You know we’re back into the swing of things when you start doing your regular science chats around the country. As per last year I’ll be chatting to ABC Mid North Coast (Port Macquarie) each Wednesday at 10:10 am (new time), ABC Western Plains (Dubbo) each Wednesday fortnight at 10:35 am, and ABC Central West (Orange) each Tuesday fortnight at 9:35 am. I’m also adding ABC Western Victoria (Bendigo) to my roll call – alternative Wednesday at 10:35 am.
Last week I had my first spot with Angela Owens at ABC Central West. We talked about tiny hard drives and how increased levels of carbon dioxide affects brain activity in fish.
Recently I was asked to write another piece for The Drum – the ABC’s online analysis and opinion website. This time the topic was climate change.
Recently I received a call from ABC North Tasmania asking if I would chat about ‘sense of direction’. A quick search of our news archives revealed we had at least three interesting stories. So I agreed to speak with the breakfast presenter Penny Terry at 6:20 am (what I do for science).
It’s always interesting when you come across a paper that makes you say to yourself ‘Yeah! That makes sense’. I had that feeling last week when I saw this one pop up on the pre-press website arXiv.org.
Over the summer period I’ll be talking science with Julian Morrow on ABC Radio National, every Friday at around 8:15 am.
A busy week for me as I had to fill in some blanks in the schedule. One story was on 
I’m a bit late in putting this up, but during the federal election campign I wrote two stories on the Labor and Coalition science policies.
Exposure to chemicals used in the manufacture of non-stick surfaces has been linked to an increased rate of thyroid disease.
Engineers who invented a bra that converts into a gas mask and Irish police officers who mistakenly wrote tickets to ‘Driver’s Licence’ have lead the IgNobel prizes for 2009.