Sorry listeners, you may have noticed there hasn’t been a new episode for a while. Things got a little…. complicated. We had a terrific time at Surfcoast Skepticamp, where as is now becoming tradition we…
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SoT Special: 2016 Bloopers and Outtakes
The funny, interesting or just weird bits from 2016 that didn’t make the final show!
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.
SoT 161: Caffeine-Deprived Triffids
- September 20, 2014
- Tagged as: caffeine, citizen science, coffee, evolution, new species, octopuses, taxonomy, wearable electronics
The uncommon Common Octopus, why coffee has caffeine, smart-phones and ‘internet naturalists’, and the tough and hardy electronic fabric.
SoT 138: The Undistributed Middle
- March 13, 2014
- Tagged as: health monitor, heart monitor, hurricanes, paleontology, whales, wind farms, wind turbines
Wind turbines, hurricanes, ancient whale bones and a sock for your heart!
SoT 137: It’s Just Like College
- March 5, 2014
- Tagged as: Age of the Earth, dogs, language, new species, Vaccines, whales
Warm vaccines, the oldest crystal, counting whales, dogs in fMRI and sex-crazed marsupials!
SoT 133: Live at Surfcoast Skepticamp 2014
- February 4, 2014
- Tagged as: dogs, donut rock, extinction, GPS, memory, NASA, sharks
Recorded live at Surfcoast Skepticamp at Airey’s Inlet, we talk donuts on Mars, tracking dogs with GPS devices, shark culls, shark extinctions and memory loss.
SoT 132: 99 Luftballons All Over Again
- January 27, 2014
- Tagged as: astronomy, calcium, China, cloning, comets, genetic modification, genetics, lactose, milk, personal genetics, Rosetta, sloths, space, spacecraft
Rosetta comet-chaser awakens, new hypothesis for lactose persistence, moths and sloths, and the rise of Chinese cloning.
SoT 131: Isaac Newton of the Marine World
- January 23, 2014
- Tagged as: climate change, dolphins, dragons, time travel, weather
Extreme weather and climate change, time travel, dolphin druggies and Toothless the dragon!
Pulitzer prize winning film critic Roger Ebert died today at the age of 70, according to his long-time employer, The Chicago Sun-Times. While Ebert will be most well known for his prolific and engaging film reviews it is worth noting he also wrote many articles extolling science and skepticism.
Podcast Reviews
- Great Show
September 6, 2012 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
July 23, 2012 by SB AUST. from AustraliaNice to hear science news from an Aussie perspective and with a good dose of humour. Great work!
- Fun and smartJune 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.