In this Sciblogs Podcast, Lindsey Horne talks to graduates of the University of Otago’s Center for Science Communication as they release the science-related documentaries they have been working on. Click below to listen to the audio: [audio: ht

Episode 42: Earth & Sea

Aug 31st, 2012

In Episode 42 of the podcast we talk Google Earth with the internet giant’s Chief Technology Advocate, dive into the issue of Marine Protected Areas in New Zealand and learn how soil bacteria are contributing to antibiotic resistance. Michael

Episode 42: Earth & Sea

Aug 31st, 2012

Episode 41: Liquor, language and bees

Aug 24th, 2012

In Episode 41 this week we pick apart the costs of boozing, find that Anatolia is the ‘Tower of Babel’ for Indo-European languages and get the latest buzz on how genetics research can help bees in New Zealand. First up, we examine the costs of

Podcast: Skeptics, eruptions and the male pill

Aug 17th, 2012

Episode 40 sees us revisiting volcanology and some fun with explosives as a New York professor uses explosives to recreate the eruptive effect of maars – low profile volcanoes, the remnants of which can be seen across Auckland’s volcanic field.

Sciblogs Podcast episode 39: Curiosity thrills

Aug 10th, 2012

We missed a week of the Sciblogs podcast to do some extra interviews for the Sciblogs podcast special on the Curiosity Mars Rover landing – the biggest science news event since, well the discover of the Higgs Boson. You’ll enjoy the insights Ne

Podcast: The pseudoscience epidemic

Jul 27th, 2012

Claims about viruses and phoney cures are put to the test on the Sciblogs podcast this week We talk to Sue Huang from ESR who cuts through the recent media hype to clarify if NZ is or isn’t experiencing an influenza epidemic. SciBlogger Michael

Podcast: Science on trial

Jul 20th, 2012

On the Sciblogs podcast this week, we head to the High Court where climate sceptics have this week been seeking a judicial review of NIWA’s climate records. We catch up with Sciblogger Gareth Renowden about the case and we talk to former NIWA c

Podcast: The fight for the Net

Jul 13th, 2012

I’ve been at Nethui catching up on the state of all things internet-related and came away rather disconcerted about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement currently being negotiated in secret on our behalf and which could have major implicatio

Podcast: Higgs, I think we have it!

Jul 6th, 2012

EPISODE 35: This week’s podcast looks at how the news out of CERN about the discovery of a Higgs-like boson was received by the world. How did the media do in describing what the Higgs Boson actually is and did what’s the future for the Large H

Episode 34: Digital Earth 2.0

Jun 29th, 2012

On the Sciblogs podcast this week we look at the progress made on Digital Earth initiatives like Google Earth – what’s in store for the next generation of Earth visualisation and simulation platforms? We talk to Sciblogger Ken Perrott about new

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