Assoc Professor Katherine Legge (Department of Civil Engineering and Physical Sciences, La Trobe University) on how maths and science work when it comes to shaping and playing musical instruments. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Dr John Lesku (Zoology, La Trobe University) on what can be learnt from looking at how birds sleep. Copyright 2014 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Please contact for permissions.

How has human sleep changed since the invention of the light bulb? Copyright 2014 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Please contact for permissions.

Dr Julie Ellis (Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University) and Ros Ben-Moshe (Community Health, La Trobe University) have been running a study in aged care facilities with laughter yoga. Their results have been overwhelmingly positive. Copyright 2014 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Dr Charles Fahey (History, La Trobe University) on the challenges of the gold fields in Australia, and how a miner could make his fortune - something that few ever achieved. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Professor Tim Murray (Archaeology, La Trobe University) explains the problem of subsistence looting, and the pursuit of a quick dollar is damaging what we can learn from the past. Copyright 2014 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Professor Nick Hoogenraad (Head of Molecular Sciences, La Trobe University) on carbon, why it is one of the important molecules, and how it is the building block on which life is based. Copyright 2014 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Professor Tim Murray (Archaeology, La Trobe University) discusses the top 5 archaeological finds from 2013 - Domestication of cats in China; cannibalism in Jamestown; the expansion of Angkor Wat; eating giraffes in Pompeii, and the spontaneous combustion of Tutankhamun. Copyright 2014 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Professor Tim Murray (Archaeology, La Trobe University) explores what the skeleton of Richard III tells us about him, how he died, and the discussions around what should be done with his remains. Copyright 2014 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Professor Donald Sassoon (Comparative European History, Queen Mary University of London) discusses The Mona Lisa, why it means so much to world culture, and how it has become so iconic. Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Assoc Professor Stephen Kent (Psychology, La Trobe University) and his team have studying calorie restrictions and how this can alter the immune response. Restricting calories and changing the diet can alter behaviour, but his study has found that restricting your calories as little as 25% can greatly decrease the duration of a fever. While it has significant effects on your health his studies have been focusing on neurological benefits. Copyright 2014 La Trobe University, all rights...

Professor Lin Crase (Director of Centre for Water Policy and Management, La Trobe University) on water trading in Australia and how it is managed (or mismanaged). This is a re-edit of the first La Trobe University podcast, released 23rd April 2008. Copyright 2014 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Dr Margaret Winbolt (Senior Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University) and Dr Michael Bauer (Senior Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University) on a study looking into the impact on carers of using MP3 players with those living with dementia. Copyright 2014 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Dr Josephine Barbaro (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, La Trobe University) has developed an accurate set of “red flag” markers of that can be used on children under the age of two for signs of autism spectrum disorders. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Assoc Professor Neil Fettling (Director, La Trobe Art Institute) speaks about the cultural impact he hopes the La Trobe Art Institute will bring to not only the region of Bendigo, but further afield, by fostering international partnerships and student exchanges. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Professor Meg Morris (Allied Health, La Trobe University) outlines the success her team has had in breakthrough trials using dance to assist alleviating some of the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Dr Michael Bauer (Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University) has been researching sexuality in aged care facilities. With a team of researchers he has developed an assessment tool for aged care service providers to help them support the expression of sexuality of residents, both with and without dementia. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Emeritus Professor Brian Davey (Mathematics and Statistics, La Trobe University) explains orders and lattice theory. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Assoc Professor Bill McGuiness (Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University) on what makes a wound and what is involved in treating it. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Assoc Professor Stephen Kent (Psychology, La Trobe University) explains the cause of stress, the problem of stress, and what you can do to help it. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Professor Andrew Brennan (Philosophy, La Trobe University) puts forward a theory for an age old question: Where does The Doctor come from? Who is his mother? Who is his father? Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Emeritus Professor Brian Davey (Mathematics and Statistics, La Trobe University) explains three-valued logic. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Professor Jim Whelan (Botany/Agribio La Trobe University) discusses research into an enzyme in the common weed thale cress, which could provide an important link to the human brain chemistry responsible for turning off plaque formation in Alzheimer’s disease. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Professor Mary Crock (Public Law, University of Sydney) on the Abbott Government’s approach and plans towards asylum seeker policy. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Dr Clare Wright (Honorary Research Associate, History Program, La Trobe University) on her new book, The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka, which tells the story of the thousands of women on the Australian goldfields. How they arrived there, why they came and how they sustained themselves make for fascinating reading in their own right. But it is in the rebellion itself that the unbiddable women of Ballarat come into their own. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for...