Einstein A Go-Go

In the studio this week are Dr Shane, Dr Krystel, Dr Chromo and Dr Ailie. News:Sexing dinosaurs, North Carolina State University have managed to identify the medullary bone in a T. rex. Breast feeding shamers. Science journalism wrap for Time Magazine, after an article on the science of the correlation between depression and foods with a high glycemic index. Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey...

Dr Shane is joined in the studio with colleagues Dr Euan, Dr Jen and Chris KP. Tonight on the show the team are joined by two of heavy hitters in current world science. One an expert on String Theory and another that has been awarded over 28 honorary doctorates. First Guest - Dr Brian Green; Professor of Physics at Columbia University. The team and Dr Green discuss Einstein's theory of relativity...

In the studio this week are Dr Shane, Dr Lauren and Dr Ray with a very busy program. News:Scott Kelly is back from the international space station (he was there 340 days), leading into some interesting twin studies. Studies showed that racoons (on an island in British Columbia - where there are no known predators left) who when played the sounds of wolves and cougars, stopped their voracious forag...

Dr Shane, Dr Krystal and Dr Ray dive straight in with a record six studio guests. Guest 1: Donna Stolzenberg, Director of the Melbourne Homeless CollectiveSpeaking about the Melbourne Period Project raising public awareness about homelessness and menstruation management. Guests 2 and 3: Dr Frank Muscara and Dr Meredith Rayner, Child Neuropsychologists from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute...

Einstein A Go Go - 21st February 2015 Dr Lauren, Dr Ray, Dr Shane News Items: nature inspired robotics, early warning earthquake systems, exercise stimulating immune system against cancer. First guest: Peter Aylward, President, Space Association Australia. More info here Second Guest: Peter Crouch, PhD NHMRC R.D. Wright Fellow, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Melbourne "Amyotrophic la...

Dr Shane, Dr Ailie, Chris KP and Dr Jen bring you this week's science news, such as a new cryogenic technique, along with guests:- Professor Rachel Webster (Head of Astrophysics at the University of Melbourne) and Professor Susan Scott (Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University), who explain about the discovery of gravity waves- Dr Bradley McColl, Cell and Gene The...

In the studio this week Dr. Shane returns from his summer break with Dr Krystal, Dr Lauren and Dr Ray. This Week's News:The Francis Crick institute has been given the green light to use CRISPR-Cas9. A team of biologists led by Dr. Rainer Hedrich of Universitt Wrzburg have discovered that a Venus Fly trap can count. Researchers at Oxford University and the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute...

Einstein A Go Go - 20th December 2015 Dr Dyani, Dr Chromo, Dr Ray, Dr Liv, Dr Ailee and Dr Shane. Year in Review: The Reproducibility project, GM food research paper retracted, new descriptions of Sauropoda, water on Mars, decomposing you, medical 3D printing, the discovery of homo naledi and the presentation of discovery, CRISPR gene editing, the new horizon project delivers new data on Pluto, Gu...

In the studio this week is Dr Shane, Dr Krystal, Dr Jen & Chris KP. Dr Krystal kick things off discussing recent news surrounding the outbreak and resurgence of Ebola, focussing on recent news coming out of Liberia. Dr Jen answers the age old questions around 'selective deafness', is it actually a thing? Chris KP then discusses the topic of 'foot pumped urine operating wearable MFCs' What are...

Dr Shane, Dr Krystal and Dr Ray, with three studio guests. Guest 1: Dr Tamsyn Van Rheenen from the Melbourne Neuropsychiatry CentreTamsyn's research uses neuropsychological and neuroimaging techniques to study the brain and behaviour in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Currently, she is involved in a number of projects assessing the way in which people with these disorders respond to and proces...

Dr Shane is joined in the studio with Einstein A Go-Go regulars Dr Diani and Dr Ray. The team kicks things off by discussing some science news / creepy crawler talk, more specifically recent studies in 'Shapeshifting Woms' and 'Blue Tarantulas.' Dr Shane then leads a discussion on the issue of taste. Asking questions like, 'Do we learn taste? (as we do with smell) - Thanks to the people at Columbi...

Dr Shane, Dr Ray, Dr Jen and Dr Catherine discuss Dr Jen's return from a research trip up to northern Australia, Buzz Aldrin's visit, research on coffee drinking, The innuendo effect, how roundworm infection increases fertility and a new study into beeswax found in ancient pottery. First guest via Skype call: John Hessler, modern cartographer/specialist in Geographic Information Science, curator a...

