Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Science breakthroughs • Physics phenomena • Space exploration • Medical diagnostics • Animal behavior • Environmental science • Historical scientific events • Food science • Human biology • Technology advancements
"Great Moments In Science," hosted by Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki, explores a wide range of scientific phenomena and intriguing questions that touch on various disciplines within the scientific community. The podcast delves into both well-established scientific principles and emerging discoveries, providing listeners with a broad sweep of scientific knowledge.
The content frequently revolves around fundamental concepts in physics, astronomy, and biology. Listeners can expect to learn about the mechanics of space phenomena like gamma ray bursts, the unique characteristics of our Solar System, and the surprising relationship between time and gravity. These discussions often incorporate both historical and modern scientific observations, blending a sense of wonder with technical explanations.
Biological sciences also feature prominently, with episodes explaining the evolutionary mechanisms influencing animal behavior, such as why insects are attracted to light or the biological underpinnings of the so-called 'marijuana munchies'. Dr. Karl also explores human physiology, offering insights into our sensory systems and bodily functions—why we get winded, the reasons behind hangovers, and how our skin remains elastic.
Medical science and technology are recurring themes, including episodes that highlight diagnostic tools, such as sniffing out diseases or interpreting behavioral signs for Parkinson's disease. Discussions extend into medical history and advancements, from the implications of Neanderthal DNA to the effects of measles on the immune system.
Additionally, the podcast doesn't shy away from more peculiar and everyday topics. Episodes investigate the physics behind mundane activities like dunking biscuits, the biological oddities of taste receptors, and even the social dynamics between humans and dogs. Issues related to current events and broader societal implications, such as the efficacy of N95 masks during pandemics and the potential dangers of nuclear weapons, ensure that the podcast remains relevant to contemporary global concerns.
Overall, "Great Moments In Science" offers a diverse and eclectic blend of scientific stories that aim to satisfy both the curiosity of dedicated science enthusiasts and the interests of casual listeners seeking to understand the world around them through the lens of science.
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Episodes:
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The Greatest Moment in Science
2023-May-23
29 minutes
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Why the 'marijuana munchies' make you feel good
2023-May-16
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Insects fly to the light
2023-May-09
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Dreaming a diagnosis with Dr Karl
2023-May-02
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Sniffing out disease with Dr Karl
2023-Apr-25
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How tall is time? Well, it's all relative
2023-Apr-18
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The physics of dunking biscuits
2023-Apr-11
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Want to see an eclipse without travelling? You might be waiting a while
2023-Apr-04
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I do not like green eggs and ham... or potatoes?
2023-Mar-28
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Potentially poisonous potato no small fry
2023-Mar-21
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Of Mice and Milk
2023-Mar-14
5 minutes
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Avalanche under the sea
2023-Mar-07
7 minutes
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A slip of the tongue
2023-Feb-28
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Speaking your mind—with AI
2023-Feb-21
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Athlete deaths—and COVID vaccines
2023-Feb-14
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Neanderthal DNA kills superbugs
2023-Feb-07
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Why hangovers happen, Part 2
2023-Jan-31
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Why hangovers happen, Part 1
2023-Jan-24
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How to snap spaghetti: Pt 2
2023-Jan-17
5 minutes
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How to snap spaghetti: Pt 1
2023-Jan-10
5 minutes
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Trees have senses too
2023-Jan-03
6 minutes
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Trees are made from air
2022-Dec-27
6 minutes
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Dark matter
2022-Dec-20
5 minutes
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Elastin in our skin and body
2022-Dec-13
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The number of humans ever born
2022-Dec-06
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Why we wear masks—and the N95 is a good one, Part 2
2022-Nov-29
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Why we wear masks—and the N95 is a good one, Part 1
2022-Nov-22
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Nuclear war would be pointless
2022-Nov-15
8 minutes
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Gamma ray bursters, Part 2
2022-Nov-08
7 minutes
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Gamma ray bursters, Part 1
2022-Nov-01
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Lifts and their new-fangled destination despatching
2022-Oct-25
7 minutes
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Dogs 101—your canine companion
2022-Oct-18
6 minutes
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Testes taste test
2022-Oct-11
6 minutes
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Close encounters of the asteroid kind
2022-Oct-04
6 minutes
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Why did Tonga's huge volcanic eruption affect Australia's surf?
2022-Sep-27
8 minutes
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The Solar System Is Weird
2022-Sep-20
7 minutes
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Doubling down — taking a second look at the mystery of doppelgängers
2022-Sep-13
6 minutes
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Look twice — why it's worth doing a double-take on your doppelgänger
2022-Sep-06
6 minutes
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Can a coin falling from a great height be lethal?
