New elements confirmed, spreading irukandji jellyfish, possibly ninth planet, counting plants and the strange ‘alien’ star is even stranger!
SoT 170: A Big Year For Zircon
- November 27, 2014
- Tagged as: bacteria, climate change, comets, contamination, craters, geology, hydrates, Philae, Rosetta, Zircon
Philae landing, DNA studies contaminated, Australian Zircon found in Vanuatu and the mysterious Siberian craters.
SoT 169: Proper Ice-cream
- November 20, 2014
- Tagged as: 3D printing, antibiotics, bacteria, Books, comets, heritability, material science, microbiome, Philae, Rosetta, space exploration
Books, 3D Printing, bacteria and the first probe landing on a comet!
SoT 157: The Cephalopod Happy Ending
- August 22, 2014
- Tagged as: bacteria, bacteriophages, bears, comets, diabetes, flu, food, influenza, insulin, microbiome, octopus, octopus sex, Rosetta, uncontacted tribes, virus
Rosetta arrives at the comet, an uncontacted tribe gets influenza, and a bacteriophage is the most common virus in your body. Plus, how bears overeat but don’t get diabetes, a year long microbiome study, and crazy octopus sex!
SoT 132: 99 Luftballons All Over Again
- January 27, 2014
- Tagged as: astronomy, calcium, China, cloning, comets, genetic modification, genetics, lactose, milk, personal genetics, Rosetta, sloths, space, spacecraft
Rosetta comet-chaser awakens, new hypothesis for lactose persistence, moths and sloths, and the rise of Chinese cloning.
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.