Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Scientific research • Citizen science • Space exploration • Conservation • DNA and epigenetics • Rewilding • Engineering • Microbiology • AI ethics • Indigenous knowledge • Climate studies • Health science • Bioengineering • Archaeology
Ockham’s Razor is a podcast dedicated to all things scientific, presenting a soapbox for diverse voices in science. The content spans a multitude of scientific disciplines, capturing the latest research, innovations, and perspectives from a range of experts. Highlighting both emerging and established topics, the podcast delves into areas such as space research, environmental conservation, genetics, epigenetics, and bioengineering.
Listeners can expect to encounter episodes that explore the innovative use of technology in scientific discovery, such as microfluidics, AI, and radio astronomy. There’s also considerable attention given to the intersection of different fields, for instance, how art and science can creatively collide, or the role that community and indigenous knowledge play in scientific and environmental planning.
The show is notable for its inclusive approach, often incorporating perspectives from historically underrepresented groups in science. This includes episodes that elevate First Nations scientists, minority voices in research, and the important contributions of women and people with disabilities in STEM fields.
Citizen science also features prominently, with discussions on how everyday people can participate in significant scientific endeavors, from mapping space junk to conserving native species in urban and rural areas. Episodes frequently address the practical implications of scientific discoveries, such as advancements in medical treatments, conservation strategies, and responses to climate change.
The podcasters consistently weave in narratives that connect the audience to how science affects everyday life, from the science behind brewing beer to understanding the medical significance of yeast. Additionally, listeners can expect to learn about lesser-known areas of study, such as the ecological importance of small and often overlooked species and the geological insights gained from studying meteorites and ice cores.
In sum, Ockham’s Razor offers a rich tapestry of scientific exploration, combining technical insights, personal narratives, and societal impacts, making complex science accessible and engaging for a broad audience.
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Episodes:
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Some news about Ockham's Razor and introducing Quick Smart
2024-Mar-06
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Satellites, citizen science and space
2023-Dec-16
11 minutes
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What should rewilding look like in Australia?
2023-Dec-09
11 minutes
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If DNA is the sheet music, epigenetics is the conductor
2023-Dec-02
11 minutes
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Making science fun isn't oversimplifying it
2023-Nov-25
11 minutes
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Examining the labels we put on science
2023-Nov-18
11 minutes
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Imagine you're a snowflake...
2023-Nov-11
11 minutes
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What radio and space research have in common
2023-Nov-04
10 minutes
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Big conservation in small spaces
2023-Oct-28
11 minutes
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The giant urine battery, and other art-science fusions
2023-Oct-21
11 minutes
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The ancient story of Prometheus still has lessons today
2023-Oct-14
11 minutes
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Yeast: a manufacturing powerhouse
2023-Oct-07
11 minutes
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The creatures in the ocean's twilight zone
2023-Sep-30
11 minutes
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What fool's gold can tell us about the origins of life
2023-Sep-23
11 minutes
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A peek into the future of glaucoma treatment
2023-Sep-16
10 minutes
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What microfluidics can do for you
2023-Sep-09
11 minutes
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How do you brew
2023-Sep-02
10 minutes
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Thinking of the earth like a vanilla slice
2023-Aug-26
11 minutes
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Why would we need a celestial lighthouse?
2023-Aug-19
11 minutes
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Safety, science and a platypus
2023-Aug-12
11 minutes
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When AI surprises a software engineer
2023-Aug-05
12 minutes
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Advancing women's health with mice?
2023-Jul-29
11 minutes
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Peeking inside unhappy Aussie knees
2023-Jul-22
11 minutes
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What can hot springs tell us about the origins of life?
2023-Jul-15
12 minutes
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Indigenous voices in water planning
2023-Jul-08
11 minutes
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Crashes, collisions and earthquakes: an engineering challenge
2023-Jul-01
11 minutes
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Mussels: Not exactly cute, but definitely important
2023-Jun-24
11 minutes
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Stone tools and secrets of the past
2023-Jun-17
11 minutes
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Including First Nations voices must be more than just lip service
2023-Jun-10
10 minutes
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The science of ice cream
2023-Jun-03
9 minutes
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How trauma harms and how to heal
2023-May-27
12 minutes
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Inspiring the next generation of deadly scientists
2023-May-20
11 minutes
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Investigating murder mysteries with… bugs?
