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Episode 239 - Farewell to Cassini and Noisy storms in Space

After 20 years we say farewell to Cassini and catalog all it's hard work peering into the workings of Saturn's moons, rings and atmosphere. We also find out about some noisy storms living in our Van Allen Belts.

Episode 238 - Domesticating Grains, Evolving Crops and Vitamin A rice

The history of humanity is tied to the history of domestication. But we often overlook the rule of farming and domesticating grains which enabled huge cities to form. We find out about using modern day science to follow the journey of agriculture to today. Plus some of the future innovations we can implement such as Vitamin A rice.

Episode 237

How can we protect species from extinction? What can the Dodo and other extinctions on islands teach us about protecting species today?

Episode 236 - Seeing through better windows

How do we make our buildings adapt to the climate around them from turning opaque and clear, to blocking only heat we dive into the science of glass.

Episode 235 - Australian science in National Science Week

To celebrate National Science Week we find out about some groundbreaking Australian science on uses for Vitamin B3 to help reduce risk of birth defects and another application for melanoma risk.

Episode 234 - Preparing experiments for the Total Eclipse

North America gears up for a solar eclipse by planning a myriad of experiments, from telescopes on jets to analysing mountains on the moon. We find out about the experiments planned for this once in a generation event.

Episode 233 - Turning food waste into bioplastics, cleaning agents and smog reducers.

How can we reduce food waste and turn it into bioplastics and cleaning agents. Plus the benefits of using bio-char to help improve crops and clean the air from smog.

Episode 232 - The microbiome and how it can identify, protect and serve

Your own unique microbiome protects and serves you. We find out more this week.

Episode 231 - Great Red Spot Photos, Life-killers on Mars and keeping spaceships clean

We get a new look at Jupiter's Great Red Spot. Plus we find out how deadly other planets can be for bacteria but how spaceships can help bacteria and fungi thrive.

Episode 230 - an energy crisis, a storm and a tech entrepreneur

An energy crisis, a storm and a tech entrepreneur walked into South Australia and ended up with a giant battery. We investigate the context, other generation technology and the future of renewables.

Episode 229 - More realistic ways to test nanomedicine and tests for cancer treatment effectiveness

How can we make our lab tests of new drugs more realistic to shorten the time to human trials? Plus how can we better test for cancer treatment effectiveness using liquid biopsies?

Episode 228 - Self Assembling particles, Hydrogen Fuel Cells from Paint and Efficient Desal.

Making particles self assemble using sound ways, hydrogen fuel cells just by painting houses and a simpler way to desalinate water.

Episode 227 - Understanding DNA structure, plus a shovel full of new bacteria

Understanding the structure of DNA, how it shields DNA from mutation and helps messages spread quickly across the jumbled mess. Plus a shovel full of 1000s of new bacteria have their genomes sequences and released into the world.

Episode 226 - New Materials to clean oil from water, and making batteries from rusting steel

New Materials to help separate oil from water using magnets and nano particles. Plus making cheaper and more efficient batteries from recycling rusting steel.

Episode 225 - Another LIGO discovery, hungry black holes, neutron star based GPS for space travel

We find out what the latest LIGO discovery means for gravitational waves and black holes. Plus finding out why black holes grew so quickly and a new observatory for Neutron Stars.

Episode 224 - Tree climbing goats, multi-headed regeneration and a T-rex in Singapore

Why do farmers help goats climb trees? Where was a living T-Rex hiding in Singapore? Regenerating limbs is cool but how do we change the plans and say grow even more heads?

Episode 223 - Materials that repel water, reduce sweat and make flexible circuits

Making outfits that breath and prevent sweating using living cells. Plus we find out about materials that shed their waterproof skin like a snake and printing flexible circuits.

Episode 222 - Finding new ways to help people with Asthma, plus regenerating the sense of smell

Does anyone know how to recover a lost sense of smell? What are the best ways to treat and reduce the symptoms of asthma? What other methods can we use to treat asthma that don't rely on steroids?

Episode 221 - Scorpion sea monsters, origins of mandibles and extracting dinosaur proteins

Sea-scorpions ruled the ancient oceans with a slicing tails. Finding the origin of the evolutionary success story of mandibles. Forget extracting DNA from dinosaur fossils, we learn of a new method using proteins to reconstruct the past.

Episode 220 - Cassini's long goodbye, Bubbling lakes on Titan and Rings in a centaur

The long goodbye to Cassini will include close encounters of a ring kind. Plus what we can learn from Oil and Gas about the bubbling lakes of Titan. As well as the tiniest ringed object in our solar system - a centaur.