Episodes

PCR electrophoresis gel

How sewage is used to track a virus, and IVF science

9 Jul 2020
Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia, Chris Lassig
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MTHFR gene investigation and the Arctic permafrost on fire!

2 Jul 2020
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Broccoli, photo by Tiia Monto, via Wikimedia Commons

Battling brassicas and coronavirus clusters

25 Jun 2020
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Gene editing by CRISPR can be used for medical treatment in humans

Controversial COVID-19 cures, and CRISPR treatments

11 Jun 2020
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A spider on the seed head of a dandelion, tiptoeing to catch an electric field with its web (Photo: Michael Hutchinson)

Sharks smelling and spiders flying

4 Jun 2020
Victoria Camilieri-Asch
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Quantum vortices

Water science and quantum superfluids

28 May 2020
Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia, Chris Lassig Guests: Bradley Moggridge, Kyla Adams
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Fires in logged forests, and the science of twins

21 May 2020
Dr Jen Sanger
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Florence Nightingale (photo by Henry Hering, ca 1860)

200 years of nursing, plus news from outer space

14 May 2020
Marie Gerdtz
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Tears of wine

Does your wine have legs? And what makes the dough sour?

7 May 2020
Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia, Chris Lassig
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Anti Matter and International Year of Plant Health

30 Apr 2020
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Toilet paper shortages aren't the only impact of the pandemic, as the coronavirus itself can be detected in sewage (Photo by Chris Lassig)

Coronavirus in sewage and science in lockdown

23 Apr 2020
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Ring Tailed Lemur

Stinky Lemurs courting, warming Coral bleaching

16 Apr 2020
Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia, Chris Lassig
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This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round gold objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, is the virus that causes COVID-19. The virus shown was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (Credit: NIAID-RML)

COVID-19 research: surface safety, vaccine development, and chloroquine controversy

2 Apr 2020
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A pangolin in defensive pose

COVID-19 Coronavirus special

19 Mar 2020
Claire Farrugia, Stu Burns, Chris Lassig Guest Freya Shearer
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International Women's Day 2020 Special; Gertrude Elion, Franklin Women and On the Origin of Faeces

12 Mar 2020
Alanta Colley, Sarah Nagorcka
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