Ockham’s Razor
ABC
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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Jul 27, 2019 • 11min
The Titanic and beyond
Maritime archaeology doesn’t sound super-sexy, but Emily Jateff's work has taken her to some extraordinary places – like to the Titanic. Four times!
Jul 20, 2019 • 11min
Tackling cancer with maths
Medical research is full of in vitro and in vivo experiments, but mathematicians are tackling tumors with in silico studies.
Jul 13, 2019 • 11min
Silicosis is NOT the new asbestosis
When a young Gold Coast stonemason died from silicosis in March, it was branded 'the new asbestosis'. But the media couldn't have been more wrong.
Jul 6, 2019 • 11min
Fertility drugs and nuns' wee
An unlikely group of women played an important role in the early days of fertility treatments.
Jun 29, 2019 • 10min
Jobs in the age of intelligent machines
The robots are coming, but - phew! - they're only stealing some of our jobs.
Jun 23, 2019 • 11min
To catch a (wildlife) thief
There's nothing criminals love more than finding a branch of crime that pays, but is poorly enforced - like wildlife trafficking. Can science fight back? Lydia Tong thinks so.
Jun 15, 2019 • 10min
The future is fungus
Fungi are behind everything from blue cheese and truffles to zombi-making head spikes. And that's just the ones we know about it.
Jun 8, 2019 • 11min
When anaesthetists can't sleep ...
What do you call an insomniac anaesthetist? Michael Toon.
Jun 2, 2019 • 12min
Reimagining the thylacine
Can we bring back mammals from extinction? It will take more than just technology, says evolutionary geneticist Andrew Pask.
May 25, 2019 • 11min
Algorithms that make art
Computers write poems and jokes, and generate music and images. But is it art?
