Big Questions From Small Minds
Big Questions from Small Minds is a fun, weekly science podcast for curious kids and their grown-ups, where kids ask big-brained science professors curly questions about how the world works. The answers are broken down to be fun, engaging and often silly! Hosted by Tom Norton and Phil Wolf, who are two dads with little minds, so they’re perfect for the job. With loads of curiosity and laughs, the show makes big ideas accessible for little minds. For more information, visit smallminds.au
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Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Ever felt like an imposter? How does your brain know it’s forgotten something? And what the - is there really a little monster doing inside us?
Answering the kids’ questions is Associate Professor of Psychology, Sabina Klietman from Sydney University. She’s an expert on why we feel good and why we don’t.
So don’t feel the FOMO, settle in for one of our most hilarious episodes yet.
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
Professor Michael Archer might be Australia’s biggest Jurassic Park fan because he's trying to resurrect extinct animals.
“Dinosaurs didn’t go extinct.. most kids are aware of that.”
Globally, there are efforts to return mammoths to Siberia, and locally - we’re attempting to bring back the gastric-brooding frog and the thylacine (Tasmanian tigers!).
This episode is packed full of beasts, sharks, and... dinosaur farts - DINO-MITE!
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Will NASA get in trouble if they don’t clean up? Do satellites fall on people? Where does astronaut go?
Answering the kids is Anne Bettens, an expert in Space Junk.
Space junk orbiting Earth is a massive problem. The more floating rubbish, the more difficult launching rockets becomes. This huge issue is expanding and suddenly, it’s made garbage collecting super cool.
Plus why in space, you can actually hear farts!
Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
What happens inside your brain when you die? In accidents, why do things go into slo-mo? And what the heck is deja vu?
Professor Muireann Irish from Sydney University is answering the kids. She's a cognitive neuroscientist who’s won lots of brainy awards and she's going to blow your mind.
The brain... it really makes you think!
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Are aliens real? Do they have one eye?
Astronomer, Dr Danny Price from Curtin U answers the kids. He's head of the Aus division of Breakthrough Listen - a project searching for aliens. Finding intelligent ETs could be humanity’s most profound discovery. But how will we communicate? What will their culture be like? And would you swipe right on Clarke from Mars? Plus - Are diamonds in Uranus?
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
Will AI destroy the world? Revolutionise space travel? Take Daddy's job? The kids ask Professor Toby Walsh- AI Expert, the big questions.
Our future isn't killer robots, accidents in driverless cars and machines taking our jobs, that’s already happening! Professor Toby is trying to convince the world to regulate AI. So when will AI take over? This episode contains the exact date.
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Big Questions from Small Minds is a fun science podcast for curious people. Kids ask big-brained science professors curly questions about the world. The answers are broken down to be engaging and often silly!
Launches - Wednesday, August 16
Ep 1 - Artificial Intelligence with Professor Toby Walsh
For more info - smallminds.au
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