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SoT 319: Number Five Is Alive

December 14, 2018 by Ed Brown • No Comments •

Gene edited babies..

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

Tags: bioethics, CRISPR, DNA, ethics, genetics, HIV, InSight, mars, scientific misconduct, spacecraft

SoT 318: A Wacky Eukaryote Is Always Fun

December 7, 2018 by Ed Brown • No Comments •

Why do..

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

Tags: astronomy, exoplanet, faeces, marsupials, microbiology, poop, sun, taxonomy, wombats

SoT 317: Darknado

December 3, 2018 by Ed Brown • No Comments •

There's a dark matter hurricane all..

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

Tags: anthropology, astronomy, dark matter, metric system, Neanderthals

SoT 316 – Venoms Are Amazing

November 28, 2018 by Ed Brown • No Comments •

The opioid crisis in..

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Filed Under: Ed Brown, Mick Vagg, Penny Dumsday, Podcast

Tags: altruism, chimpanzees, cooperation, dolphins, evolution, opioids, pain

SoT 315 – It’s Just Gas, Dear

November 24, 2018 by Ed Brown • No Comments •

Why do newborn babies..

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

Tags: babies, black holes, fossiles, galaxy, scientific debate

SoT 314 – Sensitive New Age Gorillas

November 15, 2018 by Ed Brown • No Comments •

Hubble fixed,..

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

Tags: dung beetles, Gorillas, Hubble Space Telescope, pollution, whales

SoT 313: Live With Dr. Pamela Gay

November 6, 2018 by Ed Brown • No Comments •

Octopuses on drugs,..

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

Tags: asteroids, drugs, ecstasy, Hubble, Hyabusa, James Webb Space Telescope, JAXA, octopuses, Star Trek, telescopes, Vulcans

SoT 312: Below The Spider Haemorrhage

October 6, 2018 by Ed Brown • No Comments •

Aboriginal..

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Filed Under: Ed Brown, Jo Benhamu, Kirsten Banks, Podcast

Tags: Aboriginal astronomy, antibiotic resistance, asprin, astronomy, puppies

SoT 311: The 2018 Ig Nobel Prizes

October 3, 2018 by Ed Brown • No Comments •

The Ig Nobel Prizes..

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Filed Under: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Peter Miller, Podcast, Ross Balch

Tags: anthropology, biology, cannibalism, chemistry, chimpanzees, colonoscopy, economics, erectile dysfunction, Ig Nobel, kidney stones, literature, medicine, nutrition, peace, penis, reproduction, road rage, saliva, self-experimentation, stress, Voodoo, wine

SoT 310: Faster Than Lightning

September 26, 2018 by Ed Brown • No Comments •

The oldest known..

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

Tags: archaeology, art, climate change, dolphins, fish, mirror test, self-awareness, self-recognition, shark attacks