
This week? We're so lazy it's killing us. Also, go figure: extreme weather events leads to an increase in belief in climate change. And dolphins might be using some awesome maths when finding fish for dinner.
Jul 21, 2012
11 min

Chris & Tilly, back with fresh pantaloons! No Higgs boson news this week. Instead? Australian boys to get Gardasil. Also: magnetic fish noses, and watching salmon evolve. Very ichthyological, this episode.
Jul 12, 2012
12 min

This week: we found it! By "we", of course, we mean "they": physicists galore at CERN announce the discovery of a new fundamental particle that looks one helluva lot like the long-sought Higgs Boson, responsible for all the mass in the Universe.
Jul 4, 2012
13 min

Taking the fight to the notorious cane toad, by nabbing the tadpoles before they even leave the pond. Also, Brain scans can show you how hard your mind is working to accommodate those non-intuitive scientific facts.
Jun 21, 2012
10 min

Astronomical nerdery this week: the Big Decision has been made about the location of the Square Kilometre Array — yay! And, something slammed into the atmosphere around 1200 years ago that made levels of Carbon-14 jump. What was it? No one knows.
Jun 7, 2012
9 min

If you've ever done anything stupid, take heart: at least you didn't inadvertently chop down the oldest organism on the planet.
May 31, 2012
10 min

Chris and Tilly natter about birds and their magnetic navigation skills. Then a quick lesson on light — UV light to be exact. Did you know that some people can see UV light? No? Amazing!
May 3, 2012
10 min

See-through solar cells are the bee's knees and birds with Heads-Up Displays are the dog's bollocks.
Apr 19, 2012
10 min

Snuffles, sneezles and why there's no cure for the common cold, and why it's really time to stop sitting on your bum all day.
Apr 5, 2012
10 min

What's the link between the Superbowl and the search for the Higgs Boson? Come on in, let's find out ...
Mar 29, 2012
8 min
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