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Katie Mack

  • Ed Brown
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  • Lucas Randall
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SoT Special 24 – Dr. Katie Mack

  • October 7, 2017
  • Tagged as: astrophysics, cosmology, LGBTIQ, queer, social media, travel

Dr. Katie Mack is a theoretical astrophysicist whose work focuses mainly on finding new was to learn about the early universe and fundamental physics.

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Ed Brown
  • Ed Brown
  • Katie Mack
  • Lucas Randall
  • Penny Dumsday
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SoT 231: Smoking Pigs

  • June 26, 2016
  • Tagged as: astronomy, astrophysics, cancer, carcinogenic, coffee, dark matter, gravitational waves, gravity, LIGO, mate, mate de coca, World Health Organisation, yerba mate

A second detection of gravitational waves sparks a new field of astronomy. The WHO says your coffee isn’t carcinogenic, provided it’s not too hot.

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Ed Brown
  • Ed Brown
  • Katie Mack
  • Lucas Randall
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SoT 214: Gravitational Waves

  • February 23, 2016
  • Tagged as: aLIGO, astrophysics, BICEP2, black holes, cosmology, gravitational waves, LIGO, spacetime

When two black holes collided 1.3 billion light years away, it sent ripples – gravitational waves – through spacetime that we detected here on Earth!

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Ed Brown
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  • Helen Maynard-Casely
  • Katie Mack
  • Lucas Randall
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  • Shayne Joseph

SoT 170: A Big Year For Zircon

  • November 27, 2014
  • Tagged as: bacteria, climate change, comets, contamination, craters, geology, hydrates, Philae, Rosetta, Zircon

Philae landing, DNA studies contaminated, Australian Zircon found in Vanuatu and the mysterious Siberian craters.

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Ed Brown
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  • Shayne Joseph
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SoT 162: The Racist Uncle

  • September 24, 2014
  • Tagged as: back pain, dinosaurs, Higgs boson, immunology, microbiome, sex, spinosaurus, Stephen Hawking, Vaccines

Stephen Hawking trolls the end of the universe, the only known swimming dinosaur, how the gut microbiome affects the immune system, and sex positions for bad backs.

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Ed Brown
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  • Katie Mack
  • Lucas Randall
  • Penny Dumsday
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SoT 135: Googling Water Bears

  • February 17, 2014
  • Tagged as: ancestors, astronomy, astrophysics, black holes, extremophiles, galactic archaeology, Kepler, leeches, Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking’s new ideas about black holes, the leach that can survive 24 hours in liquid nitrogen, ancient footprints. ancient stars and more!

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Podcast Reviews

  • Great Show
    September 6, 2012 by Volk613 from Australia

    Always informative, often entertaining. Great selection of regulars with a variety of interests and expertise. Also great guests with and Australian focus.

  • Great science roundup
    July 23, 2012 by SB AUST. from Australia

    Nice to hear science news from an Aussie perspective and with a good dose of humour. Great work!

  • Fun and smart
    June 17, 2012 by wertys from Australia

    I have enjoyed this podcast b/c it is very funny banter about science stories but there is also a serious edge to the analysis. It's proof that you can be amusing and entertaining as well as giving the science content its due. Highly recommended weekly listening.

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