Episode 555 - Breaking down toxic fungus and learning to live alongside them
Fungal invasions taking over living hosts is the thing of science fiction, but the humble button mushroom is taken steps to start. Often a f...
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Lagrange Point
A fun take on the latest science news with enough data to sink your teeth into. Lagrange Point goes beyond the glossy summary and gets in depth with the research from across the world.
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20 of 556 episodesEpisode 554 - Collaborating to solve Martian Mysteries
What caused those large quakes on Mars? How can Mars have big Mars-quakes without plate tectonics? If an impact crater isn't too blame for t...
Episode 553 - E.coli to the rescue and boosting geothermal power
E.coli is one of the most studied and versatile bacteria, so how can we make it work for us? Bacteria's ability to generate electricity is w...
Episode 552 - Talking to plants and how a jellyfish learns
How does a jellyfish manage to see and learn without a large central brain? Like the Scarecrow of Oz, jellyfish are a without a brain but ar...
Episode 551 - Boosting your immune system to fight back cancer
There are many different types of treatments for cancer, all of them with pros and cons. Enhancing our anti cancer toolbox requires careful...
Episode 550 - Cosmic Collisions and galactic devouring
What happens when two massive planets collide? How can you end up with a gas giant that's super dense and heavy? how can a planet the size o...
Episode 549 - Water infrastructure and Archaeology
Infrastructure projects and large engineering projects can lead to archaeological discoveries. When you start digging a large sewer network,...
Episode 548 - A paradise for Octopi at the base of a volcano
At the depths of the ocean, in freezing waters there is somehow a paradise for Octopi. Off the coast of Monterey, an extinct underwater volc...
Episode 547 - Concussions - How long do you really have to wait?
How long do you really have to wait after a concussion? Athletes are always keen to get back in the game after a head knock, but how long do...
Episode 546 - What’s going on with whale’s behaviour
When whales and humans interact the results can be confusing and messy for both sides. Whether it be noisy boat propellers, or orcas on a co...
Episode 545 - Phages taking the fight to bacteria
Antibiotic resistance is a global challenge, but the solution may come from the natural predator of bacteria. Bacterial infections can be na...
Episode 544 - Metals recovering from fatigue
Cracks in metal can ultimately lead to fatigue failure, but is there a way to unwind the damage? Fatigue failure is a serious problem for ev...
Episode 543 - Monitoring vital signs without getting in the way
Getting an accurate picture of someone's health or vital signs is essential in medicine, but hard to physically do without wires. Invasive h...
Episode 542 - Evolving multicellular life in the lab
Its a huge leap from a single celled organism to a complex multicellular beast. So how does evolution manage it? You can evolve humble yeast...
Episode 541 - The building blocks chemistry
Chemistry is complicated but it had to start somewhere. The origins of complex chemistry had to be built up from scratch. How did complex co...
Episode 540 - On the shoulders of giants
The universe scaling work of the NANOGrav team stands on the shoulders of giants to understand giants lurking in our universe. Huge decade s...
Episode 539 - Dangerous but beautiful space weather
Weather in space, can seem far away but it's dazzling effects come with some danger. Aurora localised entirely around a satellite can cause...
Episode 538 - Colossal volcanic eruptions taking out satellites
When a volcano erupts we're used to imagining damage from lava, ash and even tsunamis. So why were satellites taken out? The colossal erupti...
Episode 537 - Better batteries that last even in subzero temperatures
Batteries power the modern world, but how can we make them more sustainably and last longer. Lithium powers most of our modern batteries but...
Episode536 - Taking pollution out of the atmosphere
Humans are filling the atmosphere with more and more pollution. How does it get out of the air and where does it go? For complex pollutants...