Science Friction

Science, culture and everything in between. Feel the heat. All species welcome.

Episodes

Rats to the rescue (Little Beasts, Big Jobs Part 2)

July 10, 2022 • 26 mins

You just never know when you'll need a rat will save your life.

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The mighty fly army (Little Beasts, Big Jobs Part 1)

July 3, 2022 • 26 mins

Some people dream of changing the world. Others do. Thank the flies.

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Carlo Rovelli: intellectual free spirit, quantum physicist, bestselling author[REPEAT]

June 26, 2022 • 26 mins

There is nothing this physicist with radical roots won't think about! [REPEAT]

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Gene edited foods back on the menu - what are they and what's changed?

June 19, 2022 • 30 mins

Once fences and armed guards protected genetically modified (GM) crops. But the rules are rapidly changing. From Vitamin D-boosted tomatoes to low GI potato chips, what say should citizens have?

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Move over Mills and Boon, the HOT SCIENTISTS are here

June 12, 2022 • 25 mins

Meet the neuroscientist turned bestselling rom-com novelist who's exposing the underbelly of science, the passion, and the power games.

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The STEAM Room science experiment — I wannabe a stand-up comic!

June 5, 2022 • 25 mins

Would you be game? Hear what happened when scientists make themselves vulnerable AND hilarious.

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How two short words triggered a racism reckoning for plant scientists

May 29, 2022 • 25 mins

Two words. Tweeted then deleted. A meeting meltdown. Has #BlackLivesMatter put international science on notice?

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The second kind of impossible: Part 2 — the wild adventure (REPEAT)

May 22, 2022 • 25 mins

Lace up your boots. Get down and dirty. We're hunting the impossible.

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The second kind of impossible: Part 1 — a maverick mind (REPEAT)

May 15, 2022 • 25 mins

Nature's rules are made to be broken. Paul Steinhardt just had to find a way.

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Should Big Pharma profit from secret COVID-19 vaccine deals? Moderna responds

May 8, 2022 • 26 mins

Big Pharma has helped get life-saving COVID-19 vaccines into billions of arms. The profits are pouring in, but at what cost?

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Feeling a bit hopeless? Primatologist Dr Jane Goodall is here for YOU

May 1, 2022 • 28 mins

Jane Goodall wants you to gird your loins. What does that mean? Well ... for hope, push PLAY.

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Scratch that itch! She of flamenco flair and molecular dances

April 24, 2022 • 26 mins

By day, she's making molecules dance. By night, this vintage fashionista has a different dance on her mind.

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AI ethics leader Timnit Gebru is changing it up after Google fired her

April 17, 2022 • 30 mins

Timnit Gebru was fired by Google in a cloud of controversy, now she's making waves beyond Big Tech's pervasive influence

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World-first pig to human heart transplant. What happened?

April 10, 2022 • 25 mins

You need a new organ. But there aren't enough to go around. Would you accept one from a pig? Hearts, kidneys, corneas ... xenotransplantation is here.

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Scratch that itch! Meet the Sneaky Artist

April 3, 2022 • 25 mins

Indian-born engineer Nishant Jain flew in the face of expectations to radically reinvent himself as the Sneaky Artist

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Escaping Russia's new Iron Curtain - superstar science podcaster Ilya Kolmanovsky

March 27, 2022 • 30 mins

Ilya Kolmanovsky is a popular science superstar in Russia. Like so many anti-Putin activists, he’s just made the most wrenching decision of his life.

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Foodies, why you should give a f*** about farming!

March 20, 2022 • 25 mins

Why are we so weirdly paradoxical about food? Food, farms, revolution with two women closer to it all than most.

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The gun dealer’s defence — on nukes, fossil fuels, and Australia

March 13, 2022 • 33 mins

If you sell the gun but don’t pull the trigger ... are you to blame?

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Breaking Buruli, part two

March 6, 2022 • 26 mins

After 25 years of painstaking research, could scientists be getting close to unlocking the mysteries of Buruli ulcer?

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Breaking Buruli, part one

February 27, 2022 • 25 mins

When people from a small beach town on Phillip Island started developing severe skin lesions, scientists were left scratching their heads as to what was causing them.

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Episodes

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Carlo Rovelli: intellectual free spirit, quantum physicist, bestselling author[REPEAT]

Gene edited foods back on the menu - what are they and what's changed?

Move over Mills and Boon, the HOT SCIENTISTS are here

The STEAM Room science experiment — I wannabe a stand-up comic!

How two short words triggered a racism reckoning for plant scientists

The second kind of impossible: Part 2 — the wild adventure (REPEAT)

The second kind of impossible: Part 1 — a maverick mind (REPEAT)

Should Big Pharma profit from secret COVID-19 vaccine deals? Moderna responds

Feeling a bit hopeless? Primatologist Dr Jane Goodall is here for YOU

Scratch that itch! She of flamenco flair and molecular dances

AI ethics leader Timnit Gebru is changing it up after Google fired her

World-first pig to human heart transplant. What happened?

Scratch that itch! Meet the Sneaky Artist

Escaping Russia's new Iron Curtain - superstar science podcaster Ilya Kolmanovsky

Foodies, why you should give a f*** about farming!

The gun dealer’s defence — on nukes, fossil fuels, and Australia

Breaking Buruli, part two

Breaking Buruli, part one

Popular Podcasts

Rats to the rescue (Little Beasts, Big Jobs Part 2)

The mighty fly army (Little Beasts, Big Jobs Part 1)