2023-May-13
11 minutes
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The hidden cost of fish and chips
2023-May-06
11 minutes
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Creating equity on the pathway to science careers
2023-Apr-29
10 minutes
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Could a planet like Luke Skywalker's exist in our universe?
2023-Apr-22
9 minutes
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Everything you ever (or never) wanted to know about ticks
2023-Apr-15
11 minutes
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Waterways are teeming with life - how can we protect them?
2023-Apr-08
11 minutes
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Tiny creatures have a big conservation problem
2023-Apr-01
11 minutes
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An Atom's Eye View
2023-Mar-25
11 minutes
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Meteorites and meteor-wrongs
2023-Mar-18
11 minutes
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When bias in science is a good thing
2023-Mar-11
11 minutes
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The coral reef you didn't know you needed to know about
2023-Mar-04
11 minutes
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Choosing the science story we want to tell
2023-Feb-25
10 minutes
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Is this a job for AI or humans?
2023-Feb-18
11 minutes
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Representation is key if we want health equity
2023-Feb-11
11 minutes
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Rats, sharks and snails: The teeth dentists are envious of
2023-Feb-04
11 minutes
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Theatre and community health: the unexpected duo
2023-Jan-28
10 minutes
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Harnessing microbes to fight bowel cancer
2022-Dec-17
10 minutes
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An echidna investigation
2022-Dec-10
11 minutes
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The magic of storytelling in… maths?
2022-Dec-03
10 minutes
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The ideology of wilderness 'destroying this continent'
2022-Nov-26
11 minutes
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Sleeping your way to better relationships
2022-Nov-19
10 minutes
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How terms like "anti-vax" can be unhelpful
2022-Nov-12
11 minutes
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Psychedelics to treat eating disorders?
2022-Nov-05
11 minutes
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Crocodiles and the question of conservation
2022-Oct-29
11 minutes
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How to survive the dating scene as a male spider
2022-Oct-22
10 minutes
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Music to lift your mood
2022-Oct-15
11 minutes
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What can hot springs tell us about the origins of life?
2022-Oct-08
11 minutes
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What's that on the weather radar, besides rain?
2022-Oct-01
10 minutes
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Smart technology: From clean room to your bedroom
2022-Sep-24
11 minutes
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When malaria policy gets personal
2022-Sep-17
11 minutes
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Pig-nosed turtles, rabid poodles and other adventures in ecology
2022-Sep-10
11 minutes
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The value of communicating science well
2022-Sep-03
10 minutes
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Could degraded soil be helping drive climate change?
2022-Aug-27
11 minutes
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The art and science of taxidermy
2022-Aug-20
10 minutes
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Using drones to deliver essential medical supplies
2022-Aug-13
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Meet the dolphins and whales of the Top End
2022-Aug-06
10 minutes
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Climate change and our health
2022-Jul-30
9 minutes
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Better screening for autism
2022-Jul-23
10 minutes
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Hunting for a missing Aussie mouse
2022-Jul-16
11 minutes
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Peeking inside unhappy Aussie knees
2022-Jul-09
11 minutes
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Indigenous voices in water planning
2022-Jul-02
11 minutes
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Australia's place in the future of radio astronomy
2022-Jun-25
11 minutes
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Parasites in your favourite dish
2022-Jun-18
11 minutes
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Harnessing the power of exercise to preserve your retina
2022-Jun-11
10 minutes
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The ideology of wilderness 'destroying this continent'
2022-Jun-04
11 minutes
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What's the future without planning?
2022-May-28
11 minutes
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The 'science donut'
2022-May-21
9 minutes
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Pandemic preparation and the data pyramid
2022-May-14
11 minutes
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Sex in a changing world
2022-May-07
10 minutes
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Australia's future in space
2022-Apr-30
10 minutes
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Lessons from the Para-powerlifters
2022-Apr-23
9 minutes
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The mindblowing physics you may not have heard of
2022-Apr-16
10 minutes
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Climate adaptation: how this 'ugly cousin' went from zero to ... hero?
