Ockham’s Razor
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This program is no longer in production. Ockham’s Razor is a soap box for all things scientific, with short talks about research, industry and policy from people with something thoughtful to say about science.
Episodes
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Dec 14, 2019 • 11min
It could happen to your child
You're carrying a few lethal genes, but how would you know? Ockham's Razor returns January 26, 2020.
Dec 7, 2019 • 12min
Einstein's physics for kids
Can kids understand relativity and quantum physics?
Nov 30, 2019 • 12min
Green energy for lazy people
Jemma Green is building a path of least resistance to renewable energy.
Nov 23, 2019 • 12min
HealthLit4Kids
A little health literacy program in Tassie is making waves on a global stage.
Nov 16, 2019 • 12min
Tackling obesity with a twist
Treating obesity is never as simple as eat less, exercise more.
Nov 9, 2019 • 12min
The end of tobacco smoking
Tobacco smoking has caused untold death and disease. But is a world without cigarettes possible? Public health academic Coral Gartner has a dream ... and a plan.
Nov 2, 2019 • 12min
Nudity, easels and the science of embodiment
Zoe Kean has always suspected that taking part in life drawing classes changes us - and now she's found a scientist who shares her curiosity and has begun to study the effect.
Oct 26, 2019 • 12min
Life after Earth ... for capitalists
It might be the ultimate dream for preppers and Trekkies: life in a Dyson sphere. Astrophysicist Natasha Hurley-Walker takes us to a possible distant future via the physics of continuous economic growth.
Oct 20, 2019 • 12min
The downside of good science communication
Collaborating with an artist to bring Tassie wildlife science to a broader audience has created a dilemma for saltmarsh researcher Vishnu Prahalad.
Oct 12, 2019 • 8min
The complexity of pregnancy
Sheila Pham always thought it would be great to have kids; but one thing that worried her was what you had to go through beforehand.
