SoT 316 – Venoms Are Amazing
- November 28, 2018
- Tagged as: altruism, chimpanzees, cooperation, dolphins, evolution, opioids, pain
The opioid crisis in Australia, dolphin snout evolution, and cooperation among chimpanzees.
SoT 193: Bat Poo Is Like Gold
- July 30, 2015
- Tagged as: bat, botany, evolution, genetic engineering, heroin, males and females, medicine, microglia, morphine, pain, painkiller, plants
Genetically engineered ‘home-brew’ heroin, a plant that lures bats and then feasts on their droppings, and differences in pain between men and women.
The Ig Nobel Prizes honour achievements that first make us laugh, then make us think. We take a look at this year’s winners: from banana peels to people dressed as polar bears!
People prefer pain over boredom, mantis shrimps can see in UV, and plants can hear caterpillars. One species of lichen is actually 126, there’s less plastic in the ocean than there should be, and Ukrainian astronomers take a stab at Vladimir Putin.
SoT 151: So Cute I Want to Puke
- June 15, 2014
- Tagged as: birth, feminism, gender differences, hurricanes, Jurassic Park, Lyme disease, marmosets, pain, STAP, stillbirth, ticks, triplets, trousers, twins
Some misreported science stories this week. Do hurricanes with female names kill more than male hurricanes? Do men feel pain worse than women? And what can marmosets tell us about stillbirths? Plus Lyme disease in ancient ticks, and the controversial STAP papers finally retracted.
If you’re anything like me, your medicine cupboard is chockers with various non-prescription pain remedies: liquids, pills, capsules, children’s painkillers, formulations that are “gentle on the stomach” and products that claim to target specific parts of the body.
So what’s the difference between these products, and how do you choose what’s best for different types of pain?
SoT 122: 2013 Nobel Prizes
- October 27, 2013
- Tagged as: chemistry, Elephants, Higgs boson, higgs field, medicine, Nobel Prize, pain, physics, pointing
Nobel prizes for medicine, physics and chemistry, a pointed study of elephants, and the Chinese centipede that could completely block all pain.
Nobel prizes for Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, snakes on a pain, adaptive mosquitoes and more!
SoT 67: More Wobble Boards
- August 3, 2012
- Tagged as: astronomy, Curiosity (Mars Rover), mars, music, NASA, pain, termites
Mars Curiosity, artificial jellyfish, pain, suicidal termites, deteriorating music quality & more!
SoT 60: Pain Prone Personalities
- June 16, 2012
- Tagged as: cannabis, Deepwater Horizon, diabetes, evolution, fruit flies, genetics, mosquitoes, pain
Cannabis and pain, giant dragonflies, wet mosquitoes, fat fruit flies & more!
Podcast Reviews
- Great Show
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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.