The Cosmos Podcast

The Cosmos Podcast

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The Cosmos Podcast episodes

  • Science Daily: Insect exoskeletons inspire better building materials

    Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and biology graduate specialising in the human microbiome, Matilda Handsley-Davis, is talking about insect-inspired building materials with your host, Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician and fluid mechanist who thinks nature is way better than us at a whole bunch of things.

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    9 min
  • Science Daily: The chilly origins of Australia’s egg-laying mammals

    Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and reformed archaeologist, Amalyah Hart, is unpacking mysterious monotremes with your host, applied mathematician, fluid mechanist, and non-egg-laying mammal, Dr Sophie Calabretto.

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    8 min
  • Long term conservation

    Today, Cosmos science journalist Amalyah Hart is talking to Professor David Lindemayer, an ecologist and conservation biologist at the Australian National University. A lot of David's research focuses on tree dwelling marsupials, birds and other creatures and how their populations are faring in the forests and woodlands of south-eastern Australia. But he wears many hats and specialises in large-scale long-term projects that monitor the conservation of species in our forests, plantations, national parks and farmlands. 

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    20 min
  • Science Daily: What’s behind dog facial expressions?

    Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and science graduate specialising in genetics, immunology and citizen science, Imma Perfetto, is tell us all about dog facial expressions. And your host is Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician, fluid mechanist and puppy lover.

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    10 min
  • Science Daily: Climate, where are we now?

    Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and reformed archaeologist, Amalyah Hart, is unpacking the IPCC’s sixth assessment with your host, applied mathematician and fluid mechanist who is VERY concerned about climate change, Dr Sophie Calabretto.

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    8 min
  • Science Daily: Favourite smells - nature or nurture?

    Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and biology graduate specialising in the human microbiome, Matilda Handsley-Davis, is talking about smell preferences with your host, Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician, fluid mechanist, and hater of that sour, musty smell of a not-properly-dried towel.

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    15 min
  • Science Daily: Doubling the lifespan of batteries

    Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and chemistry whiz, Ellen Phiddian, is talking to us about longer lasting lithium-ion batteries, with your host, Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician, fluid mechanist and human battery, according to The Matrix.

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    7 min
  • Science Daily: Love hormones for lions

    Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and science graduate specialising in genetics, immunology and citizen science, Imma Perfetto, is telling us all about lion oxytocin. And your host is Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician, fluid mechanist and connoisseur of Lion Kings.

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    11 min
  • Is eating insects the way to a sustainable future?

    Have you ever eaten a cricket? How about a mealworm or an ant? Did you even know that these insects are available to buy as food products in Australia? Some experts think that increasing consumption of insect protein could be pretty good for our health and for the planet. Today, Cosmos science journalist Matilda Handsley-Davis talks to Sky Blackburn, an entomologist and food scientist based in Sydney. Sky is bringing these skills together to try to get edible insects into the Australian mainstream. 

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    13 min
  • Science Daily: Fighting crazy ants with fungus

    Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and biology graduate specialising in the human microbiome, Matilda Handsley-Davis, is talking about using fungus to fight crazy ants with your host, Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician and fluid mechanist who accidentally knows what ants taste like. 

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    15 min

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