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SoT 300: Science and Selfies

June 21, 2018 by Ed Brown • No Comments •

Dunes on Pluto, organics..

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Filed Under: Ed Brown, Helen Maynard-Casely, Lucas Randall, Mick Vagg, Penny Dumsday, Podcast, Shayne Joseph

Tags: blood test, cancer, mars, marshmallow experiment, Planet Nine, pluto, pregnancy, psychology

SoT 299: Ingesting Geese

June 13, 2018 by Ed Brown • No Comments •

Vitamins: good or bad? The..

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Filed Under: Ed Brown, Lucas Randall, Penny Dumsday, Podcast

Tags: astrobiology, magpies, trees, viruses, vitamins

SoT 298: Streptococcus Galactica

June 7, 2018 by Ed Brown • No Comments •

Advantages of..

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Filed Under: Ed Brown, Lucas Randall, Penny Dumsday, Podcast

Tags: asteroids, babies, eradication, flatworms, invasive pests, jaundice

SoT 297: Creepy Masks Are Creepy

May 29, 2018 by Ed Brown • No Comments •

The Yanny vs Laurel..

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Filed Under: Alayna Hansen, Ed Brown, Lucas Randall, Penny Dumsday, Peter Miller, Podcast

Tags: amphibians, Ancient Romans, audio, birds, Europa, frogs, funerals, fungus, genetics, ice cores, illusions, Jupiter, language, life, magpies, sound

SoT 296: Classic Neanderthal Styling

May 22, 2018 by Ed Brown • No Comments •

Genetic roadmap..

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Filed Under: Carolyn de Graaf, Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Podcast

Tags: blood, blood donation, genetics, HIV, HTLV-1, Neanderthals, single cell sequencing

SoT 295: The Red Light District

May 7, 2018 by Ed Brown • No Comments •

Horses can remember..

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Filed Under: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Podcast, Sarah de Garis

Tags: athletes, children, facial expressions, fruit flies, fungus, gene transfer, horses, memory, sex

SoT 294: Plastics Bad, Bacteria Good

May 1, 2018 by Ed Brown • No Comments •

Plastic-eating..

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Filed Under: Ed Brown, Lucas Randall, Podcast, Shayne Joseph

Tags: astronomy, bacteria, enzyme, exoplanets, NASA, plastic, retrotransposons, shellfish, tess

SoT 293: Hot Chilli Wars

April 21, 2018 by Ed Brown • No Comments •

Different styles of whale..

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Filed Under: Ed Brown, Lucas Randall, Peter Miller, Podcast

Tags: Alpha Centauri, capsaicin, chillies, Don't Try This At Home, exoplanets, music, Proxima Centauri, solar flares, whales

SoT 292: The Little Telescope That Could

April 15, 2018 by Ed Brown • No Comments •

A possible new..

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Filed Under: Ed Brown, Jo Benhamu, Lucas Randall, Podcast, Shayne Joseph

Tags: anatomy, astronomy, birds, graviational lensing, Hubble, interstitium, pharmaceutical companies, polarised light, politics, puffins, Vikings

SoT 291: Orbital Mechanics Are So Cool

April 7, 2018 by Ed Brown • No Comments •

Children draw..

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Filed Under: Ed Brown, Lucas Randall, Penny Dumsday, Podcast

Tags: children, diseases, epidemiology, media, newspapers, orbits, scientists, solar system, women in science