Rats driving cars, music and learning, cows and friendships, and very loud birds.
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.
A possible new organ discovered, Viking navigation, the most distant star ever seen, Big Pharma and Patiet Advocacy Groups, and flourescent puffins.
SoT 290: There’s No Fuel Gauge
- March 29, 2018
- Tagged as: astrophysics, birds, China, conservation, cosmology, DNA, exoplanets, genetics, Kepler, media, NASA, space debris, Stephen Hawking, twins
Remembering Stephen Hawking, space twins are still human, a parrot comeback, a plummeting space station and Kepler running on empty.
SoT 272: Raven Pocket
- August 2, 2017
- Tagged as: Antarctica, birds, cannibalism, caterpillars, climate change, data storage, DNA storage, genetics, icebergs, intelligence, plants, ravens
Gigantic iceberg, cannibal caterpillars, bacteria data storage and well-planned ravens!
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!
Regrowing human tissue from stem cells a step closer, 3D printing eggs to protect vultures, birds that recognise humans and bad news for the Hitomi space telescope.
SoT 155: The Grumpiest Mouse
- July 26, 2014
- Tagged as: bees, birds, CDC, Dutch Winter Hunger, epigenetics, HIV, insecticide, insects, Mississippi Baby, neonicotinoids, pandas, smallpox, stem cells
Mississippi Baby not actually cured of HIV, smallpox found in a storeroom, and epigenetics in mice. Plus the woman who grew nasal tissue on her back, insecticides not just killing bees, and how pandas survive on a bamboo diet.
SoT 149: Going FODMAP Free
- May 28, 2014
- Tagged as: birds, celiac, dinosaur, evolution, fat, flight, gluten, polar bears, titanosaur
Gluten sensitivity might not be a thing, polar bears eat junk food, the evolution of flightlessness and possibly the biggest dinosaur ever!
SoT 124: Name the Virus
- November 17, 2013
- Tagged as: birds, DNA, dung beetles, HPV, junk DNA, Name the Virus, vaccination, viral vectors, viruses
Name the Virus, galloping dung beetles, genes for facial features, replaying birdsongs is bad, and racial differences in HPV vaccine effectiveness.
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.