Episodes

Some nematodes are used as biological pest control, like these Heterorhabditis bacteriophora emerging from a greater wax moth (Photo by Peggy Greb, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org / CC BY)

Biggest bangs, defrosting worms and nature films

5 Mar 2020
Ellie Michaelides
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Super solar cells using quantum mechanics and cooling human body temperatures

27 Feb 2020
Jared Cole
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Alien Black Cats and Alien broadcasts?

20 Feb 2020
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Multiple quantum timelines and 65,000 years of Aboriginal astronomy

13 Feb 2020
Sean Carroll and Krystal De Napoli
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Norfolk Island birds, Heath mouse love triangles and the Corsican cat-fox

6 Feb 2020
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Moonrover, soviet

Endometriosis and Russian to the moon

30 Jan 2020
Claire Farrugia, Stu Burns, Jacinta Bowler, Chris Lassig, Eliza Colgrave
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Smallest animals, knot science and Budj Bim eel traps

23 Jan 2020
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Plato's Allegory of the Cave, as depicted in an engraving by Jan Saenredam after Cornelis van Haarlem's painting (via Wikimedia Commons)

Shadows on the wall of reality, and a native otter mystery

16 Jan 2020
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The Bureau of Meteorology's temperature graph shows 2019 was Australia's hottest year on record, as well as the driest (from The Conversation)

Climate change basics, bushfires hurting koalas, and elements in solar cells

9 Jan 2020
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Air pollution

Air Quality and IPCC climate report

2 Jan 2020
Stu Burns Claire Farrugia Guests Dr. Gabriel Da Silva; Dr. Linden Ashbrook
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