Science Queeries

23 Aug 2024

Electrifying material facts

Education, Science & Medicine, Technology

Dr Cat has a solid chat with Dr Mike Wilson about the building blocks of our world. She’s a Material Girl, and they’re a material scientist-turned-educator. Can fabric generate electricity from our body heat? Can we make DNA-like nano-particles to deliver drugs to tumors? Is everything actually “plastic”? Life IS plastic, and it’s fantastic.

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21 Mar 2025

So many holes in these theories

Astronomy, Cosmology, Science & Medicine

Dr Cat has a stellar conversation with superstar astrophysicist Dr Shanika Galaudage. They ripple through spacetime and chat about black ...

21 Mar 2025

A meating of minds

Animals, Environment, Society & Culture, Sustainability

Dr Cat chats about agriculture with Ainslie Macdonald. They plow through the impact of greenhouse emissions in agriculture, and explored ...

12 Mar 2025

Science is colden

Biology, Environment, Health, Immunology, Science & Medicine

Two immunologists walk onto a boat – to take them to Antarctica. Dr Cat and A/Prof Helen McGuire. Helen is ...