2022-Aug-30
7 minutes
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Earth is accelerating, Pt 3
2022-Aug-22
7 minutes
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Earth is accelerating, Pt 2
2022-Aug-16
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Earth is accelerating, Pt 1
2022-Aug-09
6 minutes
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Electric battery = car + house
2022-Aug-02
6 minutes
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Adventures in nose-picking
2022-Jul-26
7 minutes
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The number of humans between dawn and dusk
2022-Jul-19
7 minutes
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Brain hotter than body
2022-Jul-12
6 minutes
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What happens when you get winded?
2022-Jul-05
6 minutes
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Dogs tilt their heads
2022-Jun-28
6 minutes
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Measles erases immune system memory
2022-Jun-21
6 minutes
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Anticipation
2022-Jun-14
5 minutes
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Drunk animals
2022-Jun-07
5 minutes
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The washing of bed sheets
2022-May-31
6 minutes
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Atmospheric rivers, part 2
2022-May-24
8 minutes
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Atmospheric rivers, part 1
2022-May-17
6 minutes
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Why are whales so big?
2022-May-10
6 minutes
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Most distant star ever found
2022-May-03
7 minutes
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Grasshopper can turn into locust
2022-Apr-26
6 minutes
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Ivermectin and COVID—Part 2 of 2
2022-Apr-19
8 minutes
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Ivermectin and COVID
2022-Apr-12
6 minutes
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The swing of bowling
2022-Apr-05
6 minutes
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Antarctic fiery flush
2022-Mar-29
5 minutes
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Wood for the future
2022-Mar-22
7 minutes
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Sydney smallpox epidemic
2022-Mar-15
7 minutes
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Worm blobs
2022-Mar-08
5 minutes
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Black holes bared
2022-Mar-01
6 minutes
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Black hole buddies
2022-Feb-22
6 minutes
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Black hole basics
2022-Feb-15
6 minutes
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Fartology 101—common scents
2022-Feb-08
6 minutes
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COVID-19—the petering pandemic
2022-Feb-01
7 minutes
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Power steering kills steering
2022-Jan-25
7 minutes
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DJ bats double the Doppler
2022-Jan-18
6 minutes
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Brain freeze
2022-Jan-11
5 minutes
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Bacteria of champions
2022-Jan-04
7 minutes
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The end of the internal combustion engine?
2021-Dec-28
7 minutes
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Balloon popping
2021-Dec-21
6 minutes
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Bird brains - dense, not dumb
2021-Dec-14
5 minutes
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The colour of bird poo
2021-Dec-07
6 minutes
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What to know about sunscreens
2021-Nov-30
6 minutes
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How the earth is round
2021-Nov-23
6 minutes
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More about the body when free diving
2021-Nov-16
7 minutes
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The body and free diving
2021-Nov-09
7 minutes
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Probiotics and Pre-biotics
2021-Nov-02
7 minutes
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Longest powered flight
2021-Oct-26
7 minutes
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Infertility and COVID-19 vaccines Part 2
2021-Oct-19
7 minutes
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Infertility and COVID-19 vaccines Part 1
2021-Oct-12
6 minutes
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Hidden Figures: the extraordinary women in science
2021-Oct-05
6 minutes
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How equal is an equinox?
2021-Sep-28
6 minutes
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Cosmic cannibalism
2021-Sep-21
6 minutes
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Reaction Faster Than Action
2021-Sep-14
6 minutes
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Metabolism Mysteries
2021-Sep-07
6 minutes
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Wing Walking: a sport not for the faint-hearted
2021-Aug-31
7 minutes
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Our Sixth Sense: the Sick Sense
2021-Aug-24
6 minutes
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The Muon Magnetic Anomaly: The Land of the Unknown Unknowns
2021-Aug-17
6 minutes
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Muon Mystery Part 2: The 'Jewel of Physics' becomes a duel with physics
2021-Aug-10
7 minutes
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The Muon Magnetic Anomaly: A Quantum Mystery!
2021-Aug-03
7 minutes
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The Dirt On Food
2021-Jul-27
6 minutes
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Collagen Pt 2: a complex and wonderous protein
2021-Jul-20
7 minutes
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Collagen Pt 1: can you really eat or drink your way to smoother skin?
2021-Jul-13
5 minutes
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What happens when a black hole eats a neutron star?
