Koalas aren’t extinct, impossible black hole exists and an old spacecraft bombarded by dust.
Tiny snails that nearly went extinct are now back, the mysterious massive explosion in our galaxy, and a native rodent learns to hunt cane toads!
SoT 336: Text Neck
- July 17, 2019
- Tagged as: black holes, cosmology, dogs, evolution, media, mobile phones, science reporting
Those puppy-dog eyes evolved specially for you, the widely accepted theory of supermassive black hole formation could be wrong, and you’re not growing horns because of your phone.
SoT 308: The Universe Does Exist
- September 13, 2018
- Tagged as: Ancient Egypt, archaeology, bacteria, cannabis, cheese, cosmology, dark energy, marijuana, microbiology, string theory
The genetics of marijuana use, microbes that darken, String Theory vs Dark Energy, Ancient Egyption cheese.
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 Special 24 – Dr. Katie Mack
- October 7, 2017
- Tagged as: astrophysics, cosmology, LGBTIQ, queer, social media, travel
Dr. Katie Mack is a theoretical astrophysicist whose work focuses mainly on finding new was to learn about the early universe and fundamental physics.
Tracing the oridings of fast radio bursts, putting penguins on treadmills, a new cause of Lyme Disease, and harnessing bacterial nanospears!
SoT 214: Gravitational Waves
- February 23, 2016
- Tagged as: aLIGO, astrophysics, BICEP2, black holes, cosmology, gravitational waves, LIGO, spacetime
When two black holes collided 1.3 billion light years away, it sent ripples – gravitational waves – through spacetime that we detected here on Earth!
Dr. Krystal’s new role at the BioMelbourne Network, astronauts eat space-grown lettuce, more information about the new malaria vaccine, and the genome shows octopuses are pretty complicated.
Antibiotic resistance a growing problem, slower rate of expansion for the universe, LHC upgraded, paracetamol ineffective for back pain and Ganymede has a mysterious bulge.
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.