LISTEN HERE: Cyber-Psychology, Controlling Anti-Matter Broadcast on 103.2 Dublin City FM, Science Spinning with Seán Duke, on 26/05/2011 To contact the show email: sciencespinning@dublincityfm.ie
Archive for May, 2011
20 May
Extra-sensory perception & ‘remote viewing’
LISTEN HERE: Extra-Sensory Perception & Remote Viewing The serious scientific study of extra-sensory perception began in the 1930s, and accelerated during the Cold War years. Broadcast on East Coast FM with Declan Meehan on 19/05/2011 To contact the show email: sciencespinning@dublincityfm.ie
13 May
Animal Morality, Cork’s ‘Deep Space Telescope’
Animal Morality, Cork’s ‘Deep Space Telescope’ Science Spinning: ‘The Show with an Irish Spin on Science’, Presented and Produced by Seán Duke Broadcast on 103.2 Dublin City FM, 12/05/2011 To contact the show email: sciencespinning@dublincityfm.ie
13 May
Life in the Deep Sea, Preventing ‘Cot Death’
Science Spinning: ‘The Show with an Irish Spin on Science’, Presented and Produced by Seán Duke Life in Deep Sea, Preventing ‘Cot Death’ Broadcast on 103.2 Dublin City FM, 05/05/2011 To contact the show email: sciencespinning@dublincityfm.ie
10 May
The Volcanologist
Studying maths and maths physics as an undergraduate at UCD led Chris Bean into exciting and unexplored directions, such as finding himself atop a volcano in Costa Rica, being interviewed by a TV crew, as he ‘listened in’ to a volcano. Neither of Chris’s parents were scientists, and rather there was a strong interest in [...]
9 May
The’Placebo Effect’; The Universe’s Missing Mass
Scientific Mysteries: LISTEN HERE –‘The Placebo Effect’ & Where is the Universe’s Missing Mass? Discussion on The Morning Show on East Coast FM with Declan Meehan Broadcast o5/04/2011
4 May
THE ATOM SPLITTER: Ernest Walton
In 1932, aged 29, Waterford-born Ernest Walton, pictured here on the right, did something remarkable – he split the atom, or the atomic nucleus to be more precise, and the news stunned the world. This colossal event in the history of science took place in Cambridge, UK, in the Cavendish Laboratory, a world-famous laboratory run [...]
3 May
What attracts people to a career in science?
Why do some people want to become scientists, while others avoid science subjects in school at all costs? Laura Brennan and Megan Oliver, Transition Year students at Dominican College Drumcondra, north Dublin, sought some answers to these important questions. Both Laura and Megan are keen on science, and come from a school that is keen [...]
3 May
West Cork students put green, slimy invaders to good use
The beautiful beaches of west County Cork have sadly, in the past few years, been overwhelmed by hordes of unwelcome, green, slimy, smelly, and noxious invaders. No, this story has nothing to do with certain human visitors to the area. Rather this concerns the arrival of a green algae, ‘Sea Lettuce’ – or Ulva Lactuca to be [...]
