The Cosmos Podcast
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Cosmos Country: Understanding our weather systems
June 25, 2023 07:30 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MBIn the second episode of the first series of Cosmos Country, Cosmos science journalists discuss how regional and rural Australia are adapting to climate change. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Listen to all our Cosmos Podcasts Special 10% discount on Cosmos magazine print subscriptions (1 or 2 year), or 1 year Cosmos Weekly subscriptions for Cosmos Briefing podcast listeners! Use coupon code COSMOSPO...
Podcast Next Gen: How Singapore does waste management differently
June 23, 2023 01:00 - 7 minutes - 5.01 MBMany big cities around the world have issues with urban waste. Think of the garbage bags piled up on New York's streets or Jakarta's open dumping. But Singapore has managed to avoid much of this problem thanks to incineration. David, a year 12 student from Western Australia, uncovers the ins and outs of Singapore's trash system in this episode of Podcast Next Gen. Podcast Next Gen is a collaboration between Cosmos Magazine and the National Youth Science Forum. The reporters are y...
Podcast Next Gen: How do we deal with our vape problem?
June 16, 2023 00:00 - 7 minutes - 5.12 MBAmy – a year 12 student and casual bartender – knows way too many people with dead vape stashes under their beds. While the government is trying to crack down, it doesn't seem like there will be a solution anytime soon. And in the mean time, recycling trucks and apartments are catching alight with vape batteries gone wrong. This week on Podcast Next Gen, Amy dives into the (un)recyclability of disposable vapes, what the new crackdown could mean, and potential solutions. Podcast Next Gen i...
Cosmos Country: Urban greening in a regional space
June 09, 2023 15:00 - 12 minutes - 8.93 MBIn the first episode of the first series of Cosmos Country, Dr Glenn Morrison chats with colleague Marie Low, and ecologist Dr Brenda Lin from the CSIRO, about non-urban greening. As more people move away from cities and into the country, how important is it to keep our regions green? And how do we do it? Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Listen to all our Cosmos Podcasts Special 10% discount on Cosmos ...
Cosmos Country: Greening
June 09, 2023 15:00 - 12 minutes - 8.93 MBIn the first episode of the first series of Cosmos Country, Dr Glenn Morrison chats with colleague Marie Low, and ecologist Dr Brenda Lin from the CSIRO, about non-urban greening. As more people move away from cities and into the country, how important is it to keep our regions green? And how do we do it? Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Listen to all our Cosmos Podcasts Special 10% discount on Cosmos ...
Would You Rather: Be an ant or a bee?
May 03, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBWelcome to 'Would You Rather' a podcast where Cosmos science journalists debate a topic and only one comes out the victor. Today, Cosmos journalists Jacinta Bowler and Imma Perfetto debate one of life’s buggest (see what we did there?) questions – would you rather be an ant or a bee? Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Listen to all our Cosmos Podcasts Special 10% discount on Cosmos magazine print subsc...
Would You Rather: A journey on the Eagle or the Beagle?
April 25, 2023 02:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBWelcome to 'Would You Rather' a podcast where Cosmos science journalists debate a topic and only one comes out the victor. Today, Cosmos journalists Matthew Agius and Ellen Phiddian debate whether recreating Charles Darwin’s journey on HMS Beagle, or the landing on the moon of the lunar module Eagle would be more better. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Listen to all our Cosmos Podcasts Special 10% d...
Would You Rather: Be attacked by magpies or cassowaries?
April 04, 2023 09:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBWelcome to 'Would You Rather' a podcast where Cosmos science journalists debate a topic and only one comes out the victor. Today, Cosmos journalists Jacinta Bowler and Ellen Phiddian bring an office discussion to the podcast platform: would an attack from a pair of cassowaries or 100 magpies be more terrifying? Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Listen to all our Cosmos Podcasts Special 10% discount on...
What is involved in disposing of radioactive waste from AUKUS nuclear submarines?
March 30, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBWelcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work. Australia will dispose of high-level nuclear waste from AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines, according to details revealed when Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met leaders of UK and US on March 13. Defence Minister Richard Marles confirmed the radioactive waste – including spent nuclear fuel – would require a new facility to be built on “current or future” Defence land with the proce...
Would You Rather: Frogs or locusts in a plague of biblical proportions?
