Episodes

Sparkly, filthy, magical science

7 Dec 2017
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Comic book science comes to life; Amazing Elephant Intelligence, and Shazam for frogs

30 Nov 2017
Hosts: Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia, Manisha Bhardwaj, Chris Lassig Guests: Jodi Rowley
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Clockwise from top left: NZ bird of the year, the Kea (Nestor notabilis) attacking a car (photo by Andrea Schaffer); a female paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus) engorged with blood (photo by Alan R Walker); the microscopic aluminium drum cooled with lasers (image by Teufel/NIST); a Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) showing the special thin feather that makes a whistling noise when it flies (photo by Murray et al./ANU).

Clever Keas, tick-borne meat allergies, cooling tinnies with lasers, and whistling pigeons

23 Nov 2017
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Pyramids, new orangutan and air-filtering house plants

16 Nov 2017
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Crystal Palace dinosaur in London

Dinosaur Stripes and whale fossils

9 Nov 2017
Claire Farrugia, Chris Lassig, Stu Burns Guests: Felix Marx
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Neutron stars colliding and preserved prehistoric blood

2 Nov 2017
Chloe Plet
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Lost in Science Fiction Halloween special 2017

26 Oct 2017
Hosts: Chris Lassig, Stu Burns Guests: Andrew Lynch, Sarah Dollard
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Flesh-eating bacteria and sustainable scallops

19 Oct 2017
Prof. Tim Stinear, Sophie Burgess
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Cordelia Fine Testosterone Rex: Neurology, psychology & gender; Human body pH balance

12 Oct 2017
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Australia in space, and climate change driving owl evolution

5 Oct 2017
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Goats on caffeine

Climate changing Coffee; IgNobel Prizes 2017; Fire affecting native animal habitat

28 Sep 2017
Hosts: Claire farrugia, Chris Lassig, Stu Burns Guests: Cara Penton
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Training astronauts, microgravity physics and runaway inflammation

21 Sep 2017
Gail Iles
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Ancient algae blooms brought on animals, Eureka prize wrap up

14 Sep 2017
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Magnetic field of bar magnets repelling

A cure for hiccups and how the heck do magnets work?

7 Sep 2017
Chris Lassig, Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia
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A poorly photoshopped, highly exaggerated picture of legs being attacked by a lysianassid amphipod (they're actually less than a centimetre long)

Bone marrow donation and flesh-eating amphipods

31 Aug 2017
Ollie Barrand and Dr Genefor Walker-Smith
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