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  • Ed Brown
  • Jo Benhamu
  • Lucas Randall
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SoT 252: Our Favourite Science Stories of 2016

  • December 27, 2016
  • Tagged as: antibiotics, bacteria, Charon, Dyson Airblade, evolution, FDA, germs, gravitational waves, LIGO, New Horizons, parasites, pluto, Tabby's Star, Tasmanian devils, Top stories, virus, WTF

Our top stories from 2016. All the stories we thought particularly interesting, from gravitational waves to Tasmanian Devils!

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Ed Brown
  • Ed Brown
  • Katie Mack
  • Lucas Randall
  • Penny Dumsday
  • Podcast

SoT 231: Smoking Pigs

  • June 26, 2016
  • Tagged as: astronomy, astrophysics, cancer, carcinogenic, coffee, dark matter, gravitational waves, gravity, LIGO, mate, mate de coca, World Health Organisation, yerba mate

A second detection of gravitational waves sparks a new field of astronomy. The WHO says your coffee isn’t carcinogenic, provided it’s not too hot.

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Ed Brown
  • Ed Brown
  • Katie Mack
  • Lucas Randall
  • Podcast

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!

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Ed Brown

Podcast Reviews

  • Great Show
    September 6, 2012 by Volk613 from Australia

    Always 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 Australia

    Nice to hear science news from an Aussie perspective and with a good dose of humour. Great work!

  • Fun and smart
    June 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.

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