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The Void Show

This show is about science and the world today.
Want to keep updated about the world you're living in?
Perhaps you wanna know how other people view the universe.
Want to know if everything you've heard about space is true?
Embark on a very adventurous journey with us as Andrew reveals the truth about the universe...
Weekly English South Africa Science · Education
95 Episodes
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The Cosmic Messenger

Almost all that is known in astronomy is identified through light. Today, we can analyze light of distant bodies to learn more about them – What they are made of, how hot they are and how fast they are moving. Light is constantly bringing stories about distant objects to Earth.
27 Oct 2021 34 min

Nuclear Chemistry

Nuclear Chemistry has recently revolutionised medicine. It has allowed use of radioactive elements to peer into the human body without surgery. Get to learn about this.
15 Sep 2021 44 min

Early Ideas Of Our Cosmic Address

We take an exciting look at the differences between planets, moons, asteroids,comets, meteors, and meteorites. We then discuss early ideas of our cosmic ad-dress, that is, our location.
18 Aug 2021 39 min

Antiquity Of Optics

Before embarking on an adventurous journey to learn the Science of Optics, let us trace the road to our contemporary knowledge of Optics!
4 Aug 2021 29 min

The Nature Of Heat

Where does heat come from? Andrew talks about the amazing science behind how heat is created.
28 Jul 2021 33 min

The Physics of Sound

Imagine the crash of thunder, voices of friends, the rustling of leaves, drops of water, sounds of machines, animals, and musical instruments. All these provide sounds that reach our ears and provide us with information. Sound plays a vital role in communication. Let’s learn the fundamentals of sound.
14 Jul 2021 34 min

The Art of Science with Paul M. Sutter

Paul shares on how to think like a scientist, how to question and how to see the Universe. Can we understand Science through Art? How important is Science communication?
7 Jul 2021 50 min

X-RAY Astronomy

X-ray astronomy offers a very different view of our universe. This way of looking at the skies has brought has brought into focus, exploding stars, active galaxies, hot young stars and high energy physics.
30 Jun 2021 32 min

Mathematics, Logic & God

Have you ever wondered why 2+2 = 4? Why do you even believe it is true? So, what is mathematics then? We do know that it works! There are Planets discovered using mathematics. But how do we even define it? Can you touch mathematics? Probably not. So, how can something…
23 Jun 2021 34 min

Let’s Come Back Home - Earth

When Apollo Astronauts travelled to the moon, they looked back on Earth, and saw a tiny blue-and-white ball floating in Space. It was just it. And that view, conveyed as never before just how fragile and small our planet really is, in what seems to be an endless Universe.
9 Jun 2021 42 min

The Calendar

Did you know that the calendar we use today is the product of patient study and constant trial and error? Let’s understand how the calendar came about.
2 Jun 2021 36 min

How Do Satellites Get Into Space?

Because of those, whose imaginations are driven by wonder and are not conforming to the restrictions of our contemporary World. Our knowledge of the Cosmos is increasing at an unprecedented rate. Perhaps, it is a time, that future historians will look back upon as a Golden age of discovery. And…
26 May 2021 38 min

Colour

Imagine the beauty of a sunset, exquisite if not gorgeous colours of the rainbow, flamboyant views of autumn leaves and twinkling stars marching as they scream out their glitter. How quaint that the perception of colour causes us to deeply appreciate the beauty of nature. Although Men have been aware…
19 May 2021 36 min

The Dawn Of Knowledge

Did you know that simple Astronomy played an important role in how ancient people lived? In the early ages, the absence of search engines meant that thinking was an indispensable feature of mankind. In the modern World, cognitive consequences upon the presence of search engines could be ambiguous. However, it…
5 May 2021 33 min

The Speed Of Light

For centuries, it remained a mystery, to fathom the nature of light. What is light made of? Could the speed of light be finite, infite or even instantaneous? Questions like these remained a ‘nightmare‘ to some of our deeply divided boffins of all time. But with time. Time came. And…
28 Apr 2021 43 min

The Story Of Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein is one of the best-known Scientists who ever lived, and for good reasons. This is your guide to Einstein’s mind.
21 Apr 2021 38 min

Futurism

This is a term that was first used in the early 20th century by a modernistic movement. It seemed compatible as the movement deeply rejected traditional norms and embraced the fast paced change in how the world worked. Today, this term applies to all disciplines, it's more about forward thinkers…
14 Apr 2021 36 min
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