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The Mr Science Show

Dec 24, 2015

2015 was a magnificent year for physics. Not only was it the International Year of Light and light-based technologies, it was an outstanding year of astronomical achievement, culminating with the magnificent New Horizons photos of Pluto. It was also 100 years since the Theory of General Relativity was published, and 50...


Sep 21, 2015

From a recent chat with ABC Central West, this week we talk:

  1. The correlation between wedding / engagement ring cost, and marriage longevity
  2. Does your cat really love you?


Aug 11, 2015

Every month I chat with ABC Central West and the science topics of the day, and this week we chatted food, in particular:

  1.  Consumption of spicy foods may lead to a lower risk of death (and a little about correlation and causation - I really should do some more correlations of the week)
  2. Brain evolution needed carbs 


Jun 29, 2015

Do you remember Cold Fusion? Remember when electrochemists Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons claimed to have achieved nuclear fusion in a bottle on a table in their lab in Utah? That was so 80s! Cold Fusion was quickly debunked and, apart from its appearance in a 1997 Val Kilmer Movie (The Saint), most people forgot...


Jan 6, 2015

This Christmas break, I have been mucking around with science experiments for my kids. Here is the first of a few easy experiments you can try at home.

The following video shows you how to make a home-made lava lamp. It is very simple - grab a cup (or bottle or vase or flask), fill it about a third full of water and...