March 16, 2023 14:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBWelcome to 'Would You Rather' a podcast where Cosmos science journalists debate a topic and only one comes out the victor. Today, Cosmos journalists Jacinta Bowler and Imma Perfetto debate the merits of whether a plague of locusts or frogs – naturally of biblical proportions - would be worse. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Listen to all our Cosmos Podcasts Special 10% discount on Cosmos magazine pri...
The big commuting decisions we will all face
March 09, 2023 14:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBWelcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work. Today, Cosmos journalists Matthew Agius and Evrim Yazgin ponder whether EVs are the answer to our climate commuting questions or whether a bit more planning and incentives for alternative transport would do the trick. They are joined by Dr Dorina Pojani, an associate professor in Urban Planning at the University of Queensland’s School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Profes...
Would You Rather: High-tech spacesuits verses high-tech sportswear
March 05, 2023 14:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBWelcome to 'Would You Rather' a podcast where Cosmos science journalists debate a topic and only one comes out the victor. Today, Cosmos journalists Petra Stock and Ellen Phiddian debate the merits of high-tech spacesuits verses high-tech sportswear. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Watch and listen to all our Cosmos Briefings Special 10% discount on Cosmos magazine print subscriptions (1 or 2 year), ...
What the last 100 million years tells us about climate change?
March 02, 2023 20:00 - 12 minutes - 8.67 MBWelcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work. At some point on a TV documentary, an internet video or even a school textbook, you've probably seen animation or still images of the earth's surface changing over time: from one massive content hundreds of millions of years ago to the surface we know today. Today, Cosmos journalist Matthew Agius talks to Dr Tristan Salle, whose team from the University of Sydney - working with F...
Can Australia's justice system adjust itself to hear new scientific research?
February 24, 2023 04:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBWelcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work. Kathleen Folbigg has served 20 years of a 30-year sentence for killing her four children. She had exhausted all her avenues for appeal. Only after petitioning from grassroots supporters and legal representatives on the basis of new forensic pathology assessments did the New South Wales’ Governor open an inquiry into her convictions. That was back in 2019, and despite those new for...
Could baking and Bake Off help solve engineering’s workforce crisis?
February 23, 2023 03:00 - 9 minutes - 6.32 MBWelcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work. Australia is facing its greatest ever engineering skills shortage, according to Engineers Australia. The clean energy transition, major infrastructure projects and emerging sectors like space are increasing demand for engineering skills. Some 50,000 to 100,000 engineers are needed by 2030, just as fewer students, particularly girls, are choosing to enter the profession. Ok it ma...
Science in the dock
February 16, 2023 05:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBWelcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work. This week the Kathleen Folbigg inquiry began again in Sydney. Folbigg was convicted in 2013 for the deaths of her four children. It’s a case which has engaged the scientific community, which is interested in how science is treated in the judicial process. And particularly complex science. But what about how scientists themselves perform in court? It’s often an alien world but ult...
How to decarbonise the global chemical industry
February 14, 2023 14:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBWelcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work. Daisuke Kanazawa is a collaborative researcher at the Centre for Global Commons in the University of Tokyo, Japan. He is one of the authors of the Planet Positive Chemicals report, which details how the global chemical industry, responsible for 8% of greenhouse gas emissions, can get to net zero. Cosmos journalist Ellen Phiddian spoke to Kanazawa to find out more. Find the scie...
Simulating how molecules flow with supercomputers
February 09, 2023 23:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBWelcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work. If we can predict the behaviour of individual molecules, we can do extraordinary things with them. We can desalinate water to almost perfect purity, fine tune batteries to perform as well as possible – and that’s just the beginning. But it’s really difficult to simulate molecules to enable that prediction. A nearly-invisible microlitre drop of water has 10 billion billion molecule...
Is climate change threatening the iconic cricket bat?
February 02, 2023 05:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBWelcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work. Cricket bats might be losing their quality thanks to climate change's impact on willow growth, could bamboo be a better option? One team out of Cambridge University thinks it might. Today Cosmos journalist Matthew Agius talks to Cambridge University’s Ben Tinkler-Davies, about the potential of bamboo. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cos...
Why having a T. rex as a pet isn’t as bad an idea as you might think
January 25, 2023 14:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBWelcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work. Big dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex have been extinct for 66 million years, but it’s still fun to think about how they might interact with humans. So, which dinosaur would make a good pet? Honestly, there are many decent options, but how can you look past the king, T. rex? Cosmos journalist Evrim Yazgin recently spoke to world-famous palaeontologist Jack Horner – the inspiration...
