Rayner Explainer

25/01/2026

A perfect suite of audio content for this weekend

09/03/2025

Catch up on some fascinating content during International Womens Day all about what we're learning, and questioning what is missing...

09/03/2025

Chatted about so much stuff in this episode! Great to sit down with the guys and explore the realms of science comedy.

SciComm(edy) Guest : Rachel Rayner The Explainer

Kovi got an astrophysics degree because he wanted to do astrophysics and then just kind of fell into this SciComm game. Benjamin got a film degree because he wanted to do film and then just kind of fell into this SciComm game. This week's guest, Rayner the Explainer, got both science AND arts degrees (at the same time!) specifically for SciComm, and has dazzled and sparkled her way across the scicommverse with no signs of slowing down. Join the boys as they talk to Rayner about her science comedy shows, science poetry, and her unique disco-ball-eqsue style of science communication.

Season 5 Episode 9 of The Nerd & The Scientist is now available wherever you get your podcasts.

https://rss.com/podcasts/thenerdandthescientist/

Rayner Explainer Fun Fact Science with Kovi Science, Actually

07/03/2025

New episode of Australian Highlights, especially for . This was a fun, challenging and eye-opening conversation: https://australianhighlights.com.au/katross

08/02/2025

First two episodes of Australian Highlights now available to listen on your favourite podcast app and read on the website: https://australianhighlights.com.au/

23/12/2024

Potentially safe Christmas conversation topic?
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19/10/2024

The final photos from the shoot are in, and I'm clearly letting my grey hair fulfil its curly hair dreams. I do love that curls bring out all the tonal variations going on. This is all my natural colour, and every year it gets further and further away from my original dark brown, some strands of that still visible.

If anyone else tells me I'm brave for not dying my hair...I will write a feminist essay on beauty standards, aging and defining our value...but there are a few more serious things going on in the world right now that deserve our attention instead. Look after each other this weekend x

Make up and hair by (I could definitely not make my hair look like this)
Photography by

23/09/2024

Photoshoot day means hair and make up! Here's the shots!

01/09/2024

Met Hedy Lamarr* last night!!

*Inventor of frequency-hopping technology that enables WiFi, Bluetooth, phone calls... so much. Oh, and a Hollywood movie star.

Heather Massie

01/09/2024

National Science Quiz teams unite! At a Physics event, no less (surprise).

Dr Kirsten Banks, Dr Lachlan Rogers and I were all part of National Science Week Quiz, and were on-stage together again as part of Australian Institute of Physics Physics in the Pub event. We now have matching hats! Great to catch up and share our love of individual iddy biddy bits and great big balls of iddy biddy bits.

I love Particle Physics so much!