I discuss a variety of topics in both the natural and social sciences, exploring the many fascinating insights that the scientific method yields about the world around us.
171 episodes transcribedAn introduction to the particles and forces that constitute the standard model of particle physics. After some historical background, we introduce eac...
Beginning with primitive Cynodonts in the late Permian, we our evolutionary development through Mesozoic mammaliaforms, the divergence of monotremes f...
A survey of extinct animal species from the Permian through the Cretaceous periods. We discuss important differences between anapsids, synapsids, and...
A journey through the evolutionary history of animals, beginning with the split of the metazoans from protists about 760 million years ago and ending...
Continuing from quantum electrodynamics part 1, here we explore the mathematical machinery used to compute interactions between particles, including p...
A detailed look into the physics and mathematics of quantum electrodynamics, the theory of how light and matter interact. We discuss the generalisatio...
A survey of the Earth's history through the lens of the geologic timescale. We begin with a discussion of the terminology of geochronologic units and...
An introduction to the techniques used to study the history and ages of geological speciments. We begin with an overview of chronostratigraphy, cover...
An introduction to the process of development, beginning with fertilisation and covering the stages of blastocyst formation, implantation into the ute...
An overview of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), beginning from the basic physics of nuclear magnetic resonance, and covering the use of radiowaves to...
A review of the carbohydrate insulin model of obesity and the related proposal that low carbohydrate diets are superior to traditional low fat diets....
An interview with Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston, author of the book 'The Future Loves You: How and Why We Should Abolish Death'. We begin by discussing ho...
A review of the science between the metabolic syndrome, including discussion of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. We discuss the pa...
An introduction to human nutrition, in which we discuss the nutritional importance and role of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, and minerals,...
An exploration into the exciting world of home appliances and devices. We begin with a journey through the kitchen, discussing the design and operatin...
An introduction to the psychological study of personality, beginning with a definition of what is and is not personality and a brief history of the de...
An introduction to the processes by which cells control which genes are expressed. We begin with an overview of why genetic regulation is necessary an...
Here we survey of the causes and consequences of genetic mutation, including a discussion of mechanisms of endogenous and induced mutations, rates of...
An introduction to classical Mendelian genetics, in which we discuss Mendel's experiments with peas and the laws of heredity that he discovered, inclu...
Continuing our series on General Relativity, we discuss the derivation of the Schwarzschild metric as a vacuum solution to Einstein's Field Equations,...