Australia’s Square Kilometre Array telescope
January 23, 2023 14:00 - 6 minutes - 4.77 MBWelcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work. After 31 years of planning, radio telescopes called the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) have finally begun construction. The Australian site in the Murchison region of WA – known as SKA-Low – will eventually comprise over 130,000 Christmas tree-like antennae. Today Cosmos journalist Jacinta Bowler talks to Professor Cathryn Trott, astronomer and Chief Operations Scientist at SKA-Low...
Protecting the future of the Corpse Flower
January 19, 2023 14:00 - 6 minutes - 4.64 MBWelcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work. In mid-January this year, a Titan Arum (or corpse flower), nearly 10 years old, showed off its first ever bloom at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. The foul-smelling corpse flower only blooms for a couple of days every few years, so it's a cool thing to see. But this corpse flower is particularly exciting because it’s the first “second generation” corpse flower at the Gardens to do ...
Quizmas: The Cosmos Christmas Quiz number 5
January 01, 2023 14:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBYour favourite Cosmos journalists try to answer the tricky, challenging, funny, and odd questions that arose in science this year. Thanks to the team from the Australian Science Media Centre for compiling the questions and hosting "Quizmas." Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or Cosmos Weekly Watch and listen to all our Cosmos Briefings Special 10% discount on Cosmos magazine print subscriptions (1 or 2 year), or 1 year Cos...
Quizmas: The Cosmos Christmas Quiz number 4
December 28, 2022 14:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBYour favourite Cosmos journalists try to answer the tricky, challenging, funny, and odd questions that arose in science this year. Thanks to the team from the Australian Science Media Centre for compiling the questions and hosting "Quizmas." Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or Cosmos Weekly Watch and listen to all our Cosmos Briefings Special 10% discount on Cosmos magazine print subscriptions (1 or 2 year), or 1 year Cos...
Quizmas: The Cosmos Christmas Quiz number 3
December 25, 2022 14:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBYour favourite Cosmos Science journalists try to answer the tricky, challenging, funny and odd questions that arose in science this year. Thanks to the team from the Australian Science Media Exchange for compiling the questioning and hosting "Quizmas." Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Watch and listen to all our Cosmos Briefings Special 10% discount on Cosmos magazine print subscriptions (1 or 2 year)...
Quizmas: The Cosmos Christmas Quiz number 2
December 21, 2022 14:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBYour favourite Cosmos Science journalists try to answer the tricky, challenging, funny and odd questions that arose in science this year. Thanks to the team from the Australian Science Media Exchange for compiling the questioning and hosting "Quizmas." Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Watch and listen to all our Cosmos Briefings Special 10% discount on Cosmos magazine print subscriptions (1 or 2 year)...
Quizmas: The Cosmos Christmas Quiz number 1
December 19, 2022 19:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBYour favourite Cosmos Science journalists try to answer the tricky, challenging, funny and odd questions that arose in science this year. Thanks to the team from the Australian Science Media Exchange for compiling the questioning and hosting "Quizmas." Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Watch and listen to all our Cosmos Briefings Special 10% discount on Cosmos magazine print subscriptions (1 or 2 year)...
Would you rather? An ice age or a very warm interglacial
December 13, 2022 14:00 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MBWelcome to 'Would You Rather' a podcast where Cosmos science journalists debate a topic and only one comes out the victor. Today, Cosmos journalists Petra Stock and Evrim Yazgin debate whether an ice age or a very warm interglacial would be a better place to be. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Watch and listen to all our Cosmos Briefings Special 10% discount on Cosmos magazine print subscriptions (1 ...
Leader in ocean physics awarded in Prime Minister’s Science Prizes
December 11, 2022 14:00 - 8 minutes - 5.72 MBWelcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work. This year’s Prime Minister’s Prize for Science has gone to a mathematician who wondered how much heat is contained in a kilogram of seawater, while he was swimming in freshwater in Boston. Trevor McDougall AC, Scientia Professor of Ocean Physics in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of New South Wales, has received the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science, re...
Rare birds returned to Dirk Hartog Island
December 06, 2022 14:00 - 10 minutes - 7.16 MBWelcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work. With brownish feathers, distinctive fine white streaks, and a long cocked tail, the western grasswren (Amytornis textilis) is a charming but elusive native Australian songbird. If you are lucky enough to spot one, you might find it darting between shrubs as it forages along the ground on Dirk Hartog Island in Western Australia – thanks to the first successful grasswren translocati...
