The Cosmos Podcast

The Cosmos Podcast

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The Cosmos Podcast episodes

  • Science Daily: Finally a male contraceptive?

    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 contraception for male mice with your host, applied mathematician, fluid mechanist and human woman who thinks it’s crazy that, in this day and age, women are still primarily responsible for prevention of pregnancy, Dr Sophie Calabretto.

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    10 min
  • Science Daily: Using rocks to understand ocean currents

    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 using rocks to understand ocean currents, with your host, Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician, and fluid mechanist who does not necessarily specialise in ocean currents.

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    10 min
  • Science Daily: Rebuilding after the floods

    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 rebuilding for flood resilience with your host, Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician and fluid mechanist, who does not approve of the fluid in a flood.

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    15 min
  • Science Daily: How hackable are driverless cars?

    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 about hacking driverless cars. Your host is Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician, fluid mechanist and keen pedestrian.

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    11 min
  • Biocapacity and the ecological footprint

    Today, Cosmos journalist Ellen Phiddian talks to Dr Mathis Wackernagel, the founder and president of the Global Footprint Network. He co-developed the concept of the ecological footprint in the late 90s and has been a prominent advocate for sustainability for over two decades. He particularly works around Earth Overshoot Day, the day each year when the earth exceeds a year's worth of resources (in 2021, this was July 29).

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    43 min
  • Science Daily: Giant steps are what you take, walking on the moon

    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 scientific kind of moonwalking with your host, applied mathematician and mainly terrestrial being, Dr Sophie Calabretto.

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    11 min
  • Science Daily: Unpacking whale baleen isotopes!

    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 unpacking whale baleen isotopes with your host, Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician and fluid mechanist who knows what the words whale, baleen and isotope, mean independently but not as a sentence like that.

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    15 min
  • Science Daily: How bug-wings can help us keep food fresher

    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 how nanotechnology and bug-wings can help us keep food fresher, with your host, Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician, fluid mechanist and avid eater of fresh food.

    Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website 

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    16 min
  • Science Daily: Solving solar panels’ dirty little secret

    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 about a cool new way we have to clean solar panels. And your host is Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician, fluid mechanist and alternative energy lover.

    Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website 

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    15 min
  • Science Daily: De-extincting the Tasmania Tiger

    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 thylacines with your host and thylacine fan, Dr Sophie Calabretto.

    Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website 

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    13 min

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