The lizard that lays eggs and gives birth, solar power at night and training a robot dog with real dogs!
InSight gets a helpful tap, amber gives clues towards Ideal Glass, and fish finger development!
Humans in suspended animation, oxygen on Mars, water on Europa, alien gases, and snakes with legs!
Human ancestors walked upright much earlier than thought, a new health hazard for spaceflight, avoiding veggies because of genetics, and a possible solar energy storing molecule.
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 335: Parmesan Not Brie
- July 4, 2019
- Tagged as: agriculture, cancer, evolution, gravity, moon, radiology, wine
An ancient grape variety still used to make wine, an unexplained large mass found in the moon, and faster, improved PET scanners.
SoT 321: Our Favourite Science Stories of 2018
- January 15, 2019
- Tagged as: ancient art, Ancient Rome, archaeology, chili, ethics, Europa, evolution, exoplanets, fossils, genetic engineering, hurricanes, lizards, poop, Vulcan, wombats
Our top stories from 2018. All the stories we thought particularly interesting, from wombat poop to very hot chilies!
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.
SoT 306: Don’t Call It A Wolphin
- August 12, 2018
- Tagged as: bats, dolphins, Dr. Pamela Gay, ebola, evolution, hurricanes, hybrid, Large Hadron Collider, LHC, lizards, particle physics, whales, wolphin
A new Ebola virus, lizards evolve better grip after hurricanes, hybrid cross of two dolphins is not a ‘wolphin’ and the LHC has test-fired bunches of atoms.
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.