Episodes

Warning signs like this for Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) are appropriate given the pain they cause, but there might soon be a cure for that (Photo by TydeNet, via Wikimedia Commons)

Asteroid water, box jellyfish stings, and pints of science

16 May 2019
Greg Neely, Elodie Camprasse
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Australian native bee pollinates flower

Sexual harassment in physics, Australian bee species and ionic flight

9 May 2019
Claire Farrugia, Chris Lassig, Stu Burns Guest: Kit Prendergast
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Immunology Day, Rare Elements and Homo luzonensis

2 May 2019
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Artist's impression of the asteroid impact at Chicxulub (public domain image uploaded to Wikipedia by Fredrik)

Dinosaur extinction and peanut allergies

25 Apr 2019
Dwan Price
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The Southern Cassowary, sill looking maybe, but definitely dangerous

Why we should be Casso-wary, the science of the Black Hole photo and 3D printing the human heart

18 Apr 2019
Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia, Chris Lassig
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Exercise and immune function, night parrots & super powers

11 Apr 2019
Catriona Nguyen-Robertson
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Albany pitcher plant, Cephalotus follicularis (photo by H. Zell, via Wikimedia Commons)

Australian pitcher plants, sea lions, and invasive species

4 Apr 2019
Adam Cross
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The plesiosaur described by Mary Anning

Mary Anning: Fossil Hunter, More science comedy, and the grapes of sparks

28 Mar 2019
Chris Lassig, Claire Farrugia, Stu Burns Guests: Alanta Colley and Ben McKenzie
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Connected to Port Phillip & Tesla Comedy

21 Mar 2019
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Grey-headed flying foxes flying out from their colony at Yarra Bend Park (Photo: Chris Lassig)

Counting bats and tallying bugs

14 Mar 2019
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Left to right: Maria Sibylla Merian, Lise Meitner and Margaret Wu

International Women's Day 2019: incredible, underappreciated women of science

7 Mar 2019
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Venera 4 Venus Russian Venus probe

Venus missions, champagne spoons and gravity driven space travel

28 Feb 2019
Chris Lassig, Claire Farrugia, Stu Burns
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So many physics questions, wildlife on the Yorke Peninsula, and Transitions Film Festival

21 Feb 2019
Alanta Colley
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Bio-bricks, gallium and water flow in the Murray-Darling

14 Feb 2019
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The internationally recognisable periodic table is being internationally recognised this year

Facing the elements, what is topological switching? And the diet of the future

7 Feb 2019
Claire Farrugia, Chris Lassig, Stu Burns Guest: Dr. Mark Edmonds
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