2021-Jul-06
6 minutes
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The Mighty Water Bear
2021-Jun-29
5 minutes
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Vaccine Victory Via Chickens
2021-Jun-22
5 minutes
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Chlorophyll Water — part 2
2021-Jun-15
6 minutes
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Chlorophyll Water - part 1
2021-Jun-08
8 minutes
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Sleep update
2021-Jun-01
6 minutes
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Development of vaccines
2021-May-25
6 minutes
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Animal navigation
2021-May-18
7 minutes
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Elements of you
2021-May-11
7 minutes
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First known computer, Pt 3
2021-May-04
6 minutes
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First known computer, Pt 2
2021-Apr-27
7 minutes
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First known computer, Pt 1
2021-Apr-20
5 minutes
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Staring into empty space
2021-Apr-13
6 minutes
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Virus 104
2021-Apr-06
6 minutes
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Virus 103
2021-Mar-30
5 minutes
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Virus 102
2021-Mar-23
6 minutes
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Virus 101
2021-Mar-16
7 minutes
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Value of human life
2021-Mar-09
6 minutes
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Bulldust asymmetry
2021-Mar-02
6 minutes
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Smell, part 2
2021-Feb-23
7 minutes
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Smell, part 1
2021-Feb-16
6 minutes
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How to measure a building
2021-Feb-09
7 minutes
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Universe in a lifetime
2021-Feb-02
8 minutes
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The worst plane of WW2
2021-Jan-26
6 minutes
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BP's Carbon Campaign
2021-Jan-19
8 minutes
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Migrating Species
2021-Jan-12
8 minutes
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Carrington Event
2021-Jan-05
6 minutes
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Palaeolithic Dieting
2020-Dec-29
6 minutes
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Ribbon Curling
2020-Dec-22
6 minutes
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Hot Dog Eating
2020-Dec-15
8 minutes
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Dust
2020-Dec-08
7 minutes
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Carbon Footprints
2020-Dec-01
9 minutes
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Future Hamburgers
2020-Nov-24
6 minutes
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Tea Bag Saves Space Station
2020-Nov-17
8 minutes
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Parking, science-style
2020-Nov-10
7 minutes
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The a-b-c of hepatitis - part 2
2020-Nov-03
8 minutes
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The a-b-c of hepatitis - part 1
2020-Oct-27
7 minutes
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Beetroot wee and spag bol stains
2020-Oct-20
6 minutes
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The 'tail' of the missing anus
2020-Oct-13
6 minutes
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When copper meets COVID
2020-Oct-06
7 minutes
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For black holes, matter doesn't size
2020-Sep-29
6 minutes
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Dead fish can swim
2020-Sep-22
7 minutes
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Pterodactyl take-off
2020-Sep-15
6 minutes
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Fish boot camp
2020-Sep-08
6 minutes
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The case of the disappearing bum - part 2
2020-Sep-01
6 minutes
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The case of the disappearing bum - part 1
2020-Aug-25
6 minutes
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Spider intelligence
2020-Mar-17
7 minutes
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Holy electric flying spiders!
2020-Mar-10
7 minutes
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Putting Einstein to the test - part 2
2020-Mar-03
7 minutes
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Putting Einstein to the test - part one
2020-Feb-25
6 minutes
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The perfect coffee
2020-Feb-18
7 minutes
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Australian bushfires - part 3
2020-Feb-11
7 minutes
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Australian bushfires - part 2
2020-Feb-04
6 minutes
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Australian bushfires - part 1
2020-Jan-28
7 minutes
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NASA's space pen
2020-Jan-21
7 minutes
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The flat earth myth myth
2020-Jan-14
7 minutes
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Atomic gecko
2020-Jan-07
6 minutes
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Why do we sleep?
2019-Dec-31
5 minutes
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5G hysteria is coming: part 2
2019-Dec-24
8 minutes
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5G hysteria is coming ...
2019-Dec-17
7 minutes
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Coffee naps
2019-Dec-10
5 minutes
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Are you a mozzie magnet?
2019-Dec-02
6 minutes
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How do planes really fly?
2019-Nov-26
6 minutes
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Ultraprocessed foods
2019-Nov-19
7 minutes
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Is a vegan diet healthy?
2019-Nov-12
6 minutes
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Bacteria of champions
2019-Nov-05
7 minutes
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What happens when you get winded?
2019-Oct-29
6 minutes
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Knife in the dishwasher - part two
2019-Oct-22
6 minutes
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Knife in the dishwasher: part one
2019-Oct-15
11 minutes
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The end of the internal combustion engine?
2019-Oct-08
7 minutes
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The not-so-boring billion
2019-Oct-01
6 minutes
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And the Ig Nobel prizes go to ...
2019-Sep-24
8 minutes
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Red sky at night... sailors' delight?
2019-Sep-17
7 minutes
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Jargon moving forwards
2019-Sep-10
6 minutes
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DJ bats double the Doppler
2019-Sep-03
6 minutes
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Diseases stink!
2019-Aug-27
7 minutes
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Dead brains revived!
