Did junk food cause blindness? Is climate change making spiders more aggressive? What’s filling a Hawaiian volcano crater? And could glowing life be easier to find?
SoT 241: OMG They’ve Got Radio!
- September 15, 2016
- Tagged as: aliens, bacteria, birds, cancer, conservation, eggs, EM Drive, extinction, extinction events, finches, fossils, human ancestors, NASA, Otzi, SETI, spaceflight, supernova, supernovae, Tasmanian devils
Otzi’s fashion, weather reporting birds, Tassie devils, supernovas, aliens, EM drive and more!
SoT 204: Let’s Marvin Gaye and Get It On
- November 7, 2015
- Tagged as: aliens, Dyson sphere, food, mystery cells of the male, nematodes, neurons, origin of life, sex, Zircon
Neurons found in worms that affect sexual priority, a possible Dyson sphere discovered, and life may have originated 300 million years earlier than previously thought.
Mini ice age nonsense, world’s first malaria vaccine, $100m funding to search for aliens, ancient dentistry and (sort of) an Earth-like exoplanet.
SoT 176: An Echoing Amphitheater of Taste
- February 23, 2015
- Tagged as: 3 person babies, aliens, core, dogs, Earth’s core, endangered species, geology, IVF, popcorn, scat, SETI
The UK gives the OK for 3 person babies, calls to actively search for ET, inner inner cores, dogs sniffing poo and why popcorn pops.
Treating phobias while you sleep, auto-brewery syndrome, no methane on Mars and no aliens on Earth. And the life story of a whale, through its ear wax.
SoT 101: Propelled by Propellers
- May 15, 2013
- Tagged as: aliens, Alzheimer's, hoax, meteor, meteorite, nanotechnology, solar power
Solar powered plane, Tunguska meteorites, a test for Alzheimer’s, nanosheets and Ata the 6″ human!
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In Episode 3, we talked briefly about searching for life outside our solar system. Is there much point looking for bacterial on Planet Zork, a thousand light years away? Since we’re not going to be…
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.