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Sci Fi/Sci Fact: Octiron on Terry Pratchett's Discworld
Kate Andrew discusses the imaginary element Octiron, one of the key plot devices of Terry Pratchett's Discworld.
June 19, 2024
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Sci Fi/Sci Fact: Spiderman's Web
Dr Paul Hume chats about how spider silk might have Spiderman-like capabilities in real life.
June 17, 2024
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Sci Fi/Sci Fact: The Terminator
Professor Duncan McGillivray discusses reconfigurable materials, like Terminator's liquid metal endoskeleton.
June 14, 2024
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Sci Fi/Sci Fact: Wonder Woman's Feminum Wristguards
Professor Nicola Gaston talks about Wonder Woman's feminum gauntlets that can deflect bullets.
June 12, 2024
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Sci Fi/Sci Fact: Theranos
Professor Duncan McGillivray talks about a simple blood test that could tell us all manner of detail about our health.
June 10, 2024
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Sci Fi/Sci Fact: Harry Potter's Invisibility Cloak
Dr Colm Healy looks at whether current science could make a Harry Potter-style invisibility cloak.
June 7, 2024
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Sci Fi/Sci Fact: The Interstellar Black Hole
Professor Richard Easther talks about black holes, and the possibility of being able to communicate through time and space.
June 5, 2024
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Sci Fi/Sci Fact: Unobtainium
Professor Nicola Gaston talks about the mineral Unobtainium in Avatar and the theoretical possibilities of solid hydrogen.
June 3, 2024
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Sci Fi/Sci Fact: Batman - The Caped Crusader
Dr Rodrigo Martinez Gazoni chats about the scientific plausibility of Batman's cape and some of his other gadgets.
May 31, 2024
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Sci Fi/Sci Fact: The Star Trek Tricorder
Dr Michel Nieuwoudt discusses whether we could develop a device that does everything the Star Trek tricorder can do.
May 29, 2024
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Sci Fi/Sci Fact: Recreating Ringworld
Professor Chris Bumby chats about the chances of us developing our own Ringworld, first created by author Larry Niven.
May 27, 2024
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Sci Fi/Sci Fact: Venom and the Spiderman Symbiote
Dr Paul Hume talks about symbiotes, such as the one that created lethal enemy Venom in the Spiderman franchise.
May 24, 2024
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