How can looking at tiny proteins through an xray can help us understand self-fertilisation in almond trees? And have you ever wanted to go foraging for fungi? Don't be put off by the news headlines!

Shelly sits down with PhD student Isis Pinner to get down in the dirt and up trees with fungi and almonds!

(***audio quality was reduced beyond repair in the second half, apologies!)

Sources

• https://set.adelaide.edu.au/news/list/2020/02/19/self-fertile-almond-varieties-create-buzz-ahead-of-harvest
• https://theurbannanna.com/2022/04/01/wild-mushroom-foraging-in-australia/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/isis-pinner-0b6129151/?originalSubdomain=au

What is lightning actually? How are storms formed? And do you know you can make lightning in your mouth?:0

Sources

• Byers, H.R, 1951, Thunderstorms. In: Malone, T.F. (eds) Compendium of Meteorology. American Meteorological Society, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-940033-70-9_56
• Dwyer, J., Uman, M., 2014, The physics of lightning, Physics Reports, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037015731300375X
• https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-science-overview
• https://www.uwa.edu.au/study/-/media/Faculties/Science/Docs/Lightning-facts.pdf
• https://www.adelaide.edu.au/press/ua/media/522/uap-coast-sa-ebook.pdf

Lightning experiments

• https://www.weatherwizkids.com/experiments-lightning-mouth.htm
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGUZSnbSLLE

What does playing an instrument do to our brain? What is flow state and how can you reach it? Could singing help soothe the post-covid scaries? Shelly sits down with music educator and researcher Dr Emily Dollman to find out!

Sources

• E. Dollman, 2023. The Value of Music Education for Child Development and Wellbeing in the Post COVID-19 Landscape. New Research and Possibilities in Wellbeing Education, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-5609-8_7
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-dollman-5b812562/