Geek Chic's Weird Science

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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Direct download: Geek_Chic_ep_17_year_in_review.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:15pm EDT

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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Direct download: Geek_Chic_Episode_16.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:06pm EDT

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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Direct download: Geek_Chic_Episode_15.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:35pm EDT

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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Direct download: Geek_Chic_-_Episode_14_FIX.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:54am EDT

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!

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Direct download: Geek_Chic_-_Episode_13.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:14pm EDT

Lliana Bird and Dr Jack Lewis look at how crystals could hold the key to underwater breathing, magic mushrooms and how to foil the perfect murder.

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Direct download: Geek_Chic_-_Episode_12.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:38am EDT

Trick? Or Treat?

 

It's that time of year again, and it is definately a real treat in store this week in this very special feature length episode of geek chic's weird science in honour of all hallows eve.  

 

Join Lliana Bird and Dr Jack Lewis as they go into darkness and look into the science of fear and whether or not it is possible to die of fright.  They chat to a zombie expert and have some halloween fun with a real life witch, and finally look into ways that we can use our leftover pumpkins.

 

Happy Halloween from the Geek Chic team! x

 

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Direct download: Geek_Chic_Halloween_Special.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:18am EDT

Miracles, birds on Prozac, skinny pasta & Great Scott! A hoverboard! The geek chic team get to the root of the weeks most exciting scientific news.

 

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Direct download: Geek_Chic_Episode_10.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:44am EDT

In what is a very special Geek Chic, Birdie and Dr Jack find out what's new in the world of Brain GPS since it was discovered by UCL's Nobel Prize winning Prof John O'Keefe in 1971.

 

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Direct download: GEEK_CHIC_EPISODE_9.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:20pm EDT

This week Birdy and Dr Jack talk lab grown penises, life after death and killer whales who 'speak' to dolphins...

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Direct download: Geek_Chic_Episode_8.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:53pm EDT