Up And Atom

Georgia Hitch and Alice Williamson take a look at new ways to solve some of the infestations threatening our fragile ecosystems.

Today on Up For It we have a water theme - Alice Williamson and Georgia Hitch talk about how subterranean water can reveal evolutionary secrets, and how old books teach us about filtration.

Alice Williamson and Georgia Hitch talk about using yeast to synthesise opiates, and how electro-shock therapy is saving condors.

Alice Williamson and Georgia Hitch discuss water-based polymer condoms, and all the great stuff happening around the place during Science Week.

Georgia Hitch and Alice Williamson talk foodstuffs on Up and Atom: How can shrimp be used to prevent a nasty sunburn, and could fruit be the answer to a post-drink hangover?

Nick Watts and Alice Williamson discuss the birth of the world's most hated profession, as well as how radio can get us in touch with extraterrestrial life.

Alex Williamson talks with Georgia Hitch about how chemicals in algae, fish mucus and shrimp shells can be made into a super-sunscreen and how pears can be used to help ward off hangovers.

Alex Williamson talks with Georgia Hitch about spiders capable of aquatic transportation, as well as a new move to use dogs to sniff out cancer.

Georgia Hitch and our new Up and Atom host Alice Williamson take a look at the link between exposure to faces of fear and juvenile delinquency, as well as why pandas are so darn lazy.

Hear Wendy Zukerman talk about a lizard species named after self proclaimed lizard king Jim Morisson and new research that shows that neurons in the brain do actually regenerate

Wendy Zuc talks the future of North American Painted Turtles in the face of Global Warming and uncovering some fossilised bacteria that suggests 1.9 billion years ago earth smelt like rotten eggs!

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