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180 – Ten Years of Brains Matter

11/03/16 • -1 min

This Episode of Brains Matter celebrates the 10 year anniversary of the show. Yes, Brains Matter has hit the double figure mark. Starting out on the 16th of October 2006, the show has covered a wide range of topics and amazing guests.

In today’s show, I speak to Clive Weeks, who has been involved with the podcast for some time, and reminisce about the past ten years. The show is also a little bit of fun and turns things around a little bit – listen in to find out!

Also featured on today’s show are:

Richard Ogley
Karen Lewis
Allie Ford
Rob Lloyd

And a special thank you to Victoria from Russia for your contribution.

Download MP3 of Ep 180

Also featured on today’s show are:

Richard Ogley
Karen Lewis
Allie Ford
Rob Lloyd

And a special thank you to Victoria from Russia for your contribution.

Download MP3 of Ep 180

Previous Episode

179 – Dr Michael Childress – Supernovae

In today’s episode I speak to Dr Michael Childress from the Australian National University. He talks to me about his research into supernovae. During our conversations, we cover:

– His research into the progenitors of supernovae
– The techniques used to determine what type of stars they were before going supernovae
– The difference between the types of supernovae
– At what point would a star blow up?

Listen in!

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Next Episode

181 – Anant Tanna – Searching for Invisible Galaxies

In today’s episode I speak to Anant Tanna from the University of New South Wales School of Physics, about his research on looking for invisible galaxies. During our conversation, we cover:

– What are invisible galaxies?
– How do we find distant galaxies that we can’t see via their own light?
– What are redshift distances?
– How does looking at neutral hydrogen emissions help show distances of galaxies?
– How are multiple galaxies detected along the same line of sight?

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