It is with great sadness that I let you know that my friend and co-Beer Drinking Scientist, Darren, passed away in January after a brave battle with brain cancer. This episode is made up of old audio that we haven't put out on this podcast b

Let's talk about sex

Aug 26th, 2010 34m

What better topic to talk about over a beer than sex?Darren and Marc continue tackling the big topics by tackling one of the biggest of them all, the science of sex. We review the history of research into sexuality, including the seminal Kins

The search for extraterrestrial life

Dec 10th, 2009 30m 38s

The Beer Drinking Scientists are back! It's been two and a half years since our last episode, but Darren Osborne and Marc West have got back together over a beer in Sydney to chat about the pressing scientific issues of the day - in this case,

We’re getting the band back together…

Oct 27th, 2009

After 2 years hiatus, the Beer Drinking Scientists are coming back.Stay tuned in November 2009 for a show on Extraterrestrial Life. In the meantime, have a listen back to our old episodes on climate change and cloning, and follow us on twitter

Cloning

Apr 17th, 2007 34m 39s

This week, Darren and Marc tackle the issue of cloning. They cover the issues involved with adult and embryonic stem cells, therapeutic cloning, where you draw the line with creating a life-form for harvesting its stem cells, Dolly the sheep, S

Climate change

Mar 3rd, 2007 26m 42s

In the first full epsiode of The Beer Drinking Scientists, Marc and Darren talk about climate change. What it is, who's responsible and why we should care.