Episodes

Parkes Radio Telescope

Strange space signals and non-mysterious mummies

21 Oct 2021
Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia, Chris Lassig
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Reseeding Victorian forests after bushfire and Nobel Prizes

14 Oct 2021
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Bushfire smoke as seen by the satellite Himawari 8 on 4 January 2020 (Japan Meteorological Agency, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Bushfire blooms and bird buds

7 Oct 2021
Christina Schallenberg
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A vexing history of vaccine hesitancy and clever cockatoos

30 Sep 2021
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Eastern Barred Bandicoot

Return of the Eastern Barred Bandicoot and the best of the Ig Nobel Prizes

23 Sep 2021
Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia, Chris Lassig
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Not a bloody fool, it's a musk duck (Photo by Richard Crook via Flickr)

Talking ducks and replacing knees with noses

16 Sep 2021
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Big Pharma and concerning conspiracy theories

9 Sep 2021
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Steven Weinberg theoretical physicist

Vale Steven Weinberg, and wild wattles where they're not wanted

2 Sep 2021
Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia, Chris Lassig
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Nanoparticles responding to a magnet (Image supplied)

Ah-choo! Is it hayfever or COVID? Why you should get tested, and how to do it with magnetic nanoparticles

26 Aug 2021
Nicholas Kirkwood
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Daddy Long Legs

Invertebrate creature feature; giant centipedes & daddy long legs research

19 Aug 2021
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