Have you missed us? Looking forward to another season of Science on Top? Here’s something to whet your appetite – a story of cute cephalopods, curious scientists and red and blue 3D glasses!
SoT 280: The 2017 Ig Nobel Prizes
- November 8, 2017
- Tagged as: anatomy, bats, biology, cats, cave insects, cheese, coffee, cognition, crocodiles, didgeridoo, ears, economics, fetus, fluid dynamics, foetus, Ig Nobel, improbable, medicine, music, nutrition, obstetrics, peace, penis, physics, snoring, twins, vagina, vampire bats
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 cats in jars to disgusting cheese!
A second detection of gravitational waves sparks a new field of astronomy. The WHO says your coffee isn’t carcinogenic, provided it’s not too hot.
Martian plumes, penguin tastes, health benefits of cofee, Titan submarines and sugar causing early menstruation.
SoT 161: Caffeine-Deprived Triffids
- September 20, 2014
- Tagged as: caffeine, citizen science, coffee, evolution, new species, octopuses, taxonomy, wearable electronics
The uncommon Common Octopus, why coffee has caffeine, smart-phones and ‘internet naturalists’, and the tough and hardy electronic fabric.
Gravitational waves controversy, Facebook psychology controversy, electric eel evolution, ebola, coffee in space and more!
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!
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.