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 330: A Very Large Horn
- April 23, 2019
- Tagged as: bad science, dinosaurs, extinction, fluorescence, frogs, uncanny valley
All about the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs, heart recommendations aren’t necessarily evidence-based, the Uncanny Valley for the ears, and tiny fluorescent frogs!
SoT 256: Live at Surfcoast Skepticamp 2017
- March 6, 2017
- Tagged as: astronomy, cancer, crickets, exoplanets, extinction, grasshoppers, moonshot, NASA, quack, supernova
Discovery of 7 Earth-like exoplanets, concerns over cancer initiative, early spotting of a supernova, and disappearing crickets.
SoT 249: Snail Tinder
- December 11, 2016
- Tagged as: chicxulub, coconuts, dinosaurs, extinction, impact, mars, meteor, monoculture, snails, subsurface water
Dinosaur-killing meteorite, coconut extinction threat, water on Mars and the story of Jeremy the Left-Coiled Snail.
SoT 241: OMG They’ve Got Radio!
- September 15, 2016
- Tagged as: aliens, bacteria, birds, cancer, conservation, eggs, EM Drive, extinction, extinction events, finches, fossils, human ancestors, NASA, Otzi, SETI, spaceflight, supernova, supernovae, Tasmanian devils
Otzi’s fashion, weather reporting birds, Tassie devils, supernovas, aliens, EM drive and more!
Underground water in California, ancient bird wings, land conservation, and the microbes that protect coral reefs.
Trees sorta sleep at night, new Tassie devils found, Neanderthal stalagmites, and dark energy and time.
SoT 218: It Rips Its Face Off
- March 20, 2016
- Tagged as: chicxulub, craters, dinosaurs, extinction, hydra, statistics
A warning about P values, drilling into the impact crater that wiped out the dinosaurs, and the tiny creature that rips it face open in order to eat.
SoT 202: Argon-Argon
- October 15, 2015
- Tagged as: adaptation, asteroid, asthma, bees, climate change, dinosaurs, evolution, extinction, gut bacteria, mars, meteor, meteorite, movies, planetary science, The Martian, volcanoes, water
Liquid water found on Mars, the tongues of long-tongued bumblebees are shrinking, four kinds of gut bacteria linked to asthma, volcanoes may have contributed to the dinosaur extinction, and The Martian gets favourable reviews.
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.