In this episode of What’s Science, Amelia discusses scientific discoveries with science historian and lecturer in zoology, Matthew Cobb. The pair chat maggot noses, fictitious ah-ha moments and less than accurate depictions of scientists while trying to work out what exactly a scientific discovery is. Make sure to listen to our outro to get a That’s Science update from Episode 1.

For more on:

Matthew and Nathaniel’s Nature article: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01313-5

Matthew and Nathaniel’s Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/matthewcobb/status/1650877644529975296

Twitter thread showing the Royal Society programme: https://twitter.com/ThatsSciencePod/status/1667178396093231104?s=20

Progress in Science (a historical overview of different theories by Feller and Stern: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26378/

The nature of discovery: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4213439/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.