Fri, 20 February 2015
This week the team asks whether language always look on the bright side of life, are robot carers for the elderly actually a good idea and whether are geography teachers had it all wrong and the core of the Earth isnt what it seems.
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Fri, 13 February 2015
In this Valentines Day special, Dr Jack & Birdy answer questions about the science of love; what happens to us when we fall in love? Does smell play a part in attraction? Is monogamy against our human biology? And is there a formula to love?
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Fri, 6 February 2015
Lliana and Dr Jack discuss whether beer and red wine could actually be good for us. Or could it possibly be just a ruse to make us feel better as Dry January comes to an end?
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Fri, 30 January 2015
Special Guests Professor Heather Berlin and her husband rapper Baba Brinkman join Lliana Bird and Dr Jack Lewis this week to explain the science of freestyle rapping, and explore the wider ramifications for our understanding of creativity.
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Sat, 24 January 2015
Geek Chic's Weird Science returns for 2015 with a Superhuman special and an exclusive interview with American neuroscientist & presenter of Discovery's 'Superhuman Showdown' Professor Heather Berlin.
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Mon, 15 December 2014
In the final episode of 2014, Lliana Bird & Dr Jack Lewis take a look back at some of their favourite stories from the weird and wonderful world of science in 2014. A very happy christmas and a fantastic new year to all of our amazing listeners, Love from the Geek Chic team. Geek Chic's Weird Science will return in 2015. We'll see you next year!
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Fri, 5 December 2014
A paranormal special with an exclusive interview with acclaimed parapsychologist and author Serena Roney-Dougal, as the Geek Chic team try to uncover whether science can ever back up claims of magic. Warning: Subliminal messages may be included.
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Fri, 28 November 2014
Do we dream in slow motion? Is the worlds first digital animal really alive? And is our future in an Atlantis style underwater city? Dr Jack & Birdy contemplate these latest developments from the world of science.
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Fri, 21 November 2014
Woolly Mammoths, Smoking solution, water from thin air and electrocution as the new coffee? Birdy and Dr Jack mull over this week's most intriguing science news.
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Fri, 14 November 2014
This week Lliana Bird and Dr Jack Lewis look at how peanut butter can be made into diamonds, how bats are screwing each other over, how action video games may actually make you smarter, and the story and problems of a real life cyborg! (News Clips From Sky News)
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