Episodes

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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Tiger shark snout showing the pores of its ampullae of Lorenzini, for detecting electric fields (photo by Albert kok, via Wikimedia Commons)

TRIPLE CREATURE FEATURE; Magnet hating sharks, psychedelic cicadas and arctic wolfspiders

16 Aug 2018
Vincent Raoult
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Lost in Science Week!

9 Aug 2018
Hosts: Chris Lassig, Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia Guest: Chris Gyngell
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Underwater view of a droplet hitting a water surface, forming a resonant bubble (Image Phillips et al., Scientific Reports)

Water plinking physics, space grease and commuting bacteria

2 Aug 2018
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How do wetlands sequester carbon? And is green space in cities good for people?

26 Jul 2018
Hosts: Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia Guest: Paul Carnell
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How will climate change affect the planet? Why haven't we gone back to the moon? What does the new exoplanet tell us?

19 Jul 2018
Claire Farrugia, Stuart Burns, Chris Lassig
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Newly discovered sauropod dinosaur Ingentia Prima (Image supplied by Jorge A. Gonzalez)

Thalidomide, Koko the gorilla, and new (old) giant dinosaur

12 Jul 2018
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3 parent babies, micromorts, and alternative to dark matter

5 Jul 2018
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Agrotis infus, the Bogong Moth

Saline, Bogong Moths and the Stanford Prison Experiment revisited

28 Jun 2018
Chris Lassig, Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia
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Photo supplied by instagram.com/campfiresandscience

Science around the campfire, and organics on Mars

21 Jun 2018
Jack Nunn & Pauline Stobbs
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Wild Brumbies may threaten world heritage environments

Supernovae, wild horses vs the environment and marshmallows revisited.

14 Jun 2018
Chris Lassig, Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia
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Placebos, volcanoes, and Stephen Hawking's last paper

7 Jun 2018
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Combating climate change at the grassroots & Yanny vs Laurel

31 May 2018
Claire Farrugia, Chris Lassig, Stu Burns, Guy Webb
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Vintage air travel poster

Antibiotic resistant epidemics, and international travel footprints flying high

24 May 2018
Hosts: Chris Lassig, Claire Farrugia, Stu Burns Guest: Dr. Gregory Crocetti
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