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End of year wrap up

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Christmas science, plants, animals and questions

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Mitochondrial DNA surprises, Planet Sounds and the tip of the tongue

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CRISPR babies and crater queries

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Bugs in Space, Mysteries of the deep and brains in jars

406

Krill, kilograms and wombat poos

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Invader week! Bugs in our brains, drugs in our waterways, and objects from interstellar space

408

Diet fads and animal fashions

409

Carbon sequestration and Elephant Music

410

Lost in Science-Fiction! Soylent Green, Jurassic Park & 2001: Space Odyssey

411

Flying after migratory birds, an unsung female astronomer, and another final paper from Stephen Hawking

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Donna Strickland wins Nobel Prize for Physics; Environmental Film Festival; Greenhouse gas emissions missing targets

413

Komodo Dragons and closer look at Glyphosate research

414

Great women of science, and tuskless elephants

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Do probiotics work? The 2018 Ignobel Prizes

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Why don't poisonous animals poison themselves? Also bats, naked mole rats, and more!

417

Eureka Prizes for science, science of spaghetti breaking and rosehip neurons

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What does the brain stem do, and when is National Threatened Species Day?

419

Understanding AI, lazy hominins and ancient cheese

420

TRIPLE CREATURE FEATURE; Magnet hating sharks, psychedelic cicadas and arctic wolfspiders

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Lost in Science Week!

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Water plinking physics, space grease and commuting bacteria

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How do wetlands sequester carbon? And is green space in cities good for people?

424

How will climate change affect the planet? Why haven't we gone back to the moon? What does the new exoplanet tell us?

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Thalidomide, Koko the gorilla, and new (old) giant dinosaur

426

3 parent babies, micromorts, and alternative to dark matter

427

Saline, Bogong Moths and the Stanford Prison Experiment revisited

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Science around the campfire, and organics on Mars

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Supernovae, wild horses vs the environment and marshmallows revisited.

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Placebos, volcanoes, and Stephen Hawking's last paper

431

Combating climate change at the grassroots & Yanny vs Laurel

432

Antibiotic resistant epidemics, and international travel footprints flying high

433

Arty, farty, sluggy science

434

Hoppy yeast with CRISPR and how big is the universe?

435

New megapest insect, Fruit fly sex, and is chocolate really good for you?

436

Flesh eating bacteria update, not-so-rare earth metals, PFAS in the water

437

Medicinal plants from the Israeli desert and chill factors in trees

438

Space stations, Wallaby invaders and new human organ?

439

Eucalypts and bushfires; superfluid liquid helium

440

Funny bees, Indigenous migration & twin astronauts

441

Stephen Hawking, ALS and Nerve Gas

442

Biophysicist of the Year, Bilby poo-sniffing skills, Moon donut

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International Women's Day Special

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Diet vs climate, and Australia's Carpageddon

445

Triple Creature Feature! Eels, termites and monotremes

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Talking orca, proto-butterflies, ice on Mars

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Australian of the Year; do women flow with full moon; and cloning monkeys

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Lost in Science - Summer series 5 from Laborastory

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Lost in Science - Summer Series 4 from Laborastory

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Lost in Science - Summer Series 3 from Laborastory

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Lost in Science - Summer Series 2 from Laborastory

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Lost in Science - Summer Series 1 from Laborastory

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End of year wrap

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A Science Carol: Past trespasses, Christmas Presence, and the future of Christmas in Space!

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Yetis, Aphantasia and remembering well

456

Sparkly, filthy, magical science

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Comic book science comes to life; Amazing Elephant Intelligence, and Shazam for frogs

458

Clever Keas, tick-borne meat allergies, cooling tinnies with lasers, and whistling pigeons

459

Pyramids, new orangutan and air-filtering house plants

460

Dinosaur Stripes and whale fossils

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Neutron stars colliding and preserved prehistoric blood

462

Lost in Science Fiction Halloween special 2017

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Flesh-eating bacteria and sustainable scallops

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Cordelia Fine Testosterone Rex: Neurology, psychology & gender; Human body pH balance

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Australia in space, and climate change driving owl evolution

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Climate changing Coffee; IgNobel Prizes 2017; Fire affecting native animal habitat

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Training astronauts, microgravity physics and runaway inflammation

468

Ancient algae blooms brought on animals, Eureka prize wrap up

469

A cure for hiccups and how the heck do magnets work?

470

Bone marrow donation and flesh-eating amphipods

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Women in museum collections, Ancestry DNA kits and undiscovered elements

472

Cassini's last hurrah, determination of sex, and beyond the eye.

473

Kilogram changes, slug glue and eligibility for women's sport

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Bees are alright, Pooping phosphorus and National Science Week

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More Bird Brains, You're the Voice, and Chronic Fatigue research

476

Drummer cockatoos and proving Flat-Earthers wrong

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Planets Lost in Space, Snails and PTSD, Human origins earlier than previously known

478

Wonders from the ocean abyss, and mental health of farmers

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Dustology, Price equation, Galileo goes quantum

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Testing proof, Mega Brush Turkeys and Peanut allergy advice reversal

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Quantum weirdness, hyperloop technology, and allergy cures

482

This show is brought to you by "S"; Scinema, salt wars and simian senses

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Are some people immune to hangovers? Does salt really make us thirsty? Charlie Marshall on science music.

484

Disappearing insects, social media psychology, and sushi sickness

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Microwaves, destructive dogs and climate changing species distribution

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Cycling for Health, What are Parabens? The Impact of roads

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A Pint of Science, a March for Science, and Boltzmann brains

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Naked mole rats, artificial sweeteners & negative mass

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The science of Marathon running, Toxoplasmosis, and the psychology of rumours

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FNQ's Thylacine, Siri's secrets and Manisha's bats

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The hunt for Australia's climate past, dino tracks and billion year old algae

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Wolf packs, Parasites Lost and the March for Science

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Orangutan flange, mini mammals and brain facts

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Food v cancer, new ancient humans, and kale, so much kale

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Velvet Worms, Dragon's blood and Molasses flood

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Earthquakes, case for a new continent & evaluating your achievements

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Black holes, tasty tomatoes and visualisation

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Bushfire risk, frog spit, and avoiding decision fatigue

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China's water pollution, chocolate pollinators and kicking new year goals part 2

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Venom, conspiracies and resolutions