's your ringtone! Want some gold? Take a leaf out of eucalyptus tree's book! This week in Lagrange Point an eccentric list of scientific creations and discoveries!

Episode 39: The Internet Goes To Space, Downloads At Light Speed And QCraft

Internet that travels at light speed, laser internet off the moon, and an internet company bringing quantum physics to Minecraft! We discuss making an interplanetary internet, and ways to use LEDs for super fast planetary internet. We also dig into Qcraft, the Google sponsored mod for Quantum physics in the block based world.

Episode 38: Mysteries Of The Deep, Navy Trained Dolphins, And Shazam For Sea Life

We go on a sea safari and talk about the mysteries of the deep including the fish formerly known as sea-monsters, retiring and replacing the US Navy's hero dolphins with robots, and identifying different dolphins calls using the aquatic equivalent of Shazam.

Episode 37: Bushfires And Our Changing Climate At Home And Across The World

Whilst New South Wales burns, the media is abuzz with arguments between the Australian Prime Minister and UN Climate Change leaders. What are they talking about? Are bush fires getting worse and are we the only ones with this problem? Find out in this Bushfire edition of Lagrange Point.

Episode 36: Feeding The Planet, Sustainable Oceans And The Connection Between Salmon And Turbines

How did science stop the apocalyptic famines predicted in the 1960s? Would you have a vasectomy to make the planet more sustainable? Who wins when salmon and hydro power meet? All of this and more in our sustainable planet special.

Episode 35 - Nobel prizes winners, losers and the underrepresentation of women

We dive into the winners and losers of the biggest scientific event of the year, the Nobel Prize! We discuss who won and who missed out on recognition. The impact on theoretical vs practical science, the link between chocolate and the Nobel prize, and the troubling under-representation of women scientists in the Nobel Prize history.

Episode 34: Lasers, Foley And The Science Circus

Want to know how to make the perfect laser sound? This week we run away to the Science Circus (Questacon) and talk about the science of making cool sounds (Foley).

Episode 33: Deadly Things That Really Shoudldn't Fly (tigers, Spiders And Snakes )

It's not bird, it's not a plane, but it is in the sky and it's coming for you. Spiders, Snakes and tigers all take to the skies in unusual ways, and on Lagrange Point we explain the how and why of unusual aviators.

Episode 32 - The Ignoble Prizes

We celebrate the most ingenious and entertaining scientific research with the Ignoble prizes. Under what conditions can humans walk on water? Are you more confident if you think you've had alcohol? Why is the Milky Way so important to Dung beetles? All these questions and more are answered by the winners of this years Ignoble Prizes.

Episode 31: Medical Ethics, Efficiency And Saving Lives

What do a cheesecake restaurant and a hospital have in common? What challenges do patients and doctors face in keeping people healthy? We explore how complex it can be to juggle demands of individual patients and the greater community and the ethics of managing hospitals.

Episode 30: Research Ethics And Scientific Innovation

Research can raise many ethical questions, but what about when your research has people's lives in the balance? What if your research challenges long held ideas about best practice? We talk about innovation in research, the peer review system and medical research ethics.

Episode 29: Australian CSIRO science special - Silk from bees, Pulsar GPS and saving lives with tea,

We celebrate cutting edge science from right here in Australia from our very own CSIRO. We talk about how you can save lives in the developing world with carbon nanotube tea, Pulsar powered GPS for navigating in space, and growing silk from bees!

Episode 28: National Science Week, Art Vs Science And Science Communicators

We say farewell to the grandfather of Australian Science Communication, talk about celebrity science communicators, we discuss the parallels between art and science and recap National Science week 2013.

Episode 27: Fake Steak, Taste Flipping Parties And New Senses

Want to eat meat without harming an animal? What about turning lemons and vinegar into sweet foods with a simple miracle fruit? We delve into the world of senses and how we can trick them or use them to our advantage. We also discuss ways to enhance our senses or invent new ones.

Episode 26: Astronomy Special, Crinkle Cut Chip And Zombie Comets

In this astronomy special of Lagrange Point we dig into the latest update from the Square Kilometre Array, Zombie comets coming back to life to haunt the solar system, crinkle cut chips and their connection to the sun and what happens russian rockets going bad!

Lagrange Point Episode 25 - Ethics of Digital footprints, the march of history and fact or fiction

We contemplate our digital legacies and the ethics of a clean start, and we play where in time is our fact or fiction game, in which our guest has to guess which modern day inventions are ancient!