A luxurious plan to save seahorses, precise methane measurements, 65,000 year old food and the environmental impact of dying.
SoT 266: Sperm Whales Have Teeth
- June 10, 2017
- Tagged as: drones, dugongs, ecology, evolution, gastric bypass surgery, Great Barrier Reef, gut microbiome, whales
Why are giant whales so big? Gastric bypass changes gut flora, dugongs making a slow comeback, and underwater drone improvements.
SoT 259: That’s His Blowhole!
- April 10, 2017
- Tagged as: artificial organs, ecology, human heart, killer whales, orcas, solar astronomy, spacecraft, the Sun
Growing a human heart with spinach, the closest probe to the sun, and the bacteria in orca blowholes!
Potential health effects of e-cigarettes, Nasa turning poop into food, new ways to look at fisheries management, and how smelling vomit can make you sick.
SoT 103: FAOUN
- May 29, 2013
- Tagged as: Ancient Egypt, diet, dogs, ecology, extremophiles, food, stem cells
Eating insects, new kind of stem cells, endangered ecosystems and Ancient Egypt’s ‘sexy time’.
SoT 13: Robots Don’t Exist
- June 16, 2011
- Tagged as: asteroids, astrobiology, astronomy, caffeine, ecology, hallucinations, invasive-species, native, nerve cells, non-native, Parkinson's, tamarind
Listen to this episode: 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:00… SoT 13: Robots Don’t Exist Apple PodcastsSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSShare DownloadStitcherSpotifyGoogle PodcastsLeave a ReviewListen in a New WindowSoundCloudPlayer Embed Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday…
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.