This podcast has come to an end. So long, and thanks for all the fish! Links to download the archive of all our episodes can be found here: <a href= "https://scienceontop.com/goodbye/">https://scienceontop.com/goodbye</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;This podcast has come to an end. So long, and thanks for all the fish!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Links to download the archive of all our episodes can be found here: &lt;a href= "https://scienceontop.com/goodbye/"&gt;https://scienceontop.com/goodbye&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

This podcast has come to an end. So long, and thanks for all the fish! Links to download the archive of all our episodes can be found here:

Goodbye

Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Lucas Randall 00:00:30 A team in Kenya and the UK have discovered a microbe that <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52530828">completely protects mosquitoes against the malaria parasite</a>. 00:10:17 Everybody poops, but if you don't it's very bad as one <a href= "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/super-constipated-florida-lizard-breaks-records-gargantuan-poop-180974813/"> unfortunate record-breaking lizard</a> found out. 00:14:22 This year we've seen three big records broken <a href= "https://www.sciencealert.com/solar-cell-technology-has-toppled-three-new-records-just-this-month"> in solar power efficiency</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hosts:&lt;/strong&gt; Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Lucas Randall&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; 00:00:30 A team in Kenya and the UK have discovered a microbe that &lt;a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52530828"&gt;completely protects mosquitoes against the malaria parasite&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; 00:10:17 Everybody poops, but if you don't it's very bad as one &lt;a href= "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/super-constipated-florida-lizard-breaks-records-gargantuan-poop-180974813/"&gt; unfortunate record-breaking lizard&lt;/a&gt; found out.&lt;br /&gt; 00:14:22 This year we've seen three big records broken &lt;a href= "https://www.sciencealert.com/solar-cell-technology-has-toppled-three-new-records-just-this-month"&gt; in solar power efficiency&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Lucas Randall  00:00:30 A team in Kenya and the UK have discovered a microbe that . 00:10:17 Everybody poops, but if you don't it's very bad as one  found out. 00:14:22 This year we've seen three big records broken .

SoT 358: A Lot Of Poop

An update on what's happening with the show. The quick version: we're still here, but the world's on fire and things are a bit tough. We'll be back. Stay safe everyone.   Wednesday 5 August 2020

<description>&lt;p&gt;An update on what's happening with the show.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The quick version: we're still here, but the world's on fire and things are a bit tough. We'll be back.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Stay safe everyone.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Wednesday 5 August 2020&lt;/p&gt;</description>

An update on what's happening with the show. The quick version: we're still here, but the world's on fire and things are a bit tough. We'll be back. Stay safe everyone.   Wednesday 5 August 2020

A quick update

Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Lucas Randall 00:00:28 Good news in quarantine, <a href= "https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-52204078">two pandas in Hong Kong have finally mated!</a> It only took them ten years! 00:04:29 Lots of moons in our solar system seem to have subsurface oceans, and <a href= "https://earthsky.org/space/pluto-subsurface-ocean-new-horizons">now it looks like Pluto does too</a>! 00:13:59 Soy is everywhere these days, but there are environmental concerns with it. Now a new study suggests <a href= "https://www.futurity.org/fava-beans-soy-2337762-2/">fava beans could be a more environmentally friendly source of plant protein</a>. This episode contains traces of <a href= "https://youtu.be/YmkrAQwzbuE">Trevor Noah discussing pandas mating in Hong Kong.</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hosts:&lt;/strong&gt; Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Lucas Randall&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; 00:00:28 Good news in quarantine, &lt;a href= "https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-52204078"&gt;two pandas in Hong Kong have finally mated!&lt;/a&gt; It only took them ten years!&lt;br /&gt; 00:04:29 Lots of moons in our solar system seem to have subsurface oceans, and &lt;a href= "https://earthsky.org/space/pluto-subsurface-ocean-new-horizons"&gt;now it looks like Pluto does too&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt; 00:13:59 Soy is everywhere these days, but there are environmental concerns with it. Now a new study suggests &lt;a href= "https://www.futurity.org/fava-beans-soy-2337762-2/"&gt;fava beans could be a more environmentally friendly source of plant protein&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; This episode contains traces of &lt;a href= "https://youtu.be/YmkrAQwzbuE"&gt;Trevor Noah discussing pandas mating in Hong Kong.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Pandas finally mate, a subsurface ocean on Pluto, and could fava beans be the new soy beans?

SoT 357: You Get An Ocean!

Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Lucas Randall 00:00:39 When it comes to giving birth in the animal world, there's mostly only two options: live babies, or eggs. But very rarely, it can be both! Such is the case <a href= "https://theconversation.com/this-lizard-lays-eggs-and-gives-live-birth-we-think-its-undergoing-a-major-evolutionary-transition-133630"> with the yellow-bellied three-toed skink</a>. 00:06:37 Imagine <a href= "https://earthsky.org/human-world/solar-power-photovoltaic-production-at-night"> solar power that worked at night</a>! That's (kind of) the promise of a new type of solar cell being developed by two American researchers. 00:19:50 If you want to train a robot dog, there's the hard way and there's the easy way. The hard way is manually coding everything you want the dog to do. The easy way is to <a href= "https://www.wired.com/story/how-a-real-dog-taught-a-robot-dog-to-walk"> develop machine learning software that learns</a> from watching other dogs! This episode contains traces of <a href= "https://twitter.com/BreakfastNews/status/1259587835562082305">Michael Rowland and Lisa Miller discussing Singapore's robot dog technique of enforcing physical distancing, on ABC News Breakfast</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hosts:&lt;/strong&gt; Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Lucas Randall&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; 00:00:39 When it comes to giving birth in the animal world, there's mostly only two options: live babies, or eggs. But very rarely, it can be both! Such is the case &lt;a href= "https://theconversation.com/this-lizard-lays-eggs-and-gives-live-birth-we-think-its-undergoing-a-major-evolutionary-transition-133630"&gt; with the yellow-bellied three-toed skink&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; 00:06:37 Imagine &lt;a href= "https://earthsky.org/human-world/solar-power-photovoltaic-production-at-night"&gt; solar power that worked at night&lt;/a&gt;! That's (kind of) the promise of a new type of solar cell being developed by two American researchers.&lt;br /&gt; 00:19:50 If you want to train a robot dog, there's the hard way and there's the easy way. The hard way is manually coding everything you want the dog to do. The easy way is to &lt;a href= "https://www.wired.com/story/how-a-real-dog-taught-a-robot-dog-to-walk"&gt; develop machine learning software that learns&lt;/a&gt; from watching other dogs!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This episode contains traces of &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/BreakfastNews/status/1259587835562082305"&gt;Michael Rowland and Lisa Miller discussing Singapore's robot dog technique of enforcing physical distancing, on ABC News Breakfast&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Lucas Randall  00:00:39 When it comes to giving birth in the animal world, there's mostly only two options: live babies, or eggs. But very rarely, it can be both! Such is the case . 00:06:37 Imagine ! That's (kind of)...

SoT 356: The Same... But Opposite

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.

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