Pythagoras' Trousers

A Genuine Psychic and the ALMA Telescope This week as it’s Halloween, Rhys opens his mind and welcomes a genuine psychic, Bob Ramsey into the studio to channel some of the great scientists, inventors and philosophers from our past. Our STEM Ambassador of the Week is Dr. Tim Jones from the School of Earth & [...]

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Autumn skeptics roundup and cell transplants for neurodegenerative disorders This week, Dr. Dean Burnett joins Rhys to discuss the Psychic Sally case, Project Barnham, Richard Dawkins, superstitions in rugby and the University of Wales. Our STEM Ambassador of the Week is Haley Gomez from the School of Physics & Astronomy at Cardiff University. Later on, [...]

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Invisibility Cloaks and Indian Summer On this week’s episode, reporter Julie Gould reports on research conducted by Professor Ortwin Hess at Imperial College, London. Our STEM Ambassador of the Week is particle physicist Professor Chris Allton at Swansea University. Later on, Michael Fish talks to Rhys about the recent unseasonably warm spell of weather. Finally [...]

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Book Reviews & The IgNobel Prizes 2011 This week, we welcome Dominic Lenton from Engineering & Technology Magazine back to the show to review Artificial Intelligence: The Basics by Kevin Warwick and Electric Bicycles: The Complete Guide by David Henshaw and Richard Peace. Our STEM Ambassador of the Week is Paul Stephenson from Magic Mathworks. [...]

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Speedy Neutrinos and Bang! Goes the Theory This week, Rhys talks to Professor Chris Allton from Swansea University about the neutrinos at CERN that appear to have travelled faster than the speed of light – he asks him what this will mean for science if found to be true and what the other explanations are [...]

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