SoT 316 – Venoms Are Amazing
- November 28, 2018
- Tagged as: altruism, chimpanzees, cooperation, dolphins, evolution, opioids, pain
The opioid crisis in Australia, dolphin snout evolution, and cooperation among chimpanzees.
The Ig Nobel Prizes honour achievements that first make us laugh, then make us think. We take a look at this year’s winners: from rollercoaster medicine to Voodoo in the workplace!
SoT 270: Sweeping Majestically Across The Plain
- July 14, 2017
- Tagged as: chimpanzees, eggs, mass-migrations, quantum, quantum entanglement, Wildebeest
Valuable wildebeest drownings, quantum entanglement at a distance, chimps hunting socially and egg-shaped eggs!
SoT 215: Yellow Big Head
- February 27, 2016
- Tagged as: cancer, chimpanzees, drosophila, evolution, fruit flies, genetics, hairy panic, leopards, toxo, Toxoplasma gondii, toxoplasmosis, tumbleweeds
Does toxo lessen chimps’ fear of leopards? What happens when you leave fruit flies in the dark for 60 years? Fighting cancer with cancer, and the Aussie town filled with tumbleweeds!
SoT:185 An Ewok and a Mogwai
- May 13, 2015
- Tagged as: bacteria, chimpanzees, DNA, dogs, genetic modification, Hubble, Hubble Space Telescope, human genome, humans, hunting, infection, oxytocin, seismology, supervolcano, tools, transplant, Yellowstone
Chinese scientists report editing the genome of human embryos, the role of oxytocin in human/dog relations, chimps that hunt with spears, unexpected bacterial complications in organ transplants, another magma chamber found at the Yellowstone supervolcano and celebrating 25 years of Hubble.
SoT 112: Cold Hard Cash
- July 31, 2013
- Tagged as: cancer, chimpanzees, Down's sydnrome, genetic modification, life, memory, orangutans, surgery, taxonomy, viruses
The scalpel that sniffs for cancer cells, chimps and orangutans with autobiographical memories, switching off Down’s syndrome genes, and the giant viruses that might be an entirely new domain of life.
SoT 81: You Asexual Bdelloid!
- November 25, 2012
- Tagged as: astronomy, bacteria, belly buttons, chimpanzees, dogs, exoplanets, genetics, great apes, NASA, Paralysis, prosthetics, science journalism
Total solar eclipse experiences, a planet without a star, and the bacteria in your belly button. Plus great apes with mid-life crises, nasal hope for paralysed dogs and a rant about speculation in the media. Also, the Bdelloid Rotifer: 80 million years without sex and still genetically diverse.
SoT 74: The 2012 Ig Nobel Prizes
- October 3, 2012
- Tagged as: bureaucracy, chemistry, chimpanzees, coffee, colonoscopy, copper, diamond, Eiffel Tower, explosion, fluid dynamics, fmri, Ig Nobel Prize, intracolonic explosion, literature, medicine, neuroscience, oscillation frequency, peace, physics, ponytail, psychology, report, salmon, SpeechJammer, spill
All the fun from the 2012 Ig Nobel awards! Ponytails, SpeechJammer, coffee, dead salmon, the Eiffel Tower and more!
SoT 70: Tools Painted Pink
- September 3, 2012
- Tagged as: antibiotics, bacteria, bonobos, chimpanzees, contraception, male pill, moon, NASA, Neil Armstrong, RNA, space, sperm, tool use
Antibiotics making us fat, the male pill, bonobos making tools, and more!
SoT 56: Our Chimps Are Very Nice
- May 20, 2012
- Tagged as: allergies, bacteria, chimpanzees, dogs, forefought, Grandmother Hypothesis, Mayan calendar, Mayan civilization, pain, planning
Dogs Feel Your Pain Stone-Throwing Chimp Is Back – And This Time It’s Personal Anti-bacteria coating.
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.