Science On Top

A weekly podcast discussion about the latest science news. Got a news story or something you want us to talk about? Let us know at

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[Dr Darren Saunders @whereisdaz]

If you’re a scientist doing any form of public communication, outreach, myth-busting, fact-checking… this is really important

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There's good news and bad re developing a coronavirus vaccine.

Clinical "trials determine if a vaccine is safe, what its dosages should be, how effective it is, and what its side effects are. In the US, 90% of drugs fail to make it past these trials."

https://t.co/xZOcSri8W2

[CSIRO @CSIRO]

⁣Keep calm and.. take a nap?⠀
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Researchers have found echidnas deal with bushfires by nestling themselves into the soil & entering a sleep-like state until the fire dies out. 😴

This echidna appears to have melted spines as a result of fire.
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📷: @echidna_csi ⠀

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SoT 347: Carbonite - Humans in suspended animation, oxygen on Mars, water on Europa, alien gases, and snakes with legs! https://t.co/0JBFKbMZos

[ScienceAlert @ScienceAlert]

WOW! Would you check out the state of preservation on this crab fossil! 🦀 It lived in the Eocene, between 56 to 33.9 million years ago. It was found at the Monte Bolga lagerstätte, a site of fossils so incredible that even the organs are sometimes preserved!
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​📷: @calacademy

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Hi Mark! I saw that one and thought of another Zebra stripes confusing flies story we covered on a past episode. Wacky! - Lucas

[Mark Skillington @Skillo214]

@scienceontop If the shoo fits: cows painted with zebra stripes keep flies in line

https://t.co/SxrL1Dh0uV

[Mark Skillington @Skillo214]

@scienceontop If the shoo fits: cows painted with zebra stripes keep flies in line

https://t.co/SxrL1Dh0uV

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@Skillo214 The Ig Nobel episode is finally up! Hope you enjoy it! https://t.co/5LOUsI9pqF

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The #IgNobel Prizes honour achievements that first make us laugh, then make us think. We take a look at this year’s winners: from the benefits of pizza to the temperature of French postal packages! https://t.co/5LOUsI9pqF

[Katie Mack @AstroKatie]

Right now, in the center of the Sun, there's a nuclear reaction converting hydrogen to helium, producing neutrinos, photons, & positrons. A neutrino from this reaction will pass through you just over eight minutes from now. The photons won't arrive for at least 100,000 years.

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@Skillo214 Haha always one of our most fun episodes each year! Good luck waiting and avoiding spoilers though, we've an ep about to come out tomorrow (ish), recording another on Monday and THEN we'll do the Igs. So 2 weeks at least I'm afraid! -Ed

[The Conversation @ConversationUK]

Spiders are threatened by climate change – and even the biggest arachnophobes should be worried.
@SS_Henriques https://t.co/tEwMBrDVx1

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SoT 329: Not The Father Of Lies - The ancient historian that got it right, possible very early humans in Australia, and can some people detect magnetic fields? https://t.co/Ry14Xa3Q1p

[AB$ @Volk613]

@ScienceOnTop new meaning for Brownout? Ep327

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@Vernatia

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Episode 324 was originally published with an audio glitch that saw the bloopers show stacked over the top, which would have been very annoying. That's been fixed now - thanks to @BellaFeMedia for pointing it out!

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SoT 324: Kinetic Penetrator - Japan's asteroid sample return mission has a big success, tracking smuggled echidnas, Mars One file bankruptcy and a potential universal flu vaccine. https://t.co/3FIigh0EEO

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@BellaFeMedia @Mozziebites @Stitcher Oh man! Thanks Ken - once again I've managed to upload the wrong track for someone. This is why I shouldn't work on the podcast right before bed! It should be all fixed now. Thanks for the heads up! - Ed.

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SoT 323: Very Small Frogs - @Mozziebites joins us to talk insects, especially mosquitoes, sleeping when sick and gut bacteria that affects depression. https://t.co/Qu3Cedxo8T

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@cafuego hahaha! Sorry limit one per customer 😋