Lexx Education

Laura is back from holiday and the science siblings are back giddy to be reunited via the medium of the internet. Fresh from not arguing over physics for once, they bound into biology with fresh enthusiasm only to be met with squabbles straight out of the gate. What a nightmare! This week they are looking at diffusion (again), osmosis (Jones), Active transport, catalysts, enzymes and emulsions (no...

Oh my goodness... can you believe it? A physics episode with next to no screaming at each other? It has to be heard to be believed! This week the science siblings leave tiny, obscure nonsense alone for a hot minute and take a peek at energy sources... Ron walks Laura through all the current available energy sources and they discuss the pros and cons of each one. Ron is... hot during this episode....

Hello! Welcome back to Lexx Education, the science podcast where comedian Laura Lexx tries to learn science from her nerdy little brother Ron. This week the Somerset siblings are actually in the same room for the intro and outro of the podcast, and thanks to a little gift from a listener, they have a LOT OF FUN. Also featuring a live studio audience by way of girlfriend of the podcast Judith, and...

This week the science siblings are in their comfort zone of biology, but don’t let that fool you into thinking that they can’t fall out about it. Ron tries to teach Laura using her favourite thing on planet earth: tea. However, it just causes Laura to be annoyed that the learning never actually turns into tea. Diffusion is the big topic of the day; looking at chaos theory, entropy and then how bod...

This week Laura Lexx is back in the Physics Lab and oh boy is she furious about it! As her brother Ron attempts once again to get over his own disinterest in science and get her to concentrate, they have a look at energy transfers and how to calculate how much energy is used in heating and cooling objects. Laura gets promised tea that never comes, but helpfully she does now know how much energy he...

In their third trip around the science sun, the science siblings pass by Chemistry again to see what's new. There's time for a quick brushing up on atomic structure to see what Laura has retained from last chemistry, and then it's on to new ground. In order to look at the periodic table Ron needs to describe the difference between a row and a column, and then it all gets a bit dreamy as they look...

After the burning trash pile that was last week’s attempts to delve further into physics, the science siblings are thrilled to be back in the warm comforting arms of biology. Mmmmmm cosy. Biology 3 picks up from where they left off last time with cell specialisation but this time Ron is teaching Laura about the all powerful totipotent cells: Stem Cells. Much to both Laura and Ron’s relief, Laura h...

It's that time again: Physics. Not the science siblings favourite but maybe their second time round to it will improve their relationship with the forces of nature? No. If this podcast had ever had wheels we might say that this was where they came off. Ron tries to persuade Laura that every action has an equal and opposite reaction and Laura asks if tables are made of jelly and why the floor wants...

Welcome back to the chemistry lab… it’s our second delve into the world of atoms, electrons, neutrons and protons AKA Bob Marley, sound engineers, sad boys and parties! This week Ron tries to introduce the concepts of Relative Charge and Relative Mass to a Laura that still can’t quite remember whether she’s talking about cells or atoms. Even if she could remember, the fact they both have nucleus’...

Every week Ron and Laura meet up to cover a little bit more of the GCSE Science syllabus and try and re-teach laura GCSE science. This week they return to biology, and attempt again to get Laura to understand that cells and atoms are different things. Maybe one day it will sink in? It's not today though. Via a quick description of how electron microscopes work, the siblings get on a mission to und...

Welcome back science fans! Physics Lesson 1 is about to begin... having beaten biology and conquered chemistry, Laura is back to form a physics philosophy (it was the best we could think of for that, shut up). Physics doesn't so much get off with a bang, more of a teensy weensy whimper of pain as Laura realises she hates physics and Ron is forced to admit he's not that keen on it either. The sibli...