Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Lucas Randall
00:00:27 How do you study wibbly wobbly jellyfish, without damaging them or stressing them out? You give them a noodly hug, of course!
00:08:27 When a satellite runs out of fuel, it's sent up into a graveyard orbit where it can pose a threat to any spacecraft leaving Earth. But a recent test of the Mission Extension Vehicle could mean satellites can be refuelled, extending their lifespan significantly.
00:21:25 People are attaching sensors to plants, and translating the electrical conductivity of the plants into "music". It's not very good music, but the idea is to change how people think about plants as living organisms.
00:29:45 Astronomers have found a new planet outside our solar system, with a new technique. They looked for the radio signals from aurorae on the exoplanet!
This episode contains traces of ABC science journalist Tegan Taylor and physician Dr. Norman Swan answering children's coronavirus questions on Coronacast.
SoT 252: Our Favourite Science Stories of 2016
SoT 251: The Stellarator At Wolfenstein
SoT 250: Pet Platypuses
SoT 249: Snail Tinder
SoT 248: Through The Melon
SoT 247: Yeast-Growing Robots
SoT 246: Nobel Prizes 2016
SoT 245: The 2016 Ig Nobel Prizes
SoT 244: Exit The Area
SoT 243: What's Wrong With You, Humans?
SoT 242: Making of a Murdered Fossil
SoT 241: OMG They've Got Radio!
SoT 240: Fat Kids On A Seesaw
SoT 239: The Supervolcano Hissy Fit
SoT 238: It Certainly Does Suck
SoT 237: Texas Echelon Cross Echelle Spectrograph
SoT 236: Set Phasers To Stun
SoT 235: It's Not Nibiru!
SoT 234: Rock Lobster
SoT 233: Growth Mindset
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