Mice have facial expressions, and a neutron star collision before the birth of our solar system.
SoT 291: Orbital Mechanics Are So Cool
- April 7, 2018
- Tagged as: children, diseases, epidemiology, media, newspapers, orbits, scientists, solar system, women in science
Children draw lady scientists, an old star that messed with our solar system, and newspapers a dying tool for epidemiologists.
SoT 281: Little Bit Magnificent Goat
- November 13, 2017
- Tagged as: archaeology, astronomy, extrasolar, lentils, muons, particle physics, pyramid, solar system
An extrasolar rock, lentils at the foundation of society, and the mysterious void in the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Pluto one year after New Horizons, antibiotic resistant ghonorrhea, and did Planet Nine tilt the solar system?
New elements confirmed, spreading irukandji jellyfish, possibly ninth planet, counting plants and the strange ‘alien’ star is even stranger!
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!
A fifth giant planet in our solar system, developing a universal flu vaccine, reproducibility in psychology, and staring into people’s eyes for 10 minutes.
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.
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.