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Koala and joey rescued from Gold Coast Hinterland bushfires (Photo from Queensland Police Service, via ABC News)

Universal music, chimera experiments, and saving koalas from bushfires

12 Dec 2019

Kimberlites often contain diamonds and the clues to what the Earth is made from.

Multiple worlds and time travel, explosive volcano diamonds and male contraception

5 Dec 2019

Sean Carroll, Hayden Dalton

Atomic Ants on the loose! Photo by Jared Belson.

Indigenous science and atomic cannibal ants!

28 Nov 2019

Stu Burns, Chris Lassig, Claire Farrugia Guest: Dr. Krystal de Napoli

Main image: Corsican cat-fox (species unknown); Top inset: Irukandji jellyfish (Could also be a number of species); Bottom inset: Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata, this one we know)

Triple creature feature! Cat-fox mystery, Irukandji misery, and zebra finch memory

21 Nov 2019

Ibis in Ancient Egypt, why zebras have stripes, and DNA & RNA in primordial soup

14 Nov 2019

Steppe eagle

Frog brains, eagle phone bills and early humans

7 Nov 2019

Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia, Chris Lassig

A true Space Oddity: Brad Pitt flying to the Moon powered by geese (listen to the show for an explanation)

Lost in science fiction! Moon fantasies, Space Oddities, and Brad Pitt

31 Oct 2019

Aussie Backyard Bird Count and Prime Minister Prizes for science

24 Oct 2019

Sean Dooley

Space still holds many mysteries

Space science and the 2019 Nobel Prizes

17 Oct 2019

Chris Lassig, Stu Burns

Weird marsupials that were, and the cyborgs that are

10 Oct 2019

Hazel Richards

Not everybody likes eating oysters, but here's good news for those who do

Bacteria's disappearing act, the Planck theory of scientific advancement, and tougher oysters to cope with changign climate.

3 Oct 2019

Claire Farrugia, Chris Lassig, Stu Burns

The Australian native rodent the Rakali is often compared to otters

String theory when you're not actually doing string theory, Australia's native otter lends a hand in an investigation

26 Sep 2019

Chris Lassig, Claire Farrugia, Stu Burns

The original electric eel (knife fish), Electrophorus electricus (Photo by opencage, via Wikimedia Commons)

New improved electric eels, anti-ageing pills, and vegetarian health misinformation

19 Sep 2019

Eureka Prizes, Loch Ness DNA and Pet Cloning

12 Sep 2019

The smallest animal is not a lizard

IPCC report in detail; and what is the world's smallest animal?

5 Sep 2019

Claire Farrugia, Chris Lassig, Stu Burns Guest: Linden Ashcroft