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You Can't Handle the (Scientific) Truth!

You Can't Handle the (Scientific) Truth!

You Can't Handle the (Scientific) Truth!

Aired 2 years ago

Max Liboiron's Anti-Colonial Science

Max Liboiron's Anti-Colonial Science

Max Liboiron's Anti-Colonial Science

Aired 2 years ago

The Long COVID Doctors

The Long COVID Doctors

The Long COVID Doctors

Aired 2 years ago

Pain-Free Meat, Is It Possible?

Pain-Free Meat, Is It Possible?

Pain-Free Meat, Is It Possible?

Aired 2 years ago

The Second Kind of Impossible

The Second Kind of Impossible

The Second Kind of Impossible

Aired 2 years ago

The Second Kind of Impossible

The Second Kind of Impossible

The Second Kind of Impossible

Aired 2 years ago

The 14-Day Rule on Human Embryo Research

The 14-Day Rule on Human Embryo Research

The 14-Day Rule on Human Embryo Research

Aired 2 years ago

The Wild Woman of Brooklyn, and the Peabody Bones

The Wild Woman of Brooklyn, and the Peabody Bones

The Wild Woman of Brooklyn, and the Peabody Bones

Aired 2 years ago

Lucy's Story, the Chimp, the Poet

Lucy's Story, the Chimp, the Poet

Lucy's Story, the Chimp, the Poet

Aired 2 years ago

Death Threats for Calling out Bad COVID Science

Death Threats for Calling out Bad COVID Science

Death Threats for Calling out Bad COVID Science

Aired 2 years ago

The Anthropocene Radical: The Scientist Who Saved the World

The Anthropocene Radical: The Scientist Who Saved the World

The Anthropocene Radical: The Scientist Who Saved the World

Aired 2 years ago

The mystery of the flute boy bones

The mystery of the flute boy bones

The mystery of the flute boy bones

Aired 2 years ago

Artists on the loose at the Large Hadron Collider

Artists on the loose at the Large Hadron Collider

Artists on the loose at the Large Hadron Collider

Aired 2 years ago

this African COVID success is a big wake-up call for the West

this African COVID success is a big wake-up call for the West

this African COVID success is a big wake-up call for the West

Aired 2 years ago

A Conversation With Carlo Rovelli On quantum physics

A Conversation With Carlo Rovelli On quantum physics

A Conversation With Carlo Rovelli On quantum physics

Aired 2 years ago

Science FAIL! Why it's good to do

Science FAIL! Why it's good to do

Science FAIL! Why it's good to do

Aired 2 years ago

From wild idea to COVID vaccine  meet the mRNA pioneer who could win a Nobel

From wild idea to COVID vaccine meet the mRNA pioneer who could win a Nobel

From wild idea to COVID vaccine meet the mRNA pioneer who could win a Nobel

Aired 2 years ago

This top cancer scientist thought he knew a lot about cancer. Then he got it.

This top cancer scientist thought he knew a lot about cancer. Then he got it.

This top cancer scientist thought he knew a lot about cancer. Then he got it.

Aired 2 years ago

School gate racism, education reclaimed, and family found

School gate racism, education reclaimed, and family found

School gate racism, education reclaimed, and family found

Aired 2 years ago

How to be Two Ways strong: Dreamtime science and finding yourself

How to be Two Ways strong: Dreamtime science and finding yourself

How to be Two Ways strong: Dreamtime science and finding yourself

Aired 2 years ago

The carnivorous woman  a saga from Charles Darwin to Wheatbelt Western Australia

The carnivorous woman a saga from Charles Darwin to Wheatbelt Western Australia

The carnivorous woman a saga from Charles Darwin to Wheatbelt Western Australia

Aired 2 years ago

A wild and whimsical world of flesh-eating plants

A wild and whimsical world of flesh-eating plants

A wild and whimsical world of flesh-eating plants

Aired 3 years ago

Two thousand flamingos & a war-torn island: controversy over Australian mine proposal

Two thousand flamingos & a war-torn island: controversy over Australian mine proposal

Two thousand flamingos & a war-torn island: controversy over Australian mine proposal

Aired 3 years ago

Phallacy! Life lessons from the animal penis

Phallacy! Life lessons from the animal penis

Phallacy! Life lessons from the animal penis

Aired 3 years ago

Machines as kin or the new colonisers? Indigenous tech revolutionaries rethinking A.I

Machines as kin or the new colonisers? Indigenous tech revolutionaries rethinking A.I

Machines as kin or the new colonisers? Indigenous tech revolutionaries rethinking A.I

Aired 3 years ago