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 232: Peanut Butter Makes Everything Better
SoT 231: Smoking Pigs
SoT 230: Meat Ants
SoT 229: Lower Ranked Rats
SoT 228: That's So Birch
SoT 227: Aha! There's A Thing!
SoT 226: Seismic Swarms
SoT 225: Memoirs Of A Janitor
Sot 224: Useless Babies
SoT 223: Terminal Buzz
SoT 222: Zombie Penguin!
SoT 221: A Brick On A Sparrow
SoT 220: Paleo That!
SoT 219: Mother's Guilt
SoT 218: It Rips Its Face Off
SoT 217: The Telescope That John West Rejected
SoT 216: Wobble When They Waddle
SoT 215: Yellow Big Head
SoT 214: Gravitational Waves
SoT 213: Everything Zika
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