The Pop Test – A comedy science quiz

What is love? Who invented dinosaurs? How did life begin? What's the best lighting system for a football game played by snakes? Science asks big questions but only The Pop Test answers them in a comedy quiz format. Andy and Al ask some frankly impossible questions. It's up to a panel of scientists and comedians to give their funniest or most enlightening answer for Team Science.

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Jan 30, 2021 • 25min

Computers

Comedians Dilruk Jayasinha and Naomi Higgins join computational expert Dr Maria del Mar Quiroga on a science/comedy quiz show. They discuss topics such as the history of computers, the limitations of silicon chips, understanding the brain's neurons, living inside a computer, and the first virus and antivirus in history.

Jan 24, 2021 • 1min

INTRODUCING — The Pop Test

The hosts introduce their comedy science quiz show, exploring various fields of study and discussing big mysteries like love and death.

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