As a young girl in India, Madhu Bhaskaran was encouraged to do well in maths by her grandmother, who cooked her the vegetable okra before every maths exam, “to sharpen her brain.”
Physics & Astronomy
Quiz Questions & Answers, Sunday Adventures Abroad
Try the quiz from our live streamed show, Adventures Abroad.
Quiz Questions & Answers, Saturday Adventures Abroad
Put your thinking caps for this quiz from our live-streamed show. Also good to wear a thinking cap on a bad hair day.
Shooting Star collides with star
I wrote this as a writing test in a job interview for CSIRO. Thought it was OK – but i didn’t get the job…. Have you ever wondered what would happen if a shooting star collided […]
CSI Space – Physics in the Pub
It’s a peaceful starry night, but Pete Kuzma has found the remains of a grisly murder in the sky – a dismembered dwarf. galaxy. Part of the Physics in the Pub 2016 with Australian Institute of Physics […]