Episodes

Bugs in Space, Mysteries of the deep and brains in jars

29 Nov 2018

Chris Lassig, Claire Farrugia, Stu Burns

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Cube-shaped wombat poo (photo by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, via Wikimedia Commons)

Krill, kilograms and wombat poos

22 Nov 2018

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Invader week! Bugs in our brains, drugs in our waterways, and objects from interstellar space

15 Nov 2018

Erinn Richmond

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Chimpanzees copy behaviour that has no direct benefit

Diet fads and animal fashions

8 Nov 2018

Chris Lassig, Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia Guest: Jess Danaher

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We've all heard an elephants trumpet, but how about music from sounds we can't hear?

Carbon sequestration and Elephant Music

1 Nov 2018

Chris Lassig, Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia Guest: Vicki Hallett

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Lost in Science-Fiction! Soylent Green, Jurassic Park & 2001: Space Odyssey

25 Oct 2018

Chris Lassig, Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia

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Flying after migratory birds, an unsung female astronomer, and another final paper from Stephen Hawking

18 Oct 2018

Amelia Formby

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Donna Strickland winner of 2018 Nobel prize for Physics

Donna Strickland wins Nobel Prize for Physics; Environmental Film Festival; Greenhouse gas emissions missing targets

11 Oct 2018

Chris Lassig, Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia Guest: Chris Gerbing

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Komodo Dragon in Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Komodo Dragons and closer look at Glyphosate research

4 Oct 2018

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Great women of science, and tuskless elephants

27 Sep 2018

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Beneficial bacteria? Research says "maybe"

Do probiotics work? The 2018 Ignobel Prizes

20 Sep 2018

Claire Farrugia, Chris Lassig, Stu Burns

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Why don't poisonous animals poison themselves? Also bats, naked mole rats, and more!

13 Sep 2018

Micaela Jemison

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Eureka Prizes for science, science of spaghetti breaking and rosehip neurons

6 Sep 2018

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The numbat is one of thousands of Australian animals found nowhere else in the world

What does the brain stem do, and when is National Threatened Species Day?

30 Aug 2018

Claire Farrugia, Stu Burns, Guest: Dr David Farmer

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Cheese that's way, way, way, way past its use-by date (Image from University of Catania and Cairo University)

Understanding AI, lazy hominins and ancient cheese

23 Aug 2018

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