Lagrange Point

What do Mosh Pits, Mauraders maps and beauty have in common? Mathematics of course! In today's episode we get into some mysteries of mathematics and how it relates to everyday life. We look at modelling mosh pits, robots with marauders maps and mathematical definitions of beauty.

On this week's episode we dive into the hive mind of bees and try and crack open the mysteries of colony collapse. We also look at the daily lives of ants, their career dreams and ambitions, and how the anternet works!

We break down some codes and learn how we protect secrets from the past and into the future. We look at the history of code breaking from Ancient Greece, through to Medieval courts and the world wars. We look at the way internet security works, and how we can break codes in the future using mathematics and quantum computing

Are you being bombared by absurd study 'advice' or tricks for getting through exams? In this week's episode we bust a whole bunch of exams and studying myths to try and figure out what works and what is pure fiction! Including associative learning, sleep deprivation, cramming, and strange studying superstitions.

Want the best tools to help your learning? We investigate brain training, if vitamins boos ttest scores and the benefits of using ebooks for learning!

In this week's Lagrange Point, there is a politic-oil spill, nanotech arms to help you lift like an Octopi based scientist with a PhD, and we talk about how bling can be used to fight bacteria!

We pay homage to the Kaiju genre by delving into the science behind giant monsters, the impossibilities of Godzilla, evolution, and what makes these movies so entertaining to watch.

We transmute feathers into plastic, learn what animals can lie like humans and how the colour of a container can impact your taste!

We rock your world with some exciting geology news about silent earthquakes, continents drifting apart and our city of science Christchurch and their earthquake research.

Real life medi-gel, genetically engineered animals and simulated environments for war games. There is a lot of science fiction in the Hunger games, but there is also some which are becoming science facts thanks to hard working scientists!

This week we celebrate China's successful landing of the Chang'e-3 probe and it's rover Yutu, along with the ESA's latest galaxy watcher Gaia, and how you can solve the mysteries of black holes just by fiddling with your phone!

We zoom into our second racing special, where we talk about nitrous and turbo, spoilers and illegally charging your car. How do we get cars to race so fast, but stay safe? Tune in and rev up for the second part of this special.

It's Part 1 of our Racing Special, where we discuss how to keep cars safe even when they are driving fast and furiously. We talk about which seat is safest in the car, how we design cars to be safe, and how we harness explosives to help us in collisions.

Could dragons exist? This week we discuss the science of dragons and dinosaurs, how T-Rex evolved and overcame the King of Gore, and could warm blooded dinosaurs be a reality?

Learn how to escape the heat this summer! Cooling down tips from reverse action microwaves, the wristwatch that chills you and plants that live underground!

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.