Natural Reaction uses scientists to explain science to the masses. We chat about lab life and the coolest new stories on a weekly basis. The show is hosted by Jacinta Bowler, Izrin Ariff, and Nadya Panagides.
51 - Space, Chicken Hybrids and an Interview with Dr Frank Sainsbury
Released 29 May 2018
It's the last episode of Natural Reaction... for the moment.
We finish the season talking about lady astronauts, chicken human hybrids and how Juno takes photos of Jupiter.
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50 - Blood, Coins, and an Interview with Jake Clark
Released 22 May 2018
This week we have in Jake Clark, a PhD Student with the Astrophysics Group at the University of Southern Queensland to talk about exoplanets, exploring the stars from Toowoomba ...
49 - Viagra, AI Hairdressing and an Interview with Dr James Reid
Released 15 May 2018
This week we have Dr James Reid in the studio to talk about super computers, academia, and why he doesn't work with quantum.
Nadya discusses repurposing Viagra for cancer, and...
48 - Book Club: Sex and Scientists
Released 8 May 2018
With only four weeks to go until an indefinite hiatus to Natural Reaction, we thought we would do some of the stuf we'd always said we wanted to do, but hadn't gotten around to ...
47 - The Offline Internet, A New(ish) DNA Structure, and An Interview with Diana Lucia
Released 1 May 2018
We have amazing guest Diana Lucia into the studio to talk about alcohol and how it affects humans at the stage of conception. We also chat animal models, and what being a skepti...
46 - Nano-material, Snubbed Scientists, and an interview with Cedric van den Berg
Released 24 Apr 2018
Nadya does an amazing job hosting this week while Jacinta is on holiday. We spoke to Cedric van den Berg, a PhD student and marine
ecologist researching the coloration of nudib...
45 - Very Cold Salad, Bad Aluminium, and an Interview with Dr James Bennett
Released 17 Apr 2018
This week we have physicist Dr James Bennett in to talk about light, all it's weird properties, and the coldest thing in the Universe.
Nadya discusses a VERY bad autism and ...
44 - Biofilm, Whales, and an interview with Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos
Released 10 Apr 2018
This week we have genetic ecologist Associate Professor Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos into the studio to talk about genes, flowers, work life balance and what a species even is.
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43 - The Easter Special: Falling Space Ships and Tangents
Released 3 Apr 2018
It's a weird episode, probably because the team have eaten too much chocolate. Jacinta talks about weird egg shapes, Nadya talks about why eggs look like they do, and Izzy discu...
41 - Quantum, Hawking, and Sex Chromosomes
Released 20 Mar 2018
We have physics professor Tom Stace come in to talk about physics, quantum mechanics, and the late Stephen Hawking. We also talk about NATO and its effects on the Arab Spring, a...
40 - Reddit, Spider Gifts and an Interview with Tara Roberson
Released 13 Mar 2018
This week we talk to PhD student Tara Roberson about her work on hype in Science, how sci comm can be used for good or evil, and whether she actually owns a time turner.
Nad...