Science On Top
The Australian podcast about science, health and technology news. Join Ed Brown and his panel of co-hosts each week as we talk about the latest and coolest research and discoveries in the world of science. We're joined by special guests from all over the science field: doctors, professors, nurses, teachers and more.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 390
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2023
SoT 83: Science At The Speed Of Science
Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday, Dr. Kevin Orrman-Rositer.
Topics covered:
The Mars Curiosity rover's discovery is announced.
Bacteria found in an underground Antarctic lake demonst…
SoT 82: We Love Data
Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday, Lucas Randall.
Topics covered:
The holes bored into ancient wood-carvings give insights into insect migration.
Could we be missing important worms f…
SoT 81: You Asexual Bdelloid!
Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday, Cobi Smith.
Topics covered:
Our Total Solar Eclipse experiences.
A 'rogue planet' discovered and photographed. The planet is not gravitationally lin…
SoT 80: Indiana Jones on a Spaceship
Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday, Dr. Simon O’Toole.
Topics covered:
Some scepticism about the nearest exoplanet discovered.
SoT 79: Giant Ball of Poo
Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Alan Kerlin.
Topics covered:
Trouble in space: SpaceX engine failure and cargo loss.
SoT 78: The Dark Side of Science
Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday, Dr. Rachael Dunlop.
Topics covered:
Funding cuts to Australian research
SoT 77: Wobble
Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Lucas Randall, Dr. Helen Maynard-Casely.
Topics covered:
Felix Baumgartner's world-breaking skydive from the edge of space.
SoT 76: 2012 Nobel Prizes
Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Dr. Mick Vagg.
Topics covered:
2012 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine: Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogr…
SoT 75: Supergerm Takes Out Dolly
Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Lucas Randall.
Topics covered:
Genetically modified cow makes milk without allergy protein. DNA from the fetus ends up on mother's brain. A cure for acne could be a vi…
SoT 74: 2012 Ig Nobel Prizes
Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday, Dr. Maia Sauren.
The Ig Nobel Prizes honour achievements that first make us laugh, then make us think. We take a look at this year’s winners: from …
SoT 73: Monkeys on Crack
Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday, Dr. Simon O’Toole.
Topics covered:
The Lesula, a newly discovered monkey: cute or creepy? A brain implant improves thinking in monkeys. Scientists e…
SoT 72: An Army of Roaches
Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday.
Topics covered:
The ENCODE project reveals function in previously thought 'junk' DNA. The role of malaria in human evolution. The mystery of the mis…
SoT 71: The Least Strange Thing About Christopher Walken
Hosts: Ed Brown, Lucas Randall, Greg Wah, Dan Beeston.
Topics covered:
Could reality television partly fund a colony on Mars - by 2023? Does the shape of the glass affect how much beer you drink? Map…
SoT 70: Tools Painted Pink
Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday, Alan Kerlin.
Topics covered:
Death of Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon. Could antibiotics be making us fat? A step closer to the male pill. Bac…
SoT 69: The Other Two Mice
Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Lucas Randall.
Topics covered:
Mars update: Curiosity fires a laser, next Mars mission announced. Artificial retina mimicks coding system of healthy retina to rest…
SoT 68: Wet Dog Shaking
Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday.
Topics covered:
The vigorous shaking of a wet dog can remove up to 70% of the water in its fur in four seconds. Possibly up to three species of anci…
SoT Special - Curiosity Landing
The Mars Science Laboratory, called "Curiosity", is the largest spacecraft we've sent to another planet. Weighing 900kg, packed with ten scientific instruments, 17 cameras and a nuclear power source …
SoT 67: More Wobble Boards
Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Dr. Mick Vagg, Vanessa Hill.
Topics covered:
The Mars Space Laboratory, the Curiosity rover, is set to land on Mars on Monday. An artificial jellyfish made from rat he…
SoT 66: The Five Hour Quickie
Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Dr. Helen Maynard-Casely, Micaela Jemison, Lucas Randall.
Topics covered:
Helen talks about her work at the Australian Synchrotron, and Shayne explains the chicken…
SoT 65: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday, Vanessa Vaughan.
Topics covered:
Fruitflies trained to count, the magnetic cells that help fish navigate, and the trade offs for having big brains. …