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  • Ed Brown
  • Lucas Randall
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  • Shayne Joseph

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!

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Ed Brown
  • Ed Brown
  • Kate Naughton
  • Miranda Ween
  • Podcast
  • Shayne Joseph

SoT 198: A Lot of Modelling

  • September 14, 2015
  • Tagged as: climate, e-cigarettes, ecology, fisheries, food, NASA, nicotine, norovirus, poop, smoking, space, vaping, virology, vomit

Potential health effects of e-cigarettes, Nasa turning poop into food, new ways to look at fisheries management, and how smelling vomit can make you sick.

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Ed Brown
  • Ed Brown
  • Grant Hill-Cawthorne
  • Kate Naughton
  • Podcast
  • Shayne Joseph

SoT 167: Sticky Feet

  • November 5, 2014
  • Tagged as: comet, ebola, evolution, lizards, outbreak, Paralysis, Philae, Rosetta, spinal cord injury, stem cells, virology, virus

Everything Ebola, rapid lizard evolution, smelly comets and revolutionary spinal cord repair.

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Ed Brown
  • Ed Brown
  • Lucas Randall
  • Penny Dumsday
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  • Shayne Joseph

SoT 96: Street View Is Here

  • April 8, 2013
  • Tagged as: ants, ethics, HeLa, mating types, termites, virology

The immortal controversy over HeLa cells, horse hepatitis mystery, seven sexes and fairy circles!

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Podcast Reviews

  • Great Show
    September 6, 2012 by Volk613 from Australia

    Always 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 Australia

    Nice to hear science news from an Aussie perspective and with a good dose of humour. Great work!

  • Fun and smart
    June 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.

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