2019-Aug-20
7 minutes
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Mirror Universe: part two
2019-Aug-13
6 minutes
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Mirror Universe: part 1
2019-Aug-06
7 minutes
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Running out of sand: part two
2019-Jul-30
6 minutes
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Running out of sand, part one
2019-Jul-23
6 minutes
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Marco Polo and spaghetti: part two
2019-Jul-16
5 minutes
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Marco Polo and spaghetti: part one
2019-Jul-09
5 minutes
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Tobacco denialism: part two
2019-Jul-02
7 minutes
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Tobacco denialism: part one
2019-Jun-25
6 minutes
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Our solar system is weird
2019-Jun-18
6 minutes
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5G hysteria is coming: part 2
2019-Jun-11
7 minutes
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5G hysteria is coming ...
2019-Jun-04
7 minutes
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Where gold comes from: part two
2019-May-28
7 minutes
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Where gold comes from: part one
2019-May-21
6 minutes
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Balloon popping
2019-May-14
5 minutes
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Say cheese
2019-May-07
6 minutes
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Easter and the Equinox
2019-Apr-30
6 minutes
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Washing clothes: part two
2019-Apr-23
6 minutes
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Washing clothes: part one
2019-Apr-16
5 minutes
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Vaping, e-cigarettes, and big tobacco
2019-Apr-09
7 minutes
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Rogue planets: part two
2019-Apr-02
6 minutes
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Rogue planets: part one
2019-Mar-26
5 minutes
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Barcode invention: part two
2019-Mar-19
6 minutes
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Barcode invention: part one
2019-Mar-12
6 minutes
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Holy Hole Phobia!
2019-Mar-05
6 minutes
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Seashell Ocean Sound
2019-Feb-26
6 minutes
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Brain freeze
2019-Feb-19
5 minutes
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Dodging rocks
2019-Feb-12
6 minutes
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Our planetary neighbourhood
2019-Feb-05
5 minutes
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Left face attractiveness
2019-Jan-29
5 minutes
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Mobile phones and empathy
2019-Jan-22
6 minutes
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Fast food and your brain
2019-Jan-15
6 minutes
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Fork 'n' food
2019-Jan-08
5 minutes
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Hiccups cure: part two
2019-Jan-01
7 minutes
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Hiccups cure: part one
2018-Dec-25
6 minutes
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Mass of a proton: part two
2018-Dec-18
7 minutes
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Mass of a proton: part one
2018-Dec-11
7 minutes
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Cube-shaped wombat poo
2018-Dec-04
7 minutes
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Do fish drink water?
2018-Nov-27
6 minutes
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Black hole in the Milky Way: part two
2018-Nov-20
7 minutes
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Black hole in the Milky Way: part one
2018-Nov-13
7 minutes
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Geotagged photos
2018-Nov-06
6 minutes
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Measure Earth
2018-Oct-30
6 minutes
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Cigarettes radioactive
2018-Oct-23
6 minutes
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Alkaline diets
2018-Oct-16
8 minutes
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Kiss the Sun: part two
2018-Oct-09
6 minutes
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Kiss the Sun: part one
2018-Oct-02
6 minutes
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How to snap spaghetti: part two
2018-Sep-25
5 minutes
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How to snap spaghetti: part one
2018-Sep-18
5 minutes
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Snooping microphones in your home?
2018-Sep-11
7 minutes
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The faults in our bodies
2018-Sep-04
6 minutes
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Mapping DNA to save lives
2018-Aug-28
6 minutes
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The loneliest ATM
2018-Aug-21
4 minutes
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Do ships have an effect on sea level?
2018-Aug-14
9 minutes
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Goldfish memory
2018-Aug-07
6 minutes
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Are vitamins always good for you?
2018-Jul-31
6 minutes
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Wasted food
2018-Jul-24
6 minutes
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Daddy long legs
2018-Jul-17
6 minutes
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Anaesthetic bomb
2018-Jul-10
5 minutes
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Humans vs volcanoes
2018-Jul-03
7 minutes
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The dunes of Pluto
2018-Jun-26
6 minutes
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A1 vs A2 milk
2018-Jun-19
7 minutes
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Cockroach milk
2018-Jun-12
5 minutes
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Sightseeing from Orbit
2018-Jun-05
5 minutes
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Road trip to future travel
2018-May-29
5 minutes
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Gunpowder vs sandwich
2018-May-22
5 minutes
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Why are whales so big?
2018-May-15
6 minutes
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Trees have senses too
2018-May-08
6 minutes
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The Wood Wide Web
2018-May-01
5 minutes
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Trees are made from air
2018-Apr-24
6 minutes
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Coal's hidden health cost
2018-Apr-17
6 minutes
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Speaking in tongues
2018-Apr-10
6 minutes
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The hummingbird: a furnace with feathers
2018-Apr-03
6 minutes
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Aboriginal stories accurate
2018-Mar-27
6 minutes
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Phone porting and identity theft
2018-Mar-20
6 minutes
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