
Talking of Science
Tackling big topics with small humans
Podcasting since 2025 • 7 episodes
Talking of Science
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Can you wake up a frozen mammoth by shocking it with lightning?
Storybooks can impact the imagination of a child in so many ways. In this episode, we meet Professor Eline Lorenzen to try and get to the bottom of whether David Walliam’s award-winning children’s novel The Ice Monster might be even the teensie...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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Why didn’t they play fair?
What do rigged fencing swords, blue grass, and menstrual cycle coaches tell us about human behaviour? Quite a lot, actually! In this episode of Talking of Science, Helen Frost and Dr. C are joined by trivia king James Harkin and a live audience...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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Introduction to Talking of Science
Talking of Science is a spotlight on the mad and hilarious conversations we end up having when we try to talk science with our kids. Learn more about this show and meet the people who bring it to life.To get in contact with us at Talking...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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How does a calculator know what 85 + 85 is?
Well, according to Dr C… it just does! But perhaps we can go a little deeper than that. Personally, I suspect that there’s a tiny gremlin inside each device, with many, many fingers to do all those calculations. However, Lucas Casparis tells a ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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Who is the best at climbing a tree?
We often overlook our hands - their exquisite engineering is easy to miss in the comings and goings of everyday life. This week we meet Stine Keibel Blom who is an expert on the evolution and anatomy of primate hands and feet. Stine helps us to...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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