Can a sign stop someone from drowning?
December 04, 2022 14:00 - 14 minutes - 9.83 MBHow beach signs are interpreted by locals and those hailing from overseas is a crucial aspect of beach safety. Today, Cosmos journalist Ellen Phiddian talks to Dr Masaki Shibata, a lecturer in the Japanese Department of Adelaide University's School of Social Sciences - and a competitive swimmer and former lifesaver – about research he’s been doing into this very subject. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekl...
Would you rather? Explore through a telescope or a microscope
November 29, 2022 14:00 - 13 minutes - 9.06 MBWelcome to 'Would You Rather' a podcast where Cosmos science journalists debate a topic and only one comes out the victor. Today, Jacinta Bowler and Evrim Yasgin debate whether telescopes or microscopes are better! Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Watch and listen to all our Cosmos Briefings Special 10% discount on Cosmos magazine print subscriptions (1 or 2 year), or 1 year Cosmos Weekly subscription...
35 years on from a pivotal Greenhouse meeting we discover the scientists were all sceptics
November 29, 2022 02:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBWelcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work. In November 1987, 35 years ago, 266 scientists met at Monash University at what was the first meeting to consider the national scientific response to the greenhouse gas problem. At the time many were working on ridding the atmosphere of chlorofluorocarbons, closing the hole over the Antarctic. Many were sceptical of claims that carbon dioxide was an existential threat. Today Cosmo...
Flying foxes and the risk of Hendra Virus spillover
November 27, 2022 14:00 - 8 minutes - 5.86 MBWelcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work. The risk of Hendra virus being passed from bats to horses – increasing the risk to humans – has escalated in Australia in recent decades. When viruses spillover from animals to humans there can be serious consequences. SARS Cov-1, SARS Cov-2 (which causes COVID19) and Hendra viruses have all been linked to this kind of event. A team of researchers, led by conservation biologist D...
Would you rather? Give up alcohol or caffeine forever
November 22, 2022 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBWelcome to 'Would You Rather' a podcast where Cosmos science journalists debate a topic and only one comes out the victor. Today, Ellen Phiddian and Matt Agius debate whether you would rather give up alcohol or caffeine. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Watch and listen to all our Cosmos Briefings Special 10% discount on Cosmos magazine print subscriptions (1 or 2 year), or 1 year Cosmos Weekly subscr...
Teaching cyber security foundations
November 20, 2022 14:00 - 11 minutes - 8.04 MBWelcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work. Cyber security experts have called for online safety and security fundamentals to be taught from early primary school, after a review of the national curriculum revealed key skills gaps. A report led by Dr Nicola Johnson for the Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre, has mapped the cyber safety content in the new Australian Curriculum against skills recommended by the Centre,...
Would you rather? A T-Rex or a Minmi as your dinosaur pet
November 15, 2022 14:00 - 12 minutes - 8.95 MBWelcome to 'Would You Rather', a podcast where Cosmos science journalists debate a topic and only one comes out the victor. Today, Petra Stock and Evrim Yazgin debate whether a Tyrannosaurus rex or cute little Minmi paravertebral would be better as a dino-pet. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Watch and listen to all our Cosmos Briefings Special 10% discount on Cosmos magazine print subscriptions (1 o...
What it’s like talking to astronauts all day
November 13, 2022 14:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBWelcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work. Andrea Boyd knew she wanted to work in the space field since she first saw Star Trek as a kid. The South Australian has ended up in a career as close to space as possible without leaving the ground. Boyd is the ‘EUROCOM’ flight controller at the European Space Agency (ESA), meaning she’s the person who gets to talk to the astronauts on the ISS. Cosmos Science Journalist Jacinta B...
What’s going on with the Adélie penguin populations in Antarctica?
November 08, 2022 14:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBWelcome to a Cosmos Insight podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work. The Adélies gave us the phrase “penguin suit” and are found on almost the entire coastline in the white continent. But recent research has identified a problem with massive reduction in the numbers of breeding Adélie Penguins in some places in Antarctica. In some places their population is expanding, in some places it’s contracting, and in one or two places, numbers are alarming. A...
Physicist – and Blaise Pascal medal recipient – Distinguished Professor Susan Scott, on the world of gravitational waves
November 06, 2022 14:00 - 13 minutes - 9.28 MBWelcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work. Every year, the European Academy of Science awards the Blaise Pascal medal to outstanding scientists. This year, Distinguished Professor Susan Scott has become the first Australian to receive the medal, “in recognition for her contributions to the advances of physics”. According to the Academy, “Distinguished Professor Susan Scott is an internationally recognised mathematical phy...
