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Materials: Fact or Fiction - The Death Star
PhD Student, Aleksandra Ilina from Victoria University of Wellington, gives us her scientific take on the Star Wars' Death Star.
June 24, 2021
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Ironman’s Suit
Associate Professor Catherine Whitby, MacDiarmid Institute Associate Investigator gives us her scientific take on Ironman's Suit
June 9, 2021
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Philote
Dr Krista Steenbergen from Victoria University of Wellington gives us her scientific take on Philote from Enders Game.
May 28, 2021
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Materials: Fact of Fiction - The Force
Geoffrey Weal, PhD student at the University of Otago gives us his scientific take on The Force From Star Wars.
May 14, 2021
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Turbinium
Samuel Martín Treceño, Ph. D. Candidate gives us his scientific take on Total Recall's Turbinium.
April 30, 2021
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Back to the Future
Rodrigo Martinez Gazoni, Rutherford Postdoctoral fellow, gives us his scientific take on the Back to The Future movie franchise.
April 20, 2021
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Shipstone (Part 2)
In Part 2, Bryan asks Chris, how much power might we be able to store in a battery?
April 9, 2021
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Shipstone (Part 1)
Dr Chris Bumby, gives us his scientific take on Shipstone from the novel 'Friday' by Robert Heinlein.
April 7, 2021
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Rumplestiltskin
Professor of Chemistry at the University of Auckland, Duncan McGillivray tries to work out how Rumpelstiltskin made straw into gold.
March 19, 2021
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - The Stillsuit
MacDiarmid Institute Deputy Director, Associate Professor Geoff Willmott, gives us his scientific take on the stillsuit from Dune.
February 25, 2021
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Tenet
Professor Bill Williams explains the science behind time travel and entropy in Christopher Nolan's Tenet.
February 11, 2021
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15 Minutes Smarter - Episode 3: It's the little things
Jono & Claire take a trip to the nanoscale where things get weird, and Dr Anna Garden shares her stoke…
December 17, 2020
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