The funny, interesting or just weird bits from 2019 that didn’t make the final show!
SoT 341: The 2019 Ig Nobel Prizes
- October 9, 2019
- Tagged as: anatomy, bacteria, biology, chemistry, cockroaches, diaper, economics, engineering, faeces, happiness, Ig Nobel, itching, magnetic fields, medical education, medicine, money, nappy, natural language processing, nutrition, peace, physics, pizza, poop, psychology, replication, reproducability, saliva, scratch, scrotum, wombats
The Ig Nobel Prizes honour achievements that first make us laugh, then make us think. We take a look at this year’s winners: from the benefits of pizza to the temperature of French postal packages!
SoT 330: A Very Large Horn
- April 23, 2019
- Tagged as: bad science, dinosaurs, extinction, fluorescence, frogs, uncanny valley
All about the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs, heart recommendations aren’t necessarily evidence-based, the Uncanny Valley for the ears, and tiny fluorescent frogs!
The funny, interesting or just weird bits from 2018 that didn’t make the final show!
SoT 321: Our Favourite Science Stories of 2018
- January 15, 2019
- Tagged as: ancient art, Ancient Rome, archaeology, chili, ethics, Europa, evolution, exoplanets, fossils, genetic engineering, hurricanes, lizards, poop, Vulcan, wombats
Our top stories from 2018. All the stories we thought particularly interesting, from wombat poop to very hot chilies!
The Ig Nobel Prizes honour achievements that first make us laugh, then make us think. We take a look at this year’s winners: from rollercoaster medicine to Voodoo in the workplace!
The Yanny vs Laurel audio illusion, plumes of water from Europa, the origin of the amphibian-killing fungus, using ice cores to study Ancient Rome’s economy, and clever magpies learn the calls of other birds.
Different styles of whale song, massive solar flares and really hot chillies!
SoT 277: Stuck On Saturn Images
- September 21, 2017
- Tagged as: auroras, Cassini, Jupiter, leaves, microbes, plants, Saturn, soil, spacecraft
Why tropical plants have big leaves, Cassini dives into Saturn, auroras on Jupiter and buried undies.
SoT 223: Terminal Buzz
- April 30, 2016
- Tagged as: audio, bats, CDC, Dyson, echolocation, Freddie Mercury, hand sanitizer, hygiene, singing, sound, vocals, washing hands, who
Freddie Mercury had an amazing voice, science discovers! Bats have forward planning skills, and Dyson hand driers might spread viruses but probably don’t because you washed your hands thoroughly, right?
Podcast Reviews
- Great Show
by Volk613 from AustraliaAlways informative, often entertaining. Great selection of regulars with a variety of interests and expertise. Also great guests with and Australian focus.
- Great science roundup
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- Fun and smartby 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.