Would you rather? Bitten by a funnel-web spider or a brown snake
November 03, 2022 14:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBWelcome to 'Would You Rather' a podcast where Cosmos science journalists debate a topic and only one comes out the victor. Today, Imma Perfetto and Matt Agius debate whether you would rather be bitten by a funnel-web spider or brown snake. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Watch and listen to all our Cosmos Briefings Special 10% discount on Cosmos magazine print subscriptions (1 or 2 year), or 1 year...
Would you rather? The International Space Station or an Antarctic research station for the next 12 months
October 27, 2022 22:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MBWelcome to 'Would You Rather' a podcast where Cosmos science journalists debate a topic and only one comes out the victor. Today, Ellen Phiddian and Jacinta Bowler debate whether you would rather be on the International Space Station or an Antarctic research station - for the next 12 months. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Watch and listen to all our Cosmos Briefings Special 10% discount on Cosmos ...
Mega kangaroos in PNG
October 26, 2022 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.31 MBWelcome to Behind The Scenes, where a Cosmos journalist pulls back the curtain to explore the exciting science in institutions around Australia. Today, Jacinta Bowler visits the palaeontology lab at Flinders University to talk with Professor Gavin Prideaux about his latest exciting discovery: a prehistoric mega-kangaroo. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Watch and listen to all our Cosmos Briefings Spec...
Talking about the beauty of birdsong
October 24, 2022 14:00 - 12 minutes - 8.6 MBWelcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work. In this episode we're talking birdsong: Why do they sing? How do they learn? What happens if they can't hear each other? Cosmos science journalist Imma Perfetto talks to Dr Dominique Potvin, a behavioural ecologist, evolutionary biologist, ornithologist, and senior lecturer in Animal Ecology at the University of the Sunshine Coast, to find out what we know about chirps, chortles a...
The state of the scientific peer review process
October 16, 2022 19:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MBToday we are talking about the academic scientific peer review process, which ordinarily involves a journal sending a submitted paper out to other experts for assessment before they decide to publish the article, something which has become part of the normal process for and sign of a quality academic scientific journal. This subject is increasingly important as more and more high-profile and impactful research articles are being retracted or placed under editorial “notices of concern” both ...
Science Daily: The James Webb telescope and the race to the next major space discovery
August 03, 2022 15:30 - 12 minutes - 8.7 MBIt's a big week for Cosmos Science Daily as it moves to its new home on the LiSTNR app under the name The Science Briefing – same host, same Cosmos newsroom; bigger and better. Today you get a sneak preview of just what The Science Briefing will be like – so make sure to download the LiSTNR app today. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Watch and listen to all our Cosmos Briefings Special 10% discount on ...
Science Daily: We're moving Science Daily to a new home, but this house won't be empty!
August 02, 2022 15:30 - 13 minutes - 8.98 MBBig week for Cosmos Science Daily as it moves to its new home on the LiSTNR app under the name The Science Briefing – same host, same Cosmos newsroom; bigger and better. Your host is Dr Sophie Calabretto and for the last episode of Cosmos Science Daily on this channel, I’m joined by Cosmos editors Ian Connellan and Gail MacCallum along with the newsroom to talk about what we learned, what we loved and what’s next. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to...
Science Daily: Disposable batteries made of paper!
August 01, 2022 15:30 - 6 minutes - 4.42 MBWelcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and chemistry whiz, Ellen Phiddian, is talking about disposable batteries made of paper, with your host, Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician and fluid mechanist who once made an origami penguin but never a battery. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe...
Science Daily: Brine pools at the bottom of the ocean
July 31, 2022 15:30 - 6 minutes - 4.79 MBWelcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist, Matt Agius, is talking about brine pools at the bottom of the ocean, with your host, Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician and fluid mechanist, whose only relationship with brine also involves olives. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Maga...
Science Daily: The fishapod that returned to the sea
July 28, 2022 15:30 - 5 minutes - 3.62 MBWelcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and Master of Physics graduate, Evrim Yazgin, is unpacking fishapods returning to the sea. And your host is Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician and fluid mechanist, who doesn’t know what a fishapod is, but it sounds like a delightful seafood snack. Find the science of everything at the ...