SoT 302: A Sad Albino Parrot
- July 9, 2018
- Tagged as: addiction, cockatoos, cold, gaming, history, parasites, who, World Health Organisation
Gaming disorder, coldest place on Earth, mind-controlling parasites and an historic cockatoo drawing.
Stromatolites found in Tasmania, wounds heal faster in daytime, dinosaurs were unlucky, and the zombie ant fungus.
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!
SoT 238: It Certainly Does Suck
- August 22, 2016
- Tagged as: alternative medicine, cockroaches, cupping, headlice, insecticides, lice, medicine, Michael Phelps, milk, Olympics, parasites, placebo, resistance
Olympians are cupping, head lice are evolving, cockroach milk is nutritious and a new treatment for three deadly parasites could be on the horizon.
A teenager may have found a Mayan city, a parasite causing zombie crabs, a folate study is over-hyped, and biocontrol success stories.
SoT 206: Jellies All Day Long
- November 17, 2015
- Tagged as: cancer, comet, jellyfish, oxygen, parasites, Rosetta, search for life, solar system, tapeworm
A man dies from cancer he got from a tapeworm, and another man has a life tapeworm removed from his brain! Also oxygen found on a comet, and how jellyfish really swim!
SoT 196: The Creepy, Nasty Animal Show
- August 22, 2015
- Tagged as: flesh-eating, frogs, fungus, mind-control, parasites, Professor Simon Chapman, venomous, wind turbines
A flesh-eating fungus, venomous head-butting frogs, wasps that control spiders, and anti-windfarm politicians slammed.
SoT 108: Happy Nuts
- July 1, 2013
- Tagged as: cancer, komodo dragon, language, linguistics, myth-busting, naked mole rats, parasites, ring-worm, vegetables, water
Naked mole rats, living salads, language learning, ancient castle poo, and komodo dragon bites. Plus the salty taste of billion-year old water.
Bookworms, gut worms, mycoplasma ghosts and the dangers of grapefruit. Plus the evolution of vision, and a US-Russian crew to spend a year in space.
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