2022-Apr-09
9 minutes
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Why Australia is the lucky country when it comes to snakes
2022-Apr-02
11 minutes
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Unseen minerals all around us
2022-Mar-26
11 minutes
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Hiding drugs in nanomaterials to repair brains
2022-Mar-19
12 minutes
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Artificial intelligence, sound design and creativity
2022-Mar-12
11 minutes
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The mental health seesaw
2022-Mar-05
11 minutes
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Artificial muscles and medical devices
2022-Feb-26
11 minutes
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We've let down our kids when it comes to healthy food
2022-Feb-19
11 minutes
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Knowledge through the generations
2022-Feb-12
9 minutes
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Stone tools and secrets of the past
2022-Feb-05
11 minutes
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Queue-jumping gobies and us
2022-Jan-29
11 minutes
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Soil your undies!
2021-Dec-18
9 minutes
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How music affects your brain and body
2021-Dec-11
10 minutes
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Bringing passion back to learning
2021-Dec-04
9 minutes
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Understanding cancer to improve the way we treat it
2021-Nov-27
11 minutes
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Humans as part of nature
2021-Nov-20
11 minutes
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Salami smuggling in Papua New Guinea
2021-Nov-13
11 minutes
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The handsome beast — and other enigmatica
2021-Nov-06
11 minutes
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Making better decisions to help the Great Barrier Reef
2021-Oct-30
11 minutes
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Garden hose, acrobatic ants and a piece of string
2021-Oct-23
10 minutes
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Disappearing sea snakes
2021-Oct-16
11 minutes
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Finding kindness on the backroads of Bangladesh
2021-Oct-09
11 minutes
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The gut microbiome ... of bees
2021-Oct-02
11 minutes
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Better living through chemistry?
2021-Sep-25
10 minutes
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Our vast underwater forests at risk
2021-Sep-18
11 minutes
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Startups, innovation and regional Australia
2021-Sep-11
9 minutes
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Dogs, devils and contagious cancers
2021-Sep-04
11 minutes
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How music affects your brain and body
2021-Aug-28
10 minutes
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Healthy humans, healthy environment
2021-Aug-21
11 minutes
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The myth that Australia doesn't have earthquakes
2021-Aug-14
11 minutes
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Tigers, leopards and unforeseen consequences
2021-Aug-07
11 minutes
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Resilient farms and water worries
2021-Jul-31
11 minutes
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Hiding drugs in nanomaterials to repair brains
2021-Jul-24
11 minutes
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How communities can recover from disasters like bushfires and COVID-19
2021-Jul-17
11 minutes
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Unseen minerals all around us
2021-Jul-10
11 minutes
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Food supply in a pandemic
2021-Jul-03
11 minutes
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Bringing passion back to learning
2021-Jun-26
9 minutes
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Is there a future for brown coal?
2021-Jun-19
11 minutes
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Trolling, cyber-abuse and radical empathy
2021-Jun-12
11 minutes
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The cost of trust
2021-Jun-05
9 minutes
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Humans as part of nature
2021-May-29
11 minutes
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Will I get better?
2021-May-22
10 minutes
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Understanding cancer to improve the way we treat it
2021-May-15
11 minutes
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What the Stone Age can teach us about waste management
2021-May-08
11 minutes
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Reconnecting with nature
2021-May-01
11 minutes
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The romantic self-saboteur
2021-Apr-24
10 minutes
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Soil your undies!
2021-Apr-17
9 minutes
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Breaking open big data
2021-Apr-10
9 minutes
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A fossil mystery
2021-Apr-03
11 minutes
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The mental health seesaw
2021-Mar-27
11 minutes
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Garden hose, acrobatic ants and a piece of string
2021-Mar-20
10 minutes
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The handsome beast — and other enigmatica
2021-Mar-13
11 minutes
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Salami smuggling in Papua New Guinea
2021-Mar-06
11 minutes
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Disappearing sea snakes
2021-Feb-27
11 minutes
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Finding kindness on the backroads of Bangladesh
2021-Feb-20
11 minutes
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Tiny but mighty
2021-Feb-13
11 minutes
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Aged care — giving families a voice
2021-Feb-06
9 minutes
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How do top cricketers stay mentally sharp?
