This week, Chris breaks down the latest experimental results from the Large Hadron Collider, which confirmed an asymmetry between matter and antimatter, but not enough to explain the imbalance seen in the universe; and Linden explains the power of clouds, and new research showing that how they respond to climate change can make it worse.  LHCb Collaboration. Observation of charge–parity symmetry breaking in baryon decays. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09119-3  Tselioudis, G., Remillard, J., Jakob, C., & Rossow, W. B. (2025). Contraction of the world's storm-cloud zones the primary contributor to the 21st century increase in the Earth's sunlight absorption. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2025GL114882. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL114882

Claire talks to Dr. Jess Marsh abotu eyeless invertebrates under the Nullarbor, and Chris looks into the dark sky for a new interstellar visitor to our solar system

This week to celebrate International Year of Quantum, Claire gets all her most basic quantum questions answered by Chris - what is Quantum, why should we be celebrating, and when will quantum technology teleport pizza to my door? Also on the show we head back into the archives and a story from Claire on new research using gut bacteria to switch blood A and B blood types to 'universal'.

Linden talks about a recent study into the effect of generative AI use on cognitive function and Stu talks to Kim Dyball, Executive Manager of the Young Indigenous Womens' STEM Academy and how a Churchill fellowship is going to help improve outcomes for young indigenous women in STEM in Australia

This week, Claire reveals new research that discovered 20 unknown viruses in the kidneys of bats in China; and Stu digs into recent studies of how weight-loss drugs like Ozempic work in the brain, and what this tells us about how our appetites function.

This week on Lost in Science: Did you know the Andromeda galaxy is heading straight for us? Chris unpacks new research that pushes the expected Milky Way-Andromeda collision a few billion years further into the future. Meanwhile, Stu investigates cannonball fungi—tiny but mighty organisms that launch their spores over six metres! Find out how these fungal sharpshooters can stain your house and frustrate gardeners everywhere.

This week, Claire shares the great news that the critically endangered Leadbeater's possum, which is Victoria's faunal emblem, has been found living in NSW; and Chris explains the risks of sleep apnoea, and how the social media trend of mouth taping probably doesn't help.

This week on Lost in Science, Stu plunges into the cold truth about ice baths and athletic performance, while Claire revisits an interview with cave-diving palaeontologist Meg Walker, who searches underwater caves for fossils of Australia’s extinct megafauna – including giant wombats, marsupial lions and one-toed kangaroos.

Linden talks to radio astronomer Natasha Hurley-Walker about all things radio telescopy, and Stu brings a story about a new potential species that may not actually be alive.

This week, Linden talks to researcher Michael Wheeler about the dangers of too much sitting, whether it really is the new smoking, and how to aim for more exercise; and Chris updates us on the search for a ninth planet in our Solar System (not counting) Pluto, why some astrophysicists believe it exists, and a dot seen in old telescope data that may be the missing planet.