Q&A Science Special (Featuring Brian Cox)

This episode was broadcast on Monday, 17 June 2019.

Panellists: Brian Cox, Particle Physicist and TV Presenter; Emma Johnston, Marine Ecologist and TV host; David Karoly, Leader of the Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub, CSIRO; Kirsten Banks, Astrophysicist and Science Communicator; and Martin Van Kranendonk, Astrobiologist and Geologist.

Our panel discussed: mass extinction, green house gases, climate change deniers, the milky way, why stars blink, microplastics, mars exploration, aliens, god in science and the cold death of the universe.

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