The most likely explanation for Tabby’s Star yet, baby microbiota, complex life’s false start, and DNA with six chemical bases!
SoT 248: Through The Melon
- December 5, 2016
- Tagged as: antibiotics, bacteria, echolocation, gut microbiome, microbiome, Narwhals, pluto, subsurface ocean
Narwhals have excellent echolocation, gut bacteria could be the next source of antibiotics, and subsurface ocean on Pluto!
SoT 182: Don’t Pick a Baboon’s Nose
- April 18, 2015
- Tagged as: ancestory, babies, baboons, breastfeeding, DNA, family, immune cells, leukemia, microbiome, migration, NASA, New Horizons, nutrition, pluto, public engagement, serendipity
Benefits of breastfeeding babies, baboon social structure and gut microbiomes, a DNA family tree of the UK shows historic migration waves, accidentally turning cancer cells into immune cells, and NASA wants your suggestions for features on Pluto!
SoT 173: Our Favourite Science Stories of 2014
- December 30, 2014
- Tagged as: antibiotics, best of, climate change, comet, ebola, epidemic, faecal transplant, fecal transplant, Haruko Obakata, heatwave, microbiome, painkiller, Philae, polar vortex, polio, retractions, Rosetta, science, STAP, virus
Some of our best science stories from 2014. Comet landings, Ebola outbreaks, retracted stem cell studies, faecal transplant capsules and more!
SoT 169: Proper Ice-cream
- November 20, 2014
- Tagged as: 3D printing, antibiotics, bacteria, Books, comets, heritability, material science, microbiome, Philae, Rosetta, space exploration
Books, 3D Printing, bacteria and the first probe landing on a comet!
More Antikythera finds, recent volcanic activity on the moon, frozen poo capsules, shaven voles, and the scent of brewer’s yeast.
SoT 162: The Racist Uncle
- September 24, 2014
- Tagged as: back pain, dinosaurs, Higgs boson, immunology, microbiome, sex, spinosaurus, Stephen Hawking, Vaccines
Stephen Hawking trolls the end of the universe, the only known swimming dinosaur, how the gut microbiome affects the immune system, and sex positions for bad backs.
SoT 158: Let’s Call It A Magpie
- August 30, 2014
- Tagged as: antibiotics, magpies, microbiome, myths, Richard the Third, turtles
Talking turtles, possible link between antibiotics and obesity, magpies and shiny objects and King Richard III was a boozer.
SoT 157: The Cephalopod Happy Ending
- August 22, 2014
- Tagged as: bacteria, bacteriophages, bears, comets, diabetes, flu, food, influenza, insulin, microbiome, octopus, octopus sex, Rosetta, uncontacted tribes, virus
Rosetta arrives at the comet, an uncontacted tribe gets influenza, and a bacteriophage is the most common virus in your body. Plus, how bears overeat but don’t get diabetes, a year long microbiome study, and crazy octopus sex!
Tree-hugging koalas stay cool, gum tree genome sequenced, and ISEE-3 probe returns after 36 years. Claims of the Turing test being passed, the affects of gut bacteria on malnutrition and an ark for yeast cultures.
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.