Not Rocket Science
A weekly half hour show exploring all things science - interviews with scientists, math problems, what's new in science, and regular segments on the science of climate change, chemistry of food and cooking, evolution, and genetics. Produced by scientists in the Faculty of Science and Technology at Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC, Canada.
May 5, 2012
Not Rocket Science
This week, the Not Rocket Science crew talks about White Nose Syndrome in Bats, super moons, and new computing technology. Episode length: 26:45.
April 14, 2012
Not Rocket Science
Chat about super computers, driverless cars, quantum computers, and saturn; rebroadcast of a Designer Genes segment about monogenic disorders. Episode length: 27:30 minutes.
April 6, 2012
Not Rocket Science
A chat about easter - how easter has affected our calendar; all about rabbits and hares.
Episode Length: 26:45
March 17, 2012
Not Rocket Science
Interview with Bill Beese (VIU Forestry Department) about variable retention harvesting. Episode length: 27:20 minutes.
March 3, 2012
Not Rocket Science
Gara Pruesse interviews Frank LoPinto, Ph.D, inventor of Animated QR Codes.
February 25, 2012
Not Rocket Science
NRS talks about a newly found waterworld 40 light years away, and about computers who learn to detect psychiatric triggers; and Stefanie Duff interviews Brett Favaro on "A Trap with a Twist": new commercial spot prawn trap to reduce bycatch.
February 11, 2012
Not Rocket Science
In this episode - Science of Climate Change; a discussion about how science proceeds. Episode length: 27:31.
February 4, 2012
Not Rocket Science
Learn about how illegal trade in wildlife can influence pandemic diseases.
NRS January 21, 2012
Not Rocket Science
On the Rocks & Molecularly Imprinted Polymers
January 7, 2012
Not Rocket Science
Interview with Brett Favaro on building a better prawn trap; learn all about butt recognition; ways to meet that New Year's weight loss resolution