Einstein A Go-Go

EAGG 2nd August 2015 Dr Shane, Dr Lauren and Dr Krystal First Guest: Adam Bandt Green Federal member for Melbourne. Adam talks about government spending in science, the importance of generating the next wave in industry and the future of energy in Australia. http://greens.org.au/mps/adam-bandt Second guest: Hans Clevers Professor of Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Hans takes us thro...

Dr Shane, Dr Dyani and Dr Ray discuss a four-legged snake fossil discovery, handedness of animals and a funding boost to the SETI project. First guest: Professor Benjamin Howden, Director, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity discusses tracking the source of public outbreaks like Salmonella food poisoning. Second guest: Dr Alan Duffy, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, S...

This week on Einstein A Go-Go, Dr Shane is joined in the studio by Dr Dyani and Dr Chromo. Together they begin the show sharing some recent Science news. Topics include the latest in: - Microbiome research - The health effects of a walk in the park - Star Trek inspired technology - The very exciting recently finalised Pluto Mission. First Guest: Professor Canagasingham from CSIRO Perth joins the t...

Dr Shane, Andrea, and Chris KP talk to Glenn Nagle from CSIRO's Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex , about their role in receiving data from New Horizons mission to Pluto. They also have a chat with Rob Sturrock from the Centre for Policy Development, Sydney, and author of The Longest Conflict: Australia's Climate Security Challenge , about how Climate Change will affect our future, and the...

Dr Krystal and Chris KP join Dr Shane in the studio. First guest is Professor Dick Strugnell who is a microbiologist with the University of Melbourne and the Doherty Institute. He is decoding the genome of superbug Klebsiella pnuemonaie, a bacterium found in hospitals throughout the world. The study could give rise to a vaccine or alternative treatment to antibiotics, which are starting to fail ag...

Einstein A Go Go - 28 June 2015 Dr Catherine, Dr Krystal and Dr Shane. News Items: New Alzheimer's disease and dementia tests through objectively tracking subtle changes in cognition over time. Researchers at the University of Melbourne have sequenced the genome of the Aussie blowfly. Love is Love - gay marriage, Are tri-corders real? First Guest: Anne J Verbiscer Research Associate Professor from...

This week on Einstein A Go-Go, Dr Shane is joined in the studio by Dr Diani and Dr Dr Chromo. Dr Diani begins the show discussing the 'Power of Positivity' and recent studies into Optogenetics & light sensitive proteins. The team also touch on recent interview and story on fellow RRR show 'Radio Therapy' and the 3 step approach of Gratitude, Empathy & Mindfullness. Dr Chromo then discusses...

Dr Shane, Dr Krystal, Dr Jen and Chris KP discuss controversial comments from Tim Hunt, ancient fossils, MERS disease in South Korea, microscopic robot surgery, sphincter muscle and gathering kangaroo species numbers in the north (please support the big roo count ). Guest, Kylie Smith, Speech Pathologist, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute discusses her research into anxiety of older children wi...

Dr Shane, Dr Lauren, and Dr Krystal bring you the week's hottest science - biolimb transports & developments in regenerative medicine, a test that can measure your viral history, and Pluto's moons' orbits. Continuing the Space theme, Dr Shane reviews Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight by Jay Barbree. The team speak with Mark Wakeham, CEO of Environment Victoria, about state renewable energy targ...

Einstein A Go Go 24 May 2015 Dr Jen, Dr Diani & Dr Shane News Items:Mutations causing skin cancer, Congratulating Ireland on marriage equality, Biomedical scientist information management "Mark to Cure" https://mark2cure.org/ First Guest: Wes Stein, CSIRO Solar Research Leader. CSIRO scientists have designed and installed a solar field in Cyprus which places the island nation at the frontier o...

Dr Shane, Dr Krystal, Dr Chromo and Dr Lauren discuss empathy in rats, naming of new diseases, discovery of a warm blooded fish, how seasons influence human genes expression, holding your breath to reduce pain and federal budget science funding. Dr Elisa Hill, neuroscientist from the department of physiology at the university of Melbourne talks about how the change in microbiomes (made of a comple...

On today's show Dr Shane is joined by Chris KP in the studio. First Guest: Dr Elizabeth Vincan - Head of the the Cancer Biology lab at University of Melbourne (Anatomy and Neuroscience section) sharing insights on Bowel Cancer. Second Guest: Laureate Professor Alan Lopez - Melbourne school of population & global health at University of Melbourne, also works withUniversity of Washington. Alan d...

