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View the full archive of Brains Matter 102 - Dr Owen Carter - The Psychology of Tobacco Advertising In this episode, I talk to Dr Owen Carter, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer Control at Curtin University, on the topic of tobacco advertising. - What were the techniques used by tobacco companies in their advertising? - Does tobacco advertising actually affect smokers? - What is the effect of tobacco advertising on [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fourth 365 Days of Astronomy appearance The 22/9/2009 episode of 365 Days of Astronomy was the fourth contribution by Brains Matter to the IYA podcast effort. In this particular episode, I talk about Ruby Payne Scott, an Australian physicist, who was the world’s first female radio astronomer. Listen to the audio here Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 101 - Dr Paul Francis - Comets, Pink Black Holes & Teaching Astronomy In this episode, I talk to Dr Paul Francis from the Australian National University in Canberra on the topic of comets. - What are comets? - Where do they come from? - How big are comets in general? - What are they made of? - How big can comets be? - What would happen to Pluto if it came in closer [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 100 - The Century - Dr Andrew Prentice and Dr Simon Singh The 100th episode of Brains Matter coincides with National Science Week - and to celebrate both the 100th show and National Science week, in this episode, we cover a range of topics. There are two great new interviews, as well as highlights from previous shows. You can go to the original interviews by [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 099 - Skepticism 101 - The Australian Skeptics We’ve all heard of the word sceptic / skeptic. It is used in many contexts - and there is a worldwide movement of people who identify themselves as “skeptics”. What does that entail? Who is a skeptic? What’s the difference, if any, between being a sceptic and being a skeptic? [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 098 - Dr Seth Shostak - Science and the movies I talk to Dr Seth Shostak, from the SETI Institute, on the topic of science and the movies. We cover: - The portrayal and accuracy of science in entertainment - Seth’s role as science adviser in the movie remake of “The Day the Earth Stood Still” - What does a science adviser in a movie do? - Why [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 097 - Dr Rosemary Mardling - Extra solar planets I talk to Dr Rosemary Mardling, an astrophysicist from Monash University on the topic of extra-solar planets. Topics we cover include: - What is an extra solar planet? - How do we find extra solar planets? - How do we estimate the size and form of these extra solar planets? - How do we explain the “Hot Jupiter” [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 096 - Dr Ginger Campbell - Brain chemistry, plasticity and imaging I talk to Dr Ginger Campbell, the host of the Brain Science Podcast and Books and Ideas on the fascinating topics of - brain chemistry - what do we know about how chemicals may or may not influence us, - brain plasticity, learning languages or new skills and how to keep yourself young and vital (we hope!), [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 095 - Dr Andrew Prentice - The Saturn System Dr Andrew Prentice from Monash University continues his discussion with me about his theories of the formation of the solar system. In this episode, we concentrate on the Saturniun system, satellites such as Titan and some of the observations in comparison to his predictions, and conclude by reflecting back on what was discussed in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Third 365 DoA appearance A summary of the most recent episode on the expansion of the universe was featured for the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast today. 365 Days of Astronomy - Brains Matter interview with Dr Brian Schmidt (summary) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 093 - Dr Andrew Prentice - Supersonic Turbulence I talk to Dr Andrew Prentice on the topic of Supersonic Turbulence, a theory he proposed which helps in understanding his predictions on the objects within the solar system and formation of the solar system. Dr Prentice has also made some astounding predictions as has been documented here This is the first of a 3 [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 094 - Dr Andrew Prentice - Planets and Satellite formation I continue my talk to Dr Andrew Prentice from Monash University, extending on the discussion in part 1 of this interview series on Supersonic Turbulence, to talk about the Modern Laplacian Theory, and how it helps describe planetary and satellite formation, and it’s weaknesses. The discussion on satellites, and especially Titan, is fascinating. This is [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 092 - Dr Brian Schmidt - The acceleration of the universe We’ve all wondered about the creation of the universe - from the big bang onwards. What next? Is the galaxy going to slow down from the big bang? Will there be multiple big bangs and big crunches? The reality of the matter is astounding. In 1994, Dr Brian Schmidt, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 091 - Dr Maria Lugaro - Pre-Solar Grains I talk to Dr Maria Lugaro on the topic of pre-solar grains. Topics we cover include: - What are pre-solar grains? - Do they only exist in our solar system? - How big are they? - How do we capture pre-solar grains on Earth? - How do we determine if grains are pre-solar? - How do the grains form? - What [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Second 365 DoA Appearance Those of you who follow the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast will have noticed that todays episode is a Brains Matter production. Listen here Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 090 - Amanda Barnard - What is Nanotechnology? I talk to Dr Amanda Barnard, an expert in nanoscience, from the CSIRO on nanotechnology. We discuss: - What are nanoparticles? - What are nanorods? - What properties of a substance make it a useful nanoparticle? - What makes nanoparticles useful? - What do you need to know to understand nanotechnology? - What are some examples of the usage of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 089 - Dr Daniel Price - Stellar Formation I talk to Dr Daniel Price, Monash Fellow from the School of Mathematics at Monash University in Melbourne Australia, about how stars form. We discuss: - Star formation - What constitutes a star? - The first stars in the universe - Current star formation - For a given gas cloud, how many stars typically form? - The Jeans Mass - The [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 088 - Dr Ross Church - Binary Star Formation Dr Ross Church is a PhD from Cambridge, and is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at Monash University. I talked to him about binary stars: - What are binary stars? - How common are they? - Can stars exist in triple or more systems? - How big are most binary stars? - How do binary stars form? - How can [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 087 - Science Songs Chemistry, biology, physics, climate change - the list of science topics are too numerous for me to mention them all here. And each subject has someone singing about it in some fashion. That’s right - the episode that a lot of you have been waiting for - the show on science songs. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 086 - Dr Ross Church - Hypervelocity Stars Have you heard of hypervelocity stars? These are amazingly fast stars. How fast? I talk to Dr Ross Church, from Monash University, who tells us all about them. Topics of discussion include: What are hyper velocity stars? How do they form? The relationship between binary stars and hypervelocity stars The interactions between supermassive black holes [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website