2021-Jan-30
10 minutes
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A meme of sand and hope
2020-Dec-19
10 minutes
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The Frankenstein postdoc
2020-Dec-12
9 minutes
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Making better decisions to help the Great Barrier Reef
2020-Dec-05
11 minutes
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Life after Earth ... for capitalists
2020-Nov-28
11 minutes
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The case of L Ron Hubbard v Science
2020-Nov-21
11 minutes
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Einstein's physics for kids
2020-Nov-14
11 minutes
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Wind farms and a community divided
2020-Nov-07
11 minutes
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Bridging the discipline divide
2020-Oct-31
11 minutes
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Tackling obesity with a twist
2020-Oct-24
11 minutes
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The brilliant mind of Oliver Sacks
2020-Oct-17
11 minutes
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Using virtual reality to explore your insides
2020-Oct-10
11 minutes
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The economic impact of refugees
2020-Oct-03
11 minutes
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Clean coal?
2020-Sep-26
11 minutes
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Nature, nurture and gender
2020-Sep-19
11 minutes
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Baron, scholar, spy
2020-Sep-12
10 minutes
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Traditional medicine and malaria
2020-Sep-05
11 minutes
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John Stapp, the daredevil who pushed our understanding of G forces.
2020-Aug-29
11 minutes
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Remembering Maryam Mirzakhani.
2020-Aug-22
11 minutes
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The complexity of pregnancy
2020-Aug-15
8 minutes
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From the lab to the patient
2020-Aug-08
11 minutes
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New stemsation: do stem cells live up to the hype?
2020-Aug-01
9 minutes
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We need to open science up to everyone
2020-Jul-25
11 minutes
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Romancing the stars
2020-Jul-18
11 minutes
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Fertility drugs and nuns' wee
2020-Jul-11
11 minutes
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The Titanic and beyond
2020-Jul-04
11 minutes
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The future is fungus
2020-Jun-27
10 minutes
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To catch a (wildlife) thief
2020-Jun-20
11 minutes
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Algorithms that make art
2020-Jun-13
11 minutes
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The big bran theory
2020-Jun-06
10 minutes
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A vaccine for gonorrhoea?
2020-May-30
8 minutes
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Awe-inspiring weather with Nate Byrne
2020-May-23
10 minutes
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Venturing to a breakaway iceberg
2020-May-16
11 minutes
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A pinch of salt with that news headline, please
2020-May-09
10 minutes
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How to build your own satellite
2020-May-02
10 minutes
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A meme of sand and hope
2020-Apr-25
10 minutes
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Creating the perfect sports team
2020-Apr-18
11 minutes
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Can a river sing?
2020-Apr-11
12 minutes
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Moving beyond 'us' and 'them'
2020-Apr-04
8 minutes
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Fire, hope and healing
2020-Mar-28
10 minutes
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People, animals and pandemics
2020-Mar-21
11 minutes
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Forensic archaeology
2020-Mar-14
11 minutes
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How to run a research institute
2020-Mar-07
10 minutes
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Is all freshwater up for grabs?
2020-Feb-29
11 minutes
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How to fake acupuncture
2020-Feb-22
11 minutes
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The future is one part tequila
2020-Feb-15
12 minutes
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Is eating meat bad for you?