Dr Shane, Dr Ray, Dr Catherine and Chris KP talk about hyper-redundant arms, air pollution's effect on pregnancy, additional insights into how bats navigate, and exciting imminent results from space probes. The team talk to Dr Ted Edwards, Honorary Fellow from the CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection, about the Enigma Moth, a 'living dinosaur', that has recently been discovered on Kangaroo...

Dr Lauren, Dr Ray and Dr Jen join Dr Shane in the studio. In news - how we measure time needs fine-tuning via atomic clocks; artificial photosynthesis; Epigenetics can identify differences in DNA for identical twins; Chinese scientists have been looked at modifying the human embryo to prevent a fatal blood disease. Euan Ritchie joins the team to discuss the state of science in Australia, including...

EAGG 19th April 2015 Hosts: Dr Krystal, Dr, Kathryn, Dr Jen, Dr Shane News items: The possible origins of antibacterial resistance, How does the skeletal muscles respond to a high fat diet?, New research in the placebo effect, Earthquake warning from mobile phones. First guest: Chiara Paviolo, PhD. The most common treatments for cancer are surgery or a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy....

On this week's episode Dr Shane and the team discuss dormant hair follicles, the resurrection of the brontosaurus, determining causes for population height change and the economics of reinvigorating ancient canal systems. Special guest Emily Rochette from Melbourne Girls Grammar talks about teaching science and technology incorporating social media. Lastly, Dr Stephen Leslie from the Murdoch Child...

Dr Shane, Dr Chromo, Emily P & Dr Ray discuss the lunar eclipse; Autism Awareness Month and inflammitary diseases, and possible links with bleach and food additives; the NASA Swift Satellite 's 10 year anniversary; fur seals attacking sharks; plants that synchronise with the moon; and reviving ancient remedies. They also discuss the 5th anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon explosion, and Dr Ch...

Dr Shane and Dr Crystal discuss the 'Value of Science' and how it's more to the average person than just free Wifi and GPS. Followed by possibly the ultimate control experiment spanning over 12 months and involving identical twins and NASA. First Guest: Dr Beth Healey - Live from Antarctica, Concordia Base. Beth discusses the land based space experiment, isolated and at high altitude for 9 months...

Dr Shane, Dr Jen, Dr Ray and Dr Catherine discuss ultrasound technology to treat Alzheimer's disease, how brain chemistry relates to empathy, quasicrystals in meteorites and the mars one project. First guest: Dr Michelle Smith, School of Botany and Ecology, University of Maine, USA (via Skype call). Michelle discusses active learning techniques being tested to improve student engagement. Second gu...

Dr Chromo and Dr Ray join Dr Shane in the studio. In news: the jury is back in on homeopathy - it doesn't work. Australian science made it into Nature this week for not funding their scientific infrastructure. Time for science to fight back. Today's guest is Emily Petroff from the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing at Swinburn University. Emily works with telescopes and radio astronomy ins...

EAGG 8th March 2015 Hosts: Dr Shane, Dr Krystal, Dr Lauren, Chris KP. News items: Welcome to International Womens Day, The effect of federal funding cuts, Researchers have found a new fossil in Ethiopia dated back to 2.8 million years ago, Use of tools changed the physiology of the human jaw bone and teeth, A new/old moth family discovered Aenigmatinea glatzella. On one island. On one tree, The DA...

On this week's show, Dr Shane, Dr Lauren and Dr Catherine discuss how precious metals move under the surface of the earth, the perception of colours, light (and dresses), preventing peanut allergies and... how to transplant a human head. Guests include Jacqui Young from the Mount Rothwell Biodiversity Interpretation Centre, discussing the preservation of threatened species, Thomas McCoy from the S...

Dr Shane, Dr Jen and Dr Ray bring you all that's hot in science - parasites that are migrating due to climate change, the Queensland cyclones (with Andrea Peace from the Bureau of Meteorology), using lasers instead of sparkplugs, the continuing effect of UV rays after sun exposure, and the Growing Tall Poppies program's call for mentors. They are joined by Ben Sanders, Wildlife Conservation Office...

On this (retrospective Valentines Day) episode Dr Shane, Dr Lauren, Dr Catherine and Chris KP talk eye research and contact lenses that help people with macular degeneration, research that talks about back pain and distraction and sea slugs! Guests include Fiona Russell - a vaccines expert from the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, James Goodridge talks the science of birds and author and acad...