Episodes

Baby koala vs a bunch of ghost bats (Photos by Erik Veland and Mark Marathon respectively, via Wikimedia Commons)

Mammal bias, insect consciousness and fruit fly control

5 May 2016
Ernie Steiner
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Sweet potato varities have long held expressed genes from otehr organisms

Pole Position, "natural" GM, and "un-natural" bacteria

28 Apr 2016
Chris Lassig, Stu Burns, Claire Farrugia
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Coral bleaching at Lizard Island in the northern Great Barrier Reef (Credit: Dorothea Bender-Champ for ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies)

Coral bleaching, bacterial comics and fantasy maths

21 Apr 2016
James Kerry & Gregory Crocetti
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You may recognise it as edamame, but it's also known Glycine max, the ubiquitous soybean (Photo by H. Zell, via Wikimedia Commons)

Bystander effect, wanderlust gene, and phytoestrogens

14 Apr 2016
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The Tesla 3

Hobbit extinction, Electric Dreams, Batmanisha

7 Apr 2016
Chris Lassig, Claire Farrugia, Manisha Bhardwaj
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Portrait of René Descartes with Bunsen burner (apologies to Frans Hals)

Pregnant T-Rex, science birthdays and WD-40

31 Mar 2016
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Pirate Bay of science, cold and flu tablets and your cat's personality

24 Mar 2016
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Australian Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn (Photo by US Embassy Sweden, via Wikimedia Commons)

The end of the universe, particle rumours and local Nobel hero Elizabeth Blackburn

17 Mar 2016
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Feral rabbits in Australia have caused damage to agricultural land and natural ecosystems

Safety in medical trials; Ash the Trash; Ban the Bunny

10 Mar 2016
Stuart Burns, Claire Farrugia, Chris Lassig
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Women in science special

3 Mar 2016
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