Rats driving cars, music and learning, cows and friendships, and very loud birds.
SoT 245: The 2016 Ig Nobel Prizes
- October 16, 2016
- Tagged as: animals, brain, climate change, corporate fraud, Deepak Chopra, dragonflies, entomology, flies, fool, honesty, horseflies, Ig Nobel, intelligence, itch, liars, lie, marketing, perception, personalities, pollution, rats, rocks, rubbber hand trick, sex, Volkswagon
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 rats in pants to collecting flies!
SoT 178: Live at Surfcoast Skepticamp 2015
- March 10, 2015
- Tagged as: astronomy, bad science, black death, black plauge, cannabis, fluoride, gerbils, medical marijuana, rats, skin cancer, solar system, stars, sunscreen
Recorded live at Surfcoast Skepticamp at Airey’s Inlet, we talk about a star that buzzed Earth, skin damage when you’re not in the sun, a bad study on fluoride, the medical marijuana debate, and gerbils spreading the black plague.
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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
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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.