Science is Golden: The podcast series
The annoying science myths that refuse to die
Nicky Phillips Ever heard that lightning doesn't strike the same place twice? Wrong! Yes it can.
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How you can improve your self control
![Self control is something we're born with and learn as children and adults.](/web/20160612203020im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/m/j/r/m/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gjmjqi.gj1olp.png/1442373142264.jpg)
Nicky Phillips We recreate our own version of the Marshmallow test with a group of four to six year olds.
The woman who studies human decay
![Shari Forbes , the woman behind UTS new body farm
Pic Nick Moir 17 march 2015](/web/20160612203020im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/g/5/l/x/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gjg3i8.gj1olp.png/1442242579631.jpg)
Nicky Phillips Listen to the fourth episode of Fairfax Media's new podcast, Science is Golden.
The Aussie icon that nearly bit the dust
![Cyril Callister](/web/20160612203020im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/b/e/m/h/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gjbe9b.gj1olp.png/1442242579631.jpg)
Nicky Phillips It was terrifically unpopular at its launch. But one man would not give up on it.
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In the name of science
![Guinea pig: Amy Corderoy gets hooked up to the transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) machine.](/web/20160612203020im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/b/j/r/i/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gifk97.gj1olp.png/1442242579631.jpg)
Nicky Phillips This is the second episode of Fairfax Media's new podcast, Science is Golden
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The Australian war hero you've never heard about
![Dora Lush died trying to create a vaccine for a deadly disease, scrub typhus.](/web/20160612203020im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/c/4/a/j/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gic4dp.gj1olp.png/1442242579631.jpg)
Nicky Phillips Medical researcher Dora Lush died in the most heroic of circumstances, but you've probably never heard of her.