This podcast is a 30 minute feature on the
Philippines, containing recordings made during my recent two weeks in the
Philippines, as well as a little Pinoy music. We investigate serious, and
not-so-serious, Philippino scientific topics through interviews with
Philippinos and ex-pats, and my own musings. Some of the topics covered are: 1.
Scientific Philippino facts (i.e. 80% of the world's tropical fish come from
the Philippines) 2. Our trek to the world's longest navigatable underground
river on the island of Pelawan 3. The role science in the developing world 4.
How science and analysis can inform developing world governments 5. Balut - boiled
chicken embryo still in the egg 6.
Speech therapy in the Philippines 7. Pollution, rabies, immunisation 8. Strange
Philippino fruits I hope it is entertaining as well as scientific, so please
email me (mrscienceblog@gmail.com) or leave comments on the website
(www.mrscienceshow.com) if you have any thoughts, and let me know if
the longer features are a good idea. I do them for special occasions - next up
is a feature on India, so stayed tuned.
