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Science, Actually Presents : The Nerd and the Scientist

Science, Actually Presents : The Nerd and the Scientist

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Summary

Astrophysicist Kovi Rose and scicommer Benjamin Salles love space, and bad puns, and are united in their shared belief that they're brilliantly funny.

Science, Actually 2023
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Episodes
  • A Picture Is Worth A 1,000 Aliens
    Oct 29 2026

    Look! Up in the sky! It's a sphere! It's a cube! It's a Tic-Tac! It's ... a UFO! Talk of UFO's and UAP's mysteriously appearing in the sky is on the rise, and even though Kovi and Benjamin want to believe - they're quite skeptical. Blurry photos, no physical evidence, and a lot of hearsay isn't enough to convince the boys that we've been visited by alien civilizations. For all we know, it's probably just Elon's new flying roadster.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Going Quantum : Guest : Dr. Danni Holmes
    Oct 15 2026

    How is 'qubit' pronounced? Is it 'cue-bit'? Or is it 'kwi-bit'? And what is a 'qubit' anyway? Welcome to season number 10 of The Nerd and The Scientist! Kovi and Benjamin kick things off with quantum physicist, Dr. Danni Holmes. She not only answers those qubit questions, but also sheds a little light on how Marvel movies don't get 'quantum' exactly right, how the European Robin uses quantum physics to navigate, and Santa is a positron.

    She also has a new book out, Wonders of the Quantum World: Uncovering the Secrets of our Universe, Life on Earth and the Future of Technology. You should get it!

    Find Danni at : https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/danni-holmes and https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-holmes-unsw/

    Get Danni's book! : https://www.amazon.com/Wonders-Quantum-World-Uncovering-Technology-ebook/dp/B0GN48YKCR/ref=sr_1_1

    Follow Benjamin at Science, Actually : https://www.scienceactually.com/ & https://www.facebook.com/actuallyscience

    Follow Kovi at Fun Fact Science : https://www.funfactscience.com/ & https://www.facebook.com/funfactscience

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • We Welcome Our AI Overlords : Guest : Dr. Petr Lebedev
    Oct 1 2026

    Doctor of science, filmmaker of science, and communicator of science - the one and only Petr Lebedev - takes a moment to chat with Kovi and Benjamin about AI. How AI's infiltrating our education system, the workforce, and it doesn't matter how much you thank your AI bot of choice - it's still coming for us all. Maybe. Probably not. 10%. Never mind all that - currently it's incentive is keep us super duper happy, so, you know, nothing to see here.

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    1 hr and 12 mins
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