Ontario Science Centre: The RedShift Report show

Ontario Science Centre: The RedShift Report

Summary: From everyday science puzzlers to the latest in controversial issues, join host Ken Huxley as he roams the Ontario Science Centre, looking for answers to your science questions...

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 Earthquake! (Or was it a bomb?) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:53

How do we really know North Korea set off a nuclear bomb? Zoran Miscevic helps sort through the clues.

 Are humans due for a redesign? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:08:56

David Sugarman thinks there's a lot that's weird about the way humans are built. I do too!

 What's living in your food? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:34

Yogurt is alive! Cheese is infested with mould! Donna Francis and I talk about what's living in your food - and why it's there.

 What the heck is a "redshift"? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:08:15

This may be the 39th episode of the RedShift Report, but it's the first time I learn what a "redshift" actually is! Thanks Walter Stoddard!

 Where's the centre of the universe? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:32

Zoran Miscevic expands my knowledge of "The Big Bang". Or should that be "The Big Stretch"?

 Corn has ears... potatoes have eyes... do plants have feelings too? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:08:25

Julie Jones digs up some answers about plants and the five senses.

 Are super-sized fish-eating beavers roaming South America? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:08:18

Laura Murray reports on the possibility of these rodents of unusual size.

 What's the biggest living thing on Earth? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:58

Is it the Quaking Aspen? Giant Redwood trees? The Blue Whale? Julie Jones and I discuss the biggest living thing on Earth!

 Do black holes have any dark secrets? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:10:35

Zoran Miscevic and I explore "the exact nature of a black hole".

 What's growing on? The roof is green! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:09:57

Andrew Masuello helps sow some answers about what green roofs are and why we've built one on top of the Science Centre.

 iPod ear buds in a knot? It's entropy! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:09:36

Erika Kiessner unravels the mystery behind why garden hoses and iPod ear buds seem to get tangled up so easily.

 Is 96% of the universe missing? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:59

We can detect it's out there... Zoran Miscevic knows where to start looking for it.

 Know how lightning works? (Scientists don't!) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:08:23

Julie Jones reveals the shocking truth that although lightning is cool, scientists don't exactly know how it works.

 Pssst! Wanna name a star? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:08:36

David Sugarman explains that if you want to name it, you've got to discover it!

 Question everything - even the RedShift Report! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:09:42

Erika Kiessner takes on the topic of probability... and how we kinda got it wrong in an earlier episode.

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