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.
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Oct 5, 2019 • 9min
New stemsation: do stem cells live up to the hype?
It all starts with tubes of warm, thick, gooey fat delivered fresh to the lab.
Sep 28, 2019 • 11min
From the lab to the patient
Only a fraction of health research makes its way into clinical practice. And it takes years to make the journey.
Sep 21, 2019 • 10min
The other microbiome ...
Move over gut: it's time to meet the vaginal microbiome.
Sep 14, 2019 • 12min
The secrets hidden in crystals
Crystals aren't just beautiful - they tell stories that can help answer some of the big questions of our planet's past - and our own.
Sep 8, 2019 • 12min
The case of L Ron Hubbard V Science
It's one thing to big note yourself. But the founder of the Church of Scientology is guilty of scientific fraud, explains author and investigative journalist Steve Cannane.
Aug 31, 2019 • 11min
Today no one got eaten.
Geophysicists might expect to face earthquakes or volcanoes in their work. But Kate Selway has to factor hungry Polar bears into her research.
Aug 24, 2019 • 9min
Where do ideas come from?
Archimedes had the original Eureka moment in the bath. Mathematician Geordie Williamson had a geometry-shattering insight in the shower. Where do our ideas come from?
Aug 17, 2019 • 13min
John Snow and the Broad St pump
Dr Jim Leavesley on the other John Snow, cholera and the birth of epidemiology. (First broadcast September 5, 2004).
Aug 10, 2019 • 11min
Thomas Harriot: England's Galileo
Robyn Arianrhod with the story of an Elizabethan mathematician you've never heard of.
Aug 3, 2019 • 12min
Romancing the stars
Trashy mags are full of stories about love among the stars. But astrophysicist Devika Kamath has discovered what happens when real stars hook-up -- and is rewriting the astronomy textbooks as a result!
