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Monday Mar 23, 2015
Monday Mar 23, 2015
Today on Fuzzy Logic, we're launching into space, on a dangerous adventure. This is the inscription at the site of the Honeysuckle Creek radio telescope, with words from Prime Minister of the day, John Gorton.
The dangerous adventure takes humanity to places where no managers would go. This is the stuff of can-do, the inspiration that lead us to new places.
Dr Robert Zubrin is President of the US Mars Society, and author of The Case for Mars. Jon Clark is President of the Mars Society Australia. What will it take to get there? The answer, surprisingly, is a lot closer than you might've thought.
Brought to you by Broderick and Rod.
Tuesday Mar 17, 2015
Tuesday Mar 17, 2015
Psy, an unknown Korean singer, broke YouTube with his song Gangnam style after it went viral on YouTube, with over 2.5 billion views. So the question beckons - how do you create a viral YouTube clip? is their a secret formula? Can science help? In this episode of the Fuzzy Logic podcast, Ian chats with Dustin Welbourne, Science Communicator extraordinaire, who set out to answer this very question.
Dustin and co-author Will Grant analysed over 400 science communication video YouTube clips and published their results in the Journal Public Understanding of Science. They came up with a list of seven essential criteria to make that /entertaining/engaging/education YouTube clip and channel, keeping your audience coming back for more.
Have you ever wanted to break YouTube, just like Psy? Well listen to this great podcast to find out more.
Hosted by Ian McDonald
Tuesday Mar 17, 2015
Tuesday Mar 17, 2015
After Rumination #3, we delve further into sound and speech. Shame on your naughty...what?
Written and presented by Rod.
Monday Mar 09, 2015
Monday Mar 09, 2015
Do you have any of those freeze-frame memories? You know the sort. Maybe you misjudged the intersection, or you said something embarassing in front of an audience.
In these moments, time ticks slowly. In Rocks on Bonnets we delve into consciousness.
To be continued in Ruminations #4.
Written and presented by Rod.
Tuesday Feb 24, 2015
Tuesday Feb 24, 2015
In the previous episode of Ruminations we shrunk ourselves small enough to be injected into a person's body. Today, we're going even further, right down into the sub atomic world.
Things are really weird down here.
Ruminations #2 continues the Fantastic Voyage.
Sunday Feb 22, 2015
Sunday Feb 22, 2015
Did you ever watch the old B-grade movie, Fantastic Voyage?
See our clever heroes shrunk down to the micro-scale, injected into and save the blood stream of someone who must be saved. Desperate stuff, and a fun story.
But would would it really be like down there? Assuming it's possible in the first place of course.
Oh...and sorry about the goat.
Enjoy this first instalment of Ruminations, recorded for the Community Broadcasting Network.
Next time on Ruminations...we shrink even further!
Written and presented by Rod, with thanks to David Jenkins and Deborah Hawke.
Sunday Feb 15, 2015
Sunday Feb 15, 2015
Today we delve into the mind of a psychopath. These characters fuel countless books and movies, underlying our fascination with them. Perhaps after listening to this, you'll recognise some psychopathic characters. Maybe even someone you work with. Or perhaps a voice you've heard on podcast.
Few topics in science are so evocative. But... it's never that simple. Psychopathy turns out to be a slippery concept.
Along the way, we bump into the Myers Briggs indicator often used workplace training. Is it real? Many of us have been lumped into one of four boxes this way. Next time you do, have this authoritive quote ready.
Dr Martin Sellbom brings scientific rigour into a muddy topic. Dr Sellbom is Associate Professor, Director of the Clinical Psychology program at the ANU.
And bringing a writer's perspective is fantasy author KJ Taylor, who's works many explore the darker side of human nature.
Fuzzy Logic is grateful for the support of Australian Science Communicators.
Monday Feb 09, 2015
Monday Feb 09, 2015
On this episode of Fuzzy, Ian interviews Sione Crawford (Manager of Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy) and David McDonald (Director of Social Research & Evaluation Pty Ltd) about how they evaluated Canberra's Naloxone program. Naloxone is an injectable drug designed to reverse the effects of people who have overdosed on heroin (and other opioids). This government funded program was quite controversial in its infancy but was it actually a success? and how did David and Sione collect data required to publish government reports and scientific papers? We discuss all these issues and more in this very interesting episode of Fuzzy.
Monday Feb 02, 2015
Monday Feb 02, 2015
On this episode of Fuzzy Logic, Jarrod and Broderick discuss chickens that can count, how to generate those "aha" moments, an expert poker playing computer and a new chemical bond. This episode also features an interview by Ian with Dr Kate Grarock, senior ecologist at Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary, one of Canberra's best kept secrets.
Sunday Dec 07, 2014
Sunday Dec 07, 2014
Imagine you suffered depression or a condition such as Asperger's syndrome. Would you undertake treatment that would change your brain? It's a vexed question when we're talking about the the fundamentals of your self.
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is a technique that is evolving for these and other disorders.
Associate Professor Peter Enticott is from the Cognitive Neuroscience Unit at Deakin University. Fantasy novellist Katie also joins us, to tell the story from an asperger's point of view.
Brought to you by Ian, Eleanor, Rod, and a special guest appearance by Jimi Hendrix.