Episodes

Marie Stopes in her lab

Lost in Science Summer Series part 4

26 Jan 2017
Stu Burns, Alanta Colley, Dani Measday
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A donkey zebra hybrid

Lost in Science Summer series part 3

19 Jan 2017
Stu Burns, Arjun Chalal, Jessica Snir
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Serious sciencing regarding Charles Dawson's latest discovery

Lost in Science Summer Series part 2

12 Jan 2017
Stu Burns, Anna sexton, Nicholas J Johnson
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Fritz Haber

Lost in Science Summer Series

5 Jan 2017
Chris Lassig & Stu Burns
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The graceful tree frog

End of year wrap up, including 2 new frogs, lots of tributes, and a science of the year quiz

29 Dec 2016
Chris lassig, Manisha Bhardwaj, Claire Farrugia, Stu Burns
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Rudolph Red Nose Shock!

British Medical Journal seasonal japes, the truth about Rudolph; Do people put on weight at Christmas, and why do they get so sleepy?

22 Dec 2016
Chris lassig, Manisha Bhardwaj, Claire Farrugia, Stu Burns
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EmDrive tested at NASA (Photo by David A. Brady, Harold G. White, Paul March, James T. Lawrence, and Frank J. Davies. Eagleworks Laboratories, NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, via Wikimedia Commons)

Is NASA's EM drive really a thing? And why students are not studying science

15 Dec 2016
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The five official dwarf planets, with Earth for scale (image by JorisvS, via Wikimedia Commons)

A2 milk, plant defence and dwarf planets

8 Dec 2016
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Echidnas are one of the few species of Monotremes in the world

Echidnas, Lasers and Malaria

1 Dec 2016
Hosts: Chris Lassig, Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia Guests: Anna Sexton; Christine Cooper
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What milk do you choose?

Milk: cow v soy v nut; plant genes for sex and dryness

24 Nov 2016
Hosts: Claire Farrugia, Stu Burns Guest: Scott McAdam
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Oldest evidence of Aboriginal habitation; smart bees; and science of will power

17 Nov 2016
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Mosquito numbers are up this year in Southern Australia

Histamines, antihistamines, the placebo effect and Victorian mosquito plague

10 Nov 2016
Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia, Chris Lassig
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Tasmanian Devils are very bitey critters. Here are two of them fighting over food (Photo by amanderson2, via Flickr)

Billionaire mad science, Devil tumour immunity, and natural contraception app

3 Nov 2016
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Hallucinations can be terrifying, but what are they?

Characterising hallucinations and the suckiest creature of all time.

27 Oct 2016
Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia, Chris Lassig, Manisha Bhardwaj Guest: Associate Professor Joel Pearson
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Donuts are the same shape as coffee cups according to topology.

2016 Nobel Prizes for science

20 Oct 2016
Stuart Burns, Manisha Bhardwaj, Chris Lassig
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