Putting a cardboard cap on dung beetles demonstrated that they can navigate at night by using the Milky Way.
Image: Marcus Byrne
Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Dyani Lewis, Lucas Randall.
Topics covered:
Chelyabinsk Meteor
Government funding decreases
- An invisible, odourless, weightless science minister for Australia
- Australia Hates Science: CSIRO Staffers Axed In New Government Cuts
- Science Setbacks: 2013
- 11 Tech And Science Programs Being Killed By The US Government Shutdown
The rise of crowdfunding
- The Florey Institute Dives into Crowdfunding!
- Explainer: What is crowdfunding?
- Mighty Maggots v Flesh Nom Bugs
- Name the Virus
- Loved by the crowd, but will the new Climate Council be truly independent?
“Mississippi Baby” Cured of HIV
- Mississippi Baby Might Have Been Cured of HIV
- HIV baby infected in womb is in long-term remission, doctors confirm
A Lab-Grown Burger Gets a Taste Test
Eating insects: good for you, good for the environment
Disappearing Bees
- One-Third of U.S. Honeybee Colonies Died Last Winter, Threatening Food Supply
- Diesel fumes baffle bees
- Climate Change May Disrupt Monarch Butterfly Migration
Dung Beetles
Pubic LIce
DNA Analysis Confirms Skeleton of King Richard III
This Castle’s Toilet Still Holds Parasites From Crusaders’ Faeces
First human brain-to-brain interface
Neuroscientists Wire Two Rats’ Brains Together And Watch Them Trade Thoughts
Mice Inherit Specific Memories, Because Epigenetics?
Bizarre 6-Inch Skeleton Shown to Be Human
Planetary Science
China Moon Landing: ‘Jade Rabbit’ Rover Basks in Lunar Bay of Rainbows
Mars Lander Wins Out for 2016 Mission Over Titan Boat and Comet Hopper
Dyani Lewis is a researcher currently working at the Melbourne School of Population Health in the field of sexual and reproductive health. She is the Science and Technology Producer on Melbourne Uni’s Up Close podcast, and she writes for her blog, The Conversation and many other sites.
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