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 212: Plants Can Count
SoT Special 19 - Robin Ince
SoT Bloopers 2015
SoT 211: Our Favourite Science Stories of 2015
SoT 210: Tarantula Blue
SoT 209: Silly Season For Worms
SoT 208: Better Than Hookworm
SoT 207: Plutology
SoT 206: Jellies All Day Long
SoT 205: Excited About Herpes!
SoT 204: Let's Marvin Gaye and Get It On
SoT 203: Something In The Scuba Tank
SoT 202: Argon-Argon
SoT 201: The 2015 Ig Nobel Prizes
SoT 200: Never Memorise A Formula
SoT 199: Look Into My Eyes
SoT 198: A Lot of Modelling
SoT 197: The Universe Is Not A Parrot
SoT 196: The Creepy, Nasty Animal Show
SoT 195: Pluto - King of the Kuiper Belt
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