2020-Feb-08
11 minutes
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The greatest time machine ever invented
2020-Feb-01
8 minutes
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Down with war ... on cancer
2020-Jan-25
11 minutes
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It could happen to your child
2019-Dec-14
11 minutes
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Einstein's physics for kids
2019-Dec-07
11 minutes
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Green energy for lazy people
2019-Nov-30
11 minutes
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HealthLit4Kids
2019-Nov-23
12 minutes
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Tackling obesity with a twist
2019-Nov-16
12 minutes
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The end of tobacco smoking
2019-Nov-09
12 minutes
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Nudity, easels and the science of embodiment
2019-Nov-02
12 minutes
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Life after Earth ... for capitalists
2019-Oct-26
12 minutes
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The downside of good science communication
2019-Oct-19
11 minutes
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The complexity of pregnancy
2019-Oct-12
8 minutes
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New stemsation: do stem cells live up to the hype?
2019-Oct-05
9 minutes
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From the lab to the patient
2019-Sep-28
11 minutes
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The other microbiome ...
2019-Sep-21
10 minutes
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The secrets hidden in crystals
2019-Sep-14
12 minutes
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The case of L Ron Hubbard V Science
2019-Sep-08
11 minutes
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Today no one got eaten.
2019-Aug-31
10 minutes
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Where do ideas come from?
2019-Aug-24
8 minutes
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John Snow and the Broad St pump
2019-Aug-17
12 minutes
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Thomas Harriot: England's Galileo
2019-Aug-10
11 minutes
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Romancing the stars
2019-Aug-03
11 minutes
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The Titanic and beyond
2019-Jul-27
11 minutes
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Tackling cancer with maths
2019-Jul-20
11 minutes
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Silicosis is NOT the new asbestosis
2019-Jul-13
11 minutes
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Fertility drugs and nuns' wee
2019-Jul-06
11 minutes
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Jobs in the age of intelligent machines
2019-Jun-29
10 minutes
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To catch a (wildlife) thief
2019-Jun-22
11 minutes
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The future is fungus
2019-Jun-15
10 minutes
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When anaesthetists can't sleep ...
2019-Jun-08
11 minutes
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Reimagining the thylacine
2019-Jun-01
11 minutes
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Algorithms that make art
2019-May-25
11 minutes
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What's in a name?
2019-May-18
11 minutes
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The truth about Australia's megafaunal extinctions
2019-May-11
11 minutes
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Can animals save the planet?
2019-May-04
11 minutes
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The fallout from nuclear nations
2019-Apr-27
10 minutes
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Life, the universe and astrophysics
2019-Apr-20
11 minutes
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Tips for surviving the robot apocalypse
2019-Apr-13
11 minutes
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Why aren't we living in sustainable cities?
2019-Apr-06
11 minutes
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DNA ancestry testing and race
2019-Mar-30
11 minutes
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A tale of frozen sperm
2019-Mar-23
10 minutes
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Protecting the eastern bettong
2019-Mar-16
8 minutes
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The big bran theory
2019-Mar-10
11 minutes
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Where will Australia's space industry be in 30 years?
2019-Mar-02
11 minutes
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The 'deficit discourse' of Indigenous health
2019-Feb-23
9 minutes
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The internet and your memory
2019-Feb-16
9 minutes
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Training intensive care patients like elite athletes
2019-Feb-09
11 minutes
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'Problem finders' for the wicked challenges ahead
2019-Feb-02
10 minutes
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Beatrix Potter's mushroom obsession
2019-Jan-26
11 minutes
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Facts, fear, fake news and Facebook
2019-Jan-19
11 minutes
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Stealing from the wellness gurus
2019-Jan-12
9 minutes
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The tricky business of cancer research
2019-Jan-05
12 minutes
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Awe-inspiring weather with Nate Byrne
2018-Dec-29
10 minutes
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I stress, you stress, how do we stress less?
2018-Dec-22
11 minutes
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Venturing to a breakaway iceberg
2018-Dec-15
11 minutes
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Stop being so nano-phobic
2018-Dec-08
10 minutes
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Should we manipulate the genes of other species?
2018-Dec-01
11 minutes
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Regional museums inspire the next generation of scientists
2018-Nov-24
11 minutes
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Storytelling that changes the world
2018-Nov-17
11 minutes
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A war that will never be over
2018-Nov-10
11 minutes
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Sniffing your breath to detect disease
2018-Nov-03
11 minutes
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Alcohol, pregnancy and parenting
2018-Oct-28
9 minutes
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