Dr Shane and Dr Dyani discuss New Horizons' discovery of possible ice volcanoes on Pluto, using ultrasound to deliver medication to specific parts of the brain, and whether large animals are particularly vulnerable to extinction risks. They speak with Associate Professor Christine Erbe (Director, Centre for Marine Science and Technology at Curtin University) about the need to create noise-free zon...

EAGG 8th November 2015 Dr Krystal, Chris KP & Dr Shane News Items: Not necessarily catching cancer, ROUS did exist, CAR T-Cell Immunotherapy, Extreme event attribution. First Guest: Jane Elith Principal Researcher Quantitative Applied Ecology Group School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne. Modeling why species are where they are. Link Second Guest: Dr Nathan Quadros CRC for Spatial Infor...

Dr Lauren and Dr Krystal join Dr Shane in the studio. In news, Eskins: allowing pressure and touch sensations in artificial limbs - revolutionising robotics. New type of smart glasses that translates images into sounds that are intuitive. On the Phone is Dr Justine Shaw: Research Fellow, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, The University of Queensland. Her...

EAGG 18th October 2015 Dr Dyani, Dr Chromo, Dr Catherine & Dr Shane. News Items: Adding the sense of touch to prosthetics, A.I., wrapping an alien sun, understanding multitasking, William Shatner review, Buzz Aldrin promo. First Guest: Amy Shira Teitel: As you know Amy is the host of Vintage Space and Pluto in a Minute and has just released a new book called Breaking the Chains of Gravity. We...

Today in the studio we have Dr Shane, Dr Chromo, Dr Dyani & Dr Catherine. First up Dr Dyani discusses developments in Prosthetics technology, tactile feedback and artificial skin. Dr Chromo delves into the world of Artificial Intelligence, Robots and possible Alien Mega structures. Dr Catherine talks all things Multi Tasking. Are women really better multi taskers than men? And what impacts can...

Dr Shane and Chris KP discuss a study on how height may be linked to increased cancer risk, the recent Nobel Prize winners and more exciting science news. First guest: Professor Andrew Peele, Director of the Australian Synchrotron is in the studio to promote the open day of the local Synchrotron facility http://www.synchrotron.org.au . Andrew tells us all about the research and applications carrie...

Dr Shane, Dr Lauren and Dr Ray bring you the week's hottest science! They discuss smart textiles, alpine bumblebees needing to adapt to a change of flower distribution due to climate change, water on Mars, and NASA's archive of Apollo photos . They interview Dr Lesley Cheng, from the Department of Biochemistry and Genetics at La Trobe University, about using exosomes as a diagnostic tool, and thei...

Dr Shane and Dr Lauren speak with Julie Boyce (Research Associate - Volcanology and Geochemistry; Monash Volcanology Research Group - MONVOLC) and Jim Driscoll (School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment at Monash University) about the new Monash Earth Sciences Garden , an arrangement of nearly 500 rock specimens, weighing up to 14 tons, laid out to represent a pattern of rock outcrops. They also...

Einstein a Go Go 20 September 2015 Dr Shane, Dr Lauren, Dr Chromo News this week: The Ig Noble roundup including un-boiling an egg and the Stinging pain index. Its the 80s, Star Wars 'a new hope' comes out and a group of physicists aren't as concerned as to the main story line as they are the relative-velocity-time-dilalation effect (special relativity) on the age of twins Leia and Luke. Mini Book...

Dr Shane, Dr Krystal and Chris KP are joined LIVE in the 3RRR performance space with with very special guest Tim Flannery. (For those unaware) Tim Flannery is a Scientist, Author of 30+ books, including the acclaimed best seller 'The Weather Makers' not to mention a resume that includes: - Australian Humanist of the year (2005) - Australian of the year (2007) - Co-founder and original chairman of...

Dr Shane, Dr Krystal and Dr Lauren discuss why children raised on farms have less allergies, a new material called Stanene and the continuing journey of the extraordinary NASA New Horizons probe. First guest: Professor Michael Smart, Head, Hyshot Group, The University of Queensland tells us all about the faculties small satellite launching system using the combination of the ALV and SPARTAN, which...

Dr Krystal and Chris KP join Dr Shane in the studio. On the line is Amy Shearer-Title - from the NASA Pluto In A Minute YouTube videos. Helping communicate science from the New Horizons mission to the general public. Beth Healy, on the phone from Concordia Base in Antarctica, who is studying the effects of isolation on the thirteen people in the base. In weather below -104 degrees (with wind chill...