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Nerd News: Dial 'M' for Microbe
Most of us know that our mobile phones can be bad for our health. But what about the bugs inhabiting the surface of your phone?!
Adam Spencer
Oct 9, 2024
Nerd News: Behind the Bluetooth logo
Every time you connect your AirPods to your phone, you're engaging with a fragment of ancient Viking language.
Adam Spencer
Oct 1, 2024
Nerd News: Turn text into a podcast
AI that can turn text into a conversation - basically creating a bespoke podcast.
Adam Spencer
Sep 24, 2024
Nerd News: How does Gen AI create deepfakes?
There are so many applications of generative AI dropping at the moment, it is hard to keep up. One that fascinates me is the latest wave of
Adam Spencer
Sep 18, 2024
Nerd News: Your Wednesday dose of glorious geekiness
Welcome to my weekly Wednesday dose of glorious geekiness to put a smile on your face and maybe make the run to the weekend a little easier.
Adam Spencer
Sep 11, 2024
Number 24: Factorials and four-dimensional fever
I was recently at the awesome Beaker Street public science festival in Hobart with some Aussie legends #NerdHeaven
Adam Spencer
Aug 14, 2024
Number 23: The birthday paradox of probability
How many people in a group do you need to have before the probability of a shared birthday amongst them?
Adam Spencer
Jun 19, 2024
Number 22: The whole 22 yards
Get reading! There’s no time to waste. At 225 million years per rotation, the sun will only orbit the Milky Way another 22 times before...
Adam Spencer
Mar 12, 2024
What makes a leap year?
Every four years, maths nerds, astronomers and calendrists alike get pretty excited about today's date, 29 February.
Adam Spencer
Feb 29, 2024
Number 21: Weighing the soul
Debunking an urban myth and 21 stages of Tour de Carb - how would you eat your way through?
Adam Spencer
Jan 17, 2024
Number 20: Happy silly season
Kids counting down til Santa comes. Watch me in conversation with futurist Amy Webb at SXSW. And was Plato ever wrong?
Adam Spencer
Dec 21, 2023
Number 19: The beauty of Go
Go is the most simple but strategically complex board game of them, all played on a 19x19 grid...
Adam Spencer
Nov 30, 2023
Number 18: Solve a classic brain buster to win a prize
Plus the mathematical beauty of the James Webb telescope.
Adam Spencer
Nov 9, 2023
Number 17: From haikus to subs and sudokus
An English haiku,
Has seventeen syllables,
Flowing through three lines.
All that and more as we go deep on the number 17...
Adam Spencer
Sep 20, 2023
Number 16: Go the Matildas!
Sixteen things you mightn't know about the Matildas' #16 Hayley Raso. Plus catch me on the ABC TV's Q+A special National Science Week...
Adam Spencer
Aug 15, 2023
Number 15: Old skool cool
Hanging with the stars, determining dermatoglyphics, necking a Melchizedek and books to be won. Thanks for reading my nerdy newsletter......
Adam Spencer
Jul 26, 2023
Number 14: Wacky stomachy and wise teens
An ancient puzzle, a dummy spit on the golf course and no fours on the floor. We’ve packed a fortnight of fun into number 014 and you're...
Adam Spencer
Jul 2, 2023
Number 13: Who's afraid of the number 13?
What scares a triskaidekaphobe? The United (much smaller) States. And an incredibly cool new shape. Enjoy these fascinating facts about...
Adam Spencer
Jun 8, 2023
Number 12: Can you calculate the angles of a dodecagon?
Let's meet the largest number that has just one syllable (single-morpheme). Take it away 12.
Adam Spencer
Apr 20, 2023
Number 11: Spinal Tap, Stranger Things, Australian Cricket team
What do Spinal Tap, Stranger Things and the Australian Cricket team have in common? That’s right, the first two-digit prime number – 11!...
Adam Spencer
Mar 23, 2023
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