Beyond the Lab
Science
Beyond the Lab is more than a program just for science nerds. Each month David Murray tells amazing stories about real people and the sometimes surprising ways that science affects us all. It's a program that looks far beyond the beakers and the lab coats to explore that fuzzy region where the world of science collides with the world of everyday life. Beyond the Lab is for anyone with a curious mind and a weakness for a good story but, that said, there's also enough 'how', 'why' and good ol' academic rigor to keep even the most hardcore boffin happy. After all, why should you worry about the truth getting in the way of a good story when the truth is remarkable enough as it is?
Location:
Sydney, NSW
Description:
Beyond the Lab is more than a program just for science nerds. Each month David Murray tells amazing stories about real people and the sometimes surprising ways that science affects us all. It's a program that looks far beyond the beakers and the lab coats to explore that fuzzy region where the world of science collides with the world of everyday life. Beyond the Lab is for anyone with a curious mind and a weakness for a good story but, that said, there's also enough 'how', 'why' and good ol' academic rigor to keep even the most hardcore boffin happy. After all, why should you worry about the truth getting in the way of a good story when the truth is remarkable enough as it is?
Language:
English
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Episodes
A Cure for Aging?
11/16/2017
Thanks to medical science we experience more life but also more old age than ever before. But, what if you could slow it all down? What if there was a cure for aging?
Duration:00:29:59
You, yourself, and your brain
10/22/2017
Sometimes the world can feel out of control so it's nice to think that the one thing we do have control of is what goes on inside our own heads. But, what if this wasn't as true as we'd like to believe?
Duration:00:33:50
The Psychedelic Renaissance
9/21/2017
Before LSD, magic mushrooms and MDMA were street drugs they were seen as one of the most exciting things in psychiatry.
Duration:00:27:24
The problem for willpower
7/3/2017
Our understanding of the world is always evolving, but what happens when something we we were almost certain is real starts to be questioned?
Duration:00:30:00
The Biology of Growing Up Poor
6/4/2017
We are starting to find that not only does poverty and disadvantage imprint itself on the fundamental blueprints of our biology, it's effects can echo down the generations.
Duration:00:29:45
Birds and Borders
5/7/2017
It's easy to forget that the way we see the world isn't always the same as how the creatures we share it with see it.
Duration:00:29:59
What happens when an idea becomes a disease?
4/6/2017
We generally get the idea that mood and personality can be infectious. Sometimes though an idea can be so powerful, it is not only able to affect you psychologically, but make you physically sick as well.
Duration:00:29:59
Life in the sky
3/9/2017
There was a time when it was a given that humanity was alone in the universe, But, after decades in the search for life outside of earth, are we any closer to finding it?
Duration:00:29:27
Living in (science) denial
1/12/2017
Think you're pretty science literate? I've got some bad news for you; just because you subscribe to a dozen or so science news feeds online, it doesn't mean you're not susceptible to science denial.
Duration:00:28:56
Living in (science) denial
1/12/2017
Think you're pretty science literate? I've got some bad news for you; just because you subscribe to a dozen or so science news feeds online, it doesn't mean you're not susceptible to science denial.
Duration:00:28:56
It's All A Conspiracy
12/15/2016
Reptiles in charge of the government, airplanes spraying us with mind controlling chemicals, and something not quite right about those images of the moon landing. Most of us think we would never fall for a conspiracy theory, but maybe there's a little guy wearing a tinfoil hat in all of us.
Duration:00:30:12
Making Life
11/17/2016
From IVF to so called three parent babies; new reproductive technologies open up the possibility of children to couples who may have thought it impossible. But, the road from research to reality can be rocky.
Duration:00:31:43
The Sound of the Universe
10/20/2016
It's easy to think of space as cold, static and silent. But, the universe is 'noisier' than you may first think; you just need to know how to tune into it its song.
Duration:00:32:45
What We Can All Learn From Twins
9/22/2016
It can hard to go more than a couple of days without reading a headline proclaiming that science has found a new gene behind for some trait or another. But, is who we are only written in our DNA?
Duration:00:29:00
Could You Love A Robot?
8/25/2016
Our relationship with intelligent technology is becoming more and more intimate. Thanks to machine learning our AI enabled devices could soon be making their way from the bedside table and into the bed. But are we ready for a world of robot love?
Duration:00:26:40
Special: The Citius Limits
6/4/2016
The constant felling of Word Records is something athletes and armchair athletes alike come to expect from our elite performers. In this classic Beyond the Lab we return to the track to ask; is this relentless march forward sustainable?
Duration:00:25:44
Special: This Hand Is Not Mine
5/7/2016
We have all got things about body we would like to change. But, how do you treat someone who wants to remove a body part altogether? In this Beyond the Lab special we revist the story of Jason and his complicated realtionship with his right hand.
Duration:00:25:00
The Sound of Horror
4/9/2016
A good horror film uses more than just blood, gore and violence to scare us. The sound of horror can be just as terrifying as anything a filmmaker can show us but, why does it affect us at all?
Duration:00:28:25
The Sound of Horror
4/9/2016
A good horror film uses more than just blood, gore and violence to scare us. The sound of horror can be just as terrifying as anything a filmmaker can show us but, why does it affect us at all?
Duration:00:28:25
The Sound of Horror
4/9/2016
A good horror film uses more than just blood, gore and violence to scare us. The sound of horror can be just as terrifying as anything a filmmaker can show us but, why does it affect us at all?
Duration:00:28:25