SoT 102: Made Lethal To Tumor Cells

May 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Last Winter in the US, almost one third of honeybee colonies died. The problem is complicated and very serious. Image: Jon Sullivan / WikiMedia Commons.

One third of US honeybees died last year. Breast-milk protein helps antibiotics.Fungus helps plants talk. Could 15,000 year old words still be in use today?

Filed Under: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Podcast, Shayne Joseph Tagged With: , , , , , , , ,

SoT 100: Intrauterine Cannibalization

May 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus) at the Newport Aquarium. Image: Jeff Kubina / WikiMedia Commons

Shark babies kill each other before their even born, fishy gestures, misused science words, genetically modified salmon, and the traces of supernovae in bacteria.

Filed Under: Daniel Midgley, Ed Brown, Lucas Randall, Penny Dumsday, Podcast, Shayne Joseph Tagged With: , , , , ,

SoT 99: Are They Good Eating?

May 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The head of a coelacanth, Natural History Museum (London). Scientists have sequenced the living fossil's genome, giving clues about the evolution of limbs. Image: Pascalou petit / WikiMedia Commons

Inoculating babies with ‘good’ bacteria, the genome of the coelacanth gives clues to limb evolution, conscious babies and more!

Filed Under: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Podcast, Shayne Joseph Tagged With: , , , ,

SoT 98: WIMPs and MACHOs

April 26, 2013 By 2 Comments
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer onboard the International Space Station. Image: NASA".

Dark matter, rain on Venus, Otzi’s bad teeth, red meat and heart attacks, and the folk remedy that may combat bed bugs.

Filed Under: Ed Brown, Kevin Orrman-Rossiter, Lucas Randall, Penny Dumsday, Podcast, Shayne Joseph Tagged With: , , , , ,

SoT 95: Bacterial Hugs

April 2, 2013 By 2 Comments
Roller Derby game between the Cherry Bombs (Green) vs Rhinestone Cowgirls (Red) on Aug 27, 2011, in Austin, Texas. Image: Earl McGehee / WikiMedia Commons

Where’s Voyager? Roller derby and bacteria, 3-donor IVF, bacteria that commit suicide and the real age of the Universe.

Filed Under: Ed Brown, Lucas Randall, Podcast, Shayne Joseph, Vanessa Vaughan Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

SoT 94: Save The Fat Bottomed Slug

March 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The now-extinct Gastric Brooding Frog gave birth through its mouth. Image: Mike Tyler / University of Adelaide

Should we bring back extinct animals? The CDC warns about ‘nightmare bacteria’, plus windfarms, Tassie devils and more!

Filed Under: Ed Brown, Lucas Randall, Mick Vagg, Shayne Joseph Tagged With: , , , , , , , , ,

SoT 87: Complex Mating Rituals With Balls of Dung

February 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
A life-size model of a homo neanderthalensis at the Museum Neandertal in Germany. Image: via WikiMedia Commons.

Leprosy alchemy, dung beetle astronomers, bad science journalism, babies falling over and more!

Filed Under: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Podcast, Shayne Joseph Tagged With: , , , ,

SoT 86: Flabby Thighs and Spare Tyres

January 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
There's a high probability that this Storm Trooper signed the petition asking for a Death Star. Photo by Ed, taken at DragonCon 2011.

The differences between belly and thigh fat, and a breath test that could detect bacterial infections. Plus Mars colonies, the defensive mechanisms of shark fetuses, and the Whitehouse refuses to build a Death Star!

Filed Under: Ed Brown, Lucas Randall, Penny Dumsday, Podcast, Shayne Joseph, Steve Nerlich Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

SoT 84: The Mad, Bad Uncle

December 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
When koalas infected with the koala retrovirus reproduce, they pass the viral DNA along with their own to their offspring.

James Cameron’s deep dive results, the healing power of maggots, koala evolution and a rover twin set to join Curiosity. Plus moon tourism, moon mapping and the passing of Sir Patrick Moore.

Filed Under: Ed Brown, Helen Maynard-Casely, Lucas Randall, Podcast, Shayne Joseph Tagged With: , , , , , , , ,

SoT 83: Science At The Speed Of Science

December 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Water Ice Discovered on Mercury

Grand plans for a Mars colony, Curiosity’s findings, water on Mercury and Antarctic bacteria. Plans for a Universal Cancer Blood Test, making flu vaccines without the virus, and a genetic link to birth weight.

Filed Under: Ed Brown, Kevin Orrman-Rossiter, Penny Dumsday, Podcast, Shayne Joseph Tagged With: , , , , , , , ,
«Older Posts