Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Nov 30, 2009, 2:16 am
In the last two weeks, I've been sent the following two mathematics videos - one serious, one not so much. Can you conceptualise 10 dimensions? This could help. Ever wondered what ...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Nov 20, 2009, 5:31 am
Astrobiology is a fascinating and complex field of science. It is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe, and is a relatively new field of science incorpo...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Nov 18, 2009, 6:53 pm
A few months back, I spoke to Scott Portelli about his experiences diving with whales in Tonga - see Ep 109: Tongan blowholes and whales. Scott has recently returned from Tonga, and took from breathta...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Oct 30, 2009, 7:22 pm
Ever wondered whether it is scientifically possible to become a superhero? In a new series of podcasts, Dr Christopher Pettigrew (aka Dr Boob*) and I are going to tackle this question. Chris is a...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Oct 19, 2009, 4:05 am
Terence Tao is a Professor at the Department of Mathematics, UCLA and one of Australia's most acclaimed mathematicians. Indeed, he is arguably the world's greatest living mathematician. In 200...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Oct 15, 2009, 11:41 pm
October 15 is Blog Action Day 2009 and this year's topic is Climate Change. The idea is to raise awareness of the topic, so I thought I'd get in on the act - it is still October 15 in some par...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Oct 7, 2009, 3:20 am
Somehow we are already near the end of 2009, and therefore it's time to start reflecting on the year that was. Each year we run a competition in which you, dear readers and listeners, can write in...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Oct 7, 2009, 2:21 am
The 2009 Podcast Awards are now open for nominations. If you would like to nominate The Mr Science Show in the science and technology section, then that would be lovely! Check out the rules - essentia...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Sep 29, 2009, 12:58 am
The dust is finally starting to clear from Sydney, leaving a ruddy orange layer of muck all over the city. This podcast goes with our previous article Red Sydney, and as well as being a description of...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Sep 23, 2009, 5:37 am
... originator is. It is brilliant. None of these images have been manipulated - yes, it was back to the 60s with sepia Sydney today! From MarchingAnts on flickr: From TomHide ...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Sep 18, 2009, 6:46 pm
This week saw the publication of a story that "more than half of all Britons have been injured by biscuits." The story received plenty of coverage in the British national press, and if true, is ...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Sep 14, 2009, 3:45 am
Following on the heels of our Science of Cocktails podcast, we have an episode for the morning after – The Science of Coffee. At the recent Science of Coffee event at Lushbucket Cafe as part of...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Sep 6, 2009, 6:15 pm
Manuel Terron is a celebrity chef with the Lifestyle Channel program Mixing with the Best - he is described as a Mixologist, writer and bar consultant, and has been working in the bar/cocktail industr...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Sep 3, 2009, 4:07 am
I love to see statistics in the media. This week there were a couple of stories that caught my eye: Town hall bans staff from using Facebook after they each waste 572 hours in ONE month.I found this...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Sep 3, 2009, 1:44 am
Here at The Mr Science Show, we are devotees of The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, if for no other reason than His brilliant insight that global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other na...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Aug 30, 2009, 3:59 am
Jon Lomberg is one of the world's most distinguished space-artists. Lomberg was Carl Sagan's principal artistic collaborator for more than twenty years and in 1998, the International Astronom...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Aug 22, 2009, 3:47 am
This week's podcast celebrates the start of the Ultimo Science Festival - ten days and nights of science fun for families, schools, and people of all ages. The festival is presented by the Powerh...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Aug 21, 2009, 12:32 am
Nominations for the 2009 anthology of the best writing on science blogs, The Open Laboratory 2009, are now open. Last year there were around 830 submissions narrowed down to 50 essays, one poem and on...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Aug 20, 2009, 2:05 am

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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Aug 11, 2009, 6:04 am
If it were possible that Feist could get any cuter, here it is. In this clip, she sings her song 1234 with the cast of Sesame Street. Brilliant - surely this will get the next generation into mathemat...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Aug 6, 2009, 2:21 am

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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Jul 29, 2009, 10:02 pm
1stplaceHeliaJalili Originally uploaded by rodolfobernal I love this pic from flickr. It is a scanning electron microscope image of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanostructures (that is, really small ZnO structure...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Jul 29, 2009, 12:36 am
Here are a few games that are fun and sciencey to keep you sane at work. Driving whilst Distracted The New York Times recently published a Distracted Driver game to gauge your distraction while you...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Jul 24, 2009, 1:47 am
In the paper Dark Omens in the Sky: Do Superstitious Beliefs Affect Investment Decisions?, Gabriele Lepori from Copenhagen Business School has correlated the occurrence of solar and lunar eclipses wit...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Jul 19, 2009, 8:00 am
The Kingdom of Tonga is an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean comprising 169 islands stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres. It is the only sovereign monarchy in the Pacific and takes ...
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Marc W. posted an article on The Mr Science Show - Jul 9, 2009, 3:16 am
I love this clip of former Australian cricket Damien Fleming on the comedy show Thank God You're Here, the Australian theatre-sports style show which essentially aims to embarrass celebrities. In ...
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