Episodes
Tuesday Mar 27, 2018
Episode 267 - Water, water everywhere, make it safe to drink
Tuesday Mar 27, 2018
Tuesday Mar 27, 2018
Making water safe to drink is a problem for the largest cities all the way down to the most remote of communities. We look at the challenges to making water safe to drink, and some innovative new research looking to make it easier to obtain safe drinking water.
Tuesday Mar 20, 2018
Tuesday Mar 20, 2018
This week we find out some strange and new ways scientists are hunting for a new weapons in the antimicrobial resistance arms race. Including turning to platypus milk for guidance, cooking the insides of bacteria like an egg and blocking it from even spreading. Plus we get an update on Mammal March Madness.
Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
It's time for March Mammal Madness 2018, where the greatest mammals from the past and the future face off against each other in performance science battles. Although this year it also features creatures from the past (Antecessors) and even some alt!mammals! This week we preview the tournament, along with checking out some latest scientific research form across the world on some of the competitors like the Tardigrades along with finding out about the development of that mammalian trait that helped us breath better.
Tuesday Mar 06, 2018
Episode 264 - Peering back in time to light from the first stars
Tuesday Mar 06, 2018
Tuesday Mar 06, 2018
How do you peer back in time to see the light from the first stars? Well the EDGES team did just that and may have unlocked not one but two different secrets to the early universe.