SoT 73: Monkeys on Crack

September 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Newly discovered monkey: cute or creepy? Bacterial gene swaps, GRAIL probe results, bubble-free boiling, and more!

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SoT 48: A Good One For Scrabble

March 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Does a woman wearing red make men think of sex? The iron spike that viruses use to attack bacteria, the medical history of a prehistoric iceman, and more.

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SoT 43: Archaeopteryx Was A Goth

February 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Should we introduce elephants to Australia to control invasive grasses? Plus archaeopteryx’s black feathers, stem cell safety tests, magic mushrooms to treat depression and much more.

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SoT 30: Plucky Little Cycads

October 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday and Lucas Randall. Topics covered: An Egg-Citing Recipe for Human Stem Cells Cycads not so ancient after all A Buff New Twist on Carbon Nanotube Artificial Muscles Youngest exoplanet captured IQ Is Not Fixed in the Teenage Brain Please welcome Megavirus, the world’s most ginormous virus The book Penny mentions is [...]

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SoT 24: Fistulated cows and toxic bats

September 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Hosts: Lucas Randall, Dr. Shayne Joseph and Dr. Rachael Dunlop. Topics covered: Rachael Dunlop’s research at the HRI into the links between motor-neuron disease and blue-green algae A gene defect appears to cause the most common sight-disorder, near-signtedness or Myopia A team has found an association between long-term dietary patterns and the bacteria of the human [...]

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