Research on the Rocks
Research on the Rocks
Latest Episodes
Episode 5 - Anti-Vaxx History with Paula Larsson
Who knew that vaccine resistance is as old as vaccines?? Soon-to-be-Dr. Larsson did! In fact, she just wrote a whole dissertation on it! We are back from a long hiatus to talk about the history of vaccines and anti-vaccination move...
Episode 4 - All You Need Is Maths feat. Caoimhe Rooney & Jessica Williams (Mathematigals)
It's time to get mathematical, with two special guests from the world of applied mathematics! Dr Caoimhe Rooney is a research fellow at NASA Ames Research Centre who uses maths to study exoplanets with the goal of understanding how they formed,...
Episode 3 - Zachary Cox, Master of Disaster
Okay, you can't really be 'master' of disaster - in fact, you are more likely to find that disasters always come out on top in a head-to-head, but Zachary Cox argues that's not the case. Talk to the small business owners and innovators who have...
Episode 2 - Rachel Wheatley vs The Resistance
Dr Rachel Wheatley spends her days fighting against the resistance - antibiotic resistance, that is. Antibiotic use is widespread today, with people often demanding antibiotics from doctors even when they don't have bacterial infections. Intens...