The Yanny vs Laurel audio illusion, plumes of water from Europa, the origin of the amphibian-killing fungus, using ice cores to study Ancient Rome’s economy, and clever magpies learn the calls of other birds.
Life in our most Mars-like region on Earth, ancient dice clues about fate and chance, silent crickets and a new species of tardigrade.
SoT 271: Seductive Cockatoo Music
- July 20, 2017
- Tagged as: animals, Anne Druyan, Carl Sagan, concrete, golden records, life, mars, music, Romans, tools, Voyager
The secret to Roman concrete, toxic Martian soil, birds play musical instruments, and the man laughing on the Golden Record.
Dawn arrives at Ceres, large carnivores practice population control, #TheDress, Titan could have life unlike anything on Earth, Russia pulls out of the ISS and emulsifiers affecting gut microbiome.
Treating phobias while you sleep, auto-brewery syndrome, no methane on Mars and no aliens on Earth. And the life story of a whale, through its ear wax.
SoT 112: Cold Hard Cash
- July 31, 2013
- Tagged as: cancer, chimpanzees, Down's sydnrome, genetic modification, life, memory, orangutans, surgery, taxonomy, viruses
The scalpel that sniffs for cancer cells, chimps and orangutans with autobiographical memories, switching off Down’s syndrome genes, and the giant viruses that might be an entirely new domain of life.
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.