Ockham’s Razor

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Today no one got eaten. Sep 01, 2019

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Geophysicists might expect to face earthquakes or volcanoes in their work. But Kate Selway has to factor hungry Polar bears into her research.

Where do ideas come from? Aug 25, 2019

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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?

John Snow and the Broad St pump Aug 18, 2019

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Dr Jim Leavesley on the other John Snow, cholera and the birth of epidemiology. (First broadcast September 5, 2004).

Thomas Harriot: England's Galileo Aug 11, 2019

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Robyn Arianrhod with the story of an Elizabethan mathematician you've never heard of.

Romancing the stars Aug 04, 2019

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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!

The Titanic and beyond Jul 28, 2019

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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!

Tackling cancer with maths Jul 21, 2019

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Medical research is full of in vitro and in vivo experiments, but mathematicians are tackling tumors with in silico studies.

Silicosis is NOT the new asbestosis Jul 14, 2019

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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.

Fertility drugs and nuns' wee Jul 07, 2019

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An unlikely group of women played an important role in the early days of fertility treatments.