InSight gets a helpful tap, amber gives clues towards Ideal Glass, and fish finger development!
Trip report from Lake Mungo, ancient Denisovans spread widely, an accidental super material, genetically modified phage therapy and trees use the Wood Wide Web!
SoT 287: An Army of Clones
- March 3, 2018
- Tagged as: amber, ancestors, bacteria, bacteriophages, Cheddar Man, cloning, crayfish, early humans, rockets, SpaceX, spiders, Tesla
Elon Musk’s Big Rocket, cloned crayfish, bladder-borne bacteriophages, Cheddar Man reconstructed and tiny ancient spider-tails!
SoT 258: An Elephant Never Sleeps
- March 29, 2017
- Tagged as: Aboriginal, ancestors, archaea, Australia, bacteria, Elephants, human migration, Indigenous Australians, sleep
Sleepless elephants, the Archaea that we don’t know we don’t know, and tracing ancient human migration to Australia.
No planet X, genetic modification resistance, oldest example of metastatic cancer, tracking humans via chickens, and Climate For Change.
Stephen Hawking’s new ideas about black holes, the leach that can survive 24 hours in liquid nitrogen, ancient footprints. ancient stars and more!
SoT 129: The Pit of Eggs
- December 17, 2013
- Tagged as: ancestors, comet, contraception, epigenetics, evolution, genetics, male contraception, memory, mice, space exploration, the moon
Mice that inherit memories, crowdfunding, comet ISON and the oldest human DNA. Plus male contraceptives, and China sends a rover to the moon.
Blue-green algae and motor neuron disease, the hole in your skull that affects how you walk, bacteria absorbing DNA, a new island created by and earthquake and the plant that grows tomatoes and potatoes.
SoT 89: Sky Fall in Russia
- February 21, 2013
- Tagged as: ancestors, bionics, evolution, insects, light pollution, meteor, origins of life, prosthetics, smell, spiders
Russian meteor strike, the common ancestor of mammals, self-assembling molecules, spiders in the sky and more!
Reality TV on Mars, beer, Denisovan genome, brain destroying bacteria and more!
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.