InSight gets a helpful tap, amber gives clues towards Ideal Glass, and fish finger development!
SoT 328: Thralala, Thralala, Thralala!
- April 2, 2019
- Tagged as: asteroids, Bennu, convergent evolution, DNA, fish, NASA, OSIRIS-REx, Parkinson's Disease, super smellers, synthetic DNA
How fish survive the freezing cold, diagnosing Parkinson’s Disease through smell, a synthetic DNA with 8 letters, and surprising discoveries about asteroid Bennu!
SoT 325: We Just Like Meerkats
- March 16, 2019
- Tagged as: astronomy, environment, families, koalas, meerkats, NASA, Planet Nine, sacrifice, spaceflight, SpaceX, stress, urban development
Koalas are less stressed in green cities, SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with the ISS, stressed meerkat daughters are more helpful, and even more evidence for Planet Nine.
SoT Special 25 – Dr. Morgan Cable
- August 31, 2018
- Tagged as: astrobiology, astronomy, Cassini, Enceladus, Europa, JPL, mars, Morgan Cable, NASA, space
Dr Morgan Cable is a planetary scientist and astrobiologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
SoT 294: Plastics Bad, Bacteria Good
- May 1, 2018
- Tagged as: astronomy, bacteria, enzyme, exoplanets, NASA, plastic, retrotransposons, shellfish, tess
Plastic-eating enzyme, NASA’s new planet-hunting spacecraft, and DNA that spreads to other species remarkably common in the oceans.
SoT 290: There’s No Fuel Gauge
- March 29, 2018
- Tagged as: astrophysics, birds, China, conservation, cosmology, DNA, exoplanets, genetics, Kepler, media, NASA, space debris, Stephen Hawking, twins
Remembering Stephen Hawking, space twins are still human, a parrot comeback, a plummeting space station and Kepler running on empty.
SoT 262: Cassini’s Grand Finale
- May 10, 2017
- Tagged as: artificial organs, Cassini, ESA, Europa, NASA, premature babies, Saturn, space exploration
Saturn’s Cassini probe begins it’s Grand Finale, premature lambs incubated in artificial womb, and a proposed Europa mission.
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 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!
SoT 217: The Telescope That John West Rejected
- March 13, 2016
- Tagged as: astronomy, atmosphere, Chocolate, clouds, CRISPR, giant virus, health, immune system, mimivirus, NASA, New Horizons, pluto, telescope, virology, virophages, virus, wFIRST
Some giant viruses have immune systems, NASA announces a new space telescope, chocolate might not be great for your brain, and possible clouds on Pluto!
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.