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 Special: Podblack’s Book Club with Embiggen Books
An event organised by the Melbourne Skeptics and the Melbourne Eastern Hills Skeptics saw a science, religion and philosophy teacher and a science-oriented bookseller discussing their favourite books…
SoT 8: One Protein To Rule Them All
Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Dr. Shayne Joseph
Topics covered: Indian scientists drilling deep to predict earthquakes, Babysitting birds, Port Phillip Bay used to be a lake, and Faulty chaperone p…
SoT 7: Respect The Pill
Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday
Topics covered: Fire Ants Surf Floods on Rafts of Their Own Bodies, Laser Hole-Punch Turns Hair Into Forensic Time Machine, Oral Contraceptive Pill …
SoT 6: Frolicking Death Trap
Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Lucas Randall
Topics covered: Language may have helped early humans spread out of Africa, Pluto's mysterious bulging atmosphere, Worlds with two sun…
SoT 5: Orogeny Isn't Dirty
Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Shayne Joseph
Topics covered: Older brains and multitasking, Cells grown in a dish have schizophrenia, Antibacterial duck sperm, Early birds had super smell, Earth's c…
SoT 4: Special Cuddle Time
Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Shayne Joseph and Lucas Randall
Topics covered:
Star-Eating Black Hole May Be Producing Universe's Biggest Explosion, Weight lowers dementia risk, Researchers Grow Pro…
SoT 3: It's All Linked!
Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday and Shayne Joseph
Topics covered:
Salamander Eggs and Symbiosis, Dead Stars and Exoplanets, Wasps vs Ants, Yuri's Night, Bacterial Toothpaste and An Ancient Mayfly Foss…
SoT 2: The Princess Effect
Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday and Shayne Joseph
We had some audio problems and unfortunately this episode still has a crackle we were unable to remove. :(
Topics covered:
Cane Toads Break Evolution …
SoT 1: We've Got Sex!
Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Shayne Joseph
Topics covered:
Supermoon, New Horizons Flies by Uranus, MESSENGER First Spacecraft to Orbit Mercury,Sperm's egg-seeking secrets revealed,Yuri’s Night,5…
Pilot Episode: We've Got The Giggles!
Our first test run has some issues - Penny is sick, half way through the interview Skype cut out, and then the internet gremlins destroyed the second half (which really was much, much better than the…