Best Stellar Labs Podcasts (2025)

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Lab Notes: Why one man let deadly snakes bite him 200 times 14:05

1d ago14:05

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Cobras, taipans, black mambas — Tim Friede's been intentionally bitten more than 200 times by some of the most venomous snakes on Earth. And he survived, mostly because years of self-injecting venom let him develop immunity to them. (Please do not try this yourself!) Now his blood's been used to make a broad-spectrum antivenom that researchers say …

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Happy 99th birthday to a Science Show friend 9:26

4d ago9:26

9:26

David Attenborough describes one of his favourite birds, Birds-of-paradise with their golden crests.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The amazing work of dung beetles 13:58

4d ago13:58

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Dung beetles were introduced to Australia to clean up after cattle. Rhiân Williams describes the lives and work of dung beetles in her book for younger readers, One Little Dung Beetle.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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A tour of Cockatoo Island – and its hotels for marine creatures 16:20

4d ago16:20

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Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour has a rich Indigenous history, the one-time industrial site is now a nature reserve and function centre.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Stellar explosions - where elements are formed 8:26

4d ago8:26

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Mansi Kasliwal studies the moments when stars merge and produce heavy elements. The light from the massive explosions reveals which elements are produced.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Lab Notes: Where's my needle-free vaccine? 14:01

8d ago14:01

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Hate getting needles? You're in good company — one in five people in Australia have needle fear.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The dangers of eating pumpkin with pigeon! 7:17

11d ago7:17

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Len Fisher has created a computer program to analyse strange beliefs in order to test them and find out where they come from.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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A visit to Kangaroo Island in South Australia 17:38

11d ago17:38

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Robyn meets resident Mark Bruce who describes the impact of the 2019 bushfires, and Rob Brookman who hopes to establish an art museum on the island.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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AI as a teacher’s aid 13:05

11d ago13:05

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AI can be tailored to an individual and the individual’s progress. It provides one on one assistance.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Sharks the great survivors now under threat 7:19

11d ago7:19

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Palaeontologist John Long takes us on a journey covering the unparalleled reign of sharks, describing their evolution at the top of the food chain in environments that changed little, and only slowly… until now.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Lab Notes: Why did NASA spend a billion bucks on Lucy? 13:00

15d ago13:00

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Somewhere out past Mars in the early hours of Easter Monday, a space probe called Lucy whizzed by an asteroid named Donaldjohanson. Lucy then sent back images showing Donaldjohanson is about five kilometres wide and shaped like a peanut. It's one of a handful of asteroids on Lucy's 12-year itinerary. So what does the billion-dollar mission hope to …

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Machines identify images and sounds 9:12

18d ago9:12

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Professor Pietro Perona describes his work on machine recognition of plants, animals and birdsong.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Palaeontology – revealing the past, helping predict the future 22:15

18d ago22:15

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Mike Archer explains how palaeontology helps us form a picture of the past, of what happened when, and so helps us see more clearly the path we are on and what is likely to happen.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Feeding coral and how spawning is coordinated 7:47

18d ago7:47

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While the outlook for coral is poor, feeding them vital nutrients might buy time on a warming planet.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Science in Australia’s federal election campaign 12:04

18d ago12:04

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Euan Ritchie says science is barely visible in campaigning for Australia’s federal election.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Lab Notes: Why sprinting sensation Gout Gout is so fast 12:49

22d ago12:49

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Gout Gout is fast becoming the face of Australian athletics, regularly clocking blisteringly quick times over 100- and 200-metre sprints. And he's only 17. Many think the best is yet to come. So what is it about Gout that makes him such an impressive sprinter at such a young age?By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Jared Diamond - CEOs respond to environmental challenge 6:30

25d ago6:30

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Jared Diamond responds to critics and tells of a CEO’s response to his children’s environmental concerns.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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A new massive fossil deposit – underground? 14:39

25d ago14:39

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Satellite imagery may be suggesting a new large underground fossil deposit in Queensland.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The history of money 19:07

25d ago19:07

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Tom Levenson shows how a nation’s dosh differs from coin that appears from other sources, and why you should care.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Insights into how immunity can vary within populations 8:53

25d ago8:53

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Cynthia Turnbull has tracked the ways in which immunity to disease can vary between people, even within a family and has revealed some of the basis for this variation.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Lab Notes: How to decommission a nuclear power plant 13:47

29d ago13:47

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We've been hearing a lot about a certain proposal to get nuclear power up and running in Australia, but little's been said about what happens when plants reach the end of their life. Decommissioning a single nuclear power plant can cost hundreds of millions of dollars and take decades. So what's involved, and why is the process so long and expensiv…

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#42: Connected Vehicles: How Stellar Brings Space Tech to the Automotive Industry (feat. Damien Garot, CEO & Co-Founder) 45:29

1M ago45:29

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Check out what GLOBBLE looks like here: https://www.stellar.tc/pages/globble The future of mobility isn’t just electric—it’s connected. And as autonomous and software-defined vehicles take over the roads, seamless connectivity will be as essential as the engines themselves. But how do you ensure perfect, uninterrupted internet for cars, trucks, and…

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The Microbe by Hilaire Belloc 1:30

1M ago1:30

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The Microbe by Hilaire Belloc is read by Sophie Newby.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Caring for soil brings great benefit to produce and human health 29:58

1M ago29:58

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Alexandra De Blas takes us from Tasmania’s Huon Valley to farms in Western Australia to explore what’s possible in a ‘grounded’ way of living with the land.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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How the Golden-fronted Bowerbird was rediscovered 7:27

1M ago7:27

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In the 1800s, it was hunted for its beautiful feathers and thought to be extinct. Jared Diamond describes how he rediscovered the Golden-fronted Bowerbird on a survey trip in the Foja Mountains of New Guinea.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Tracing the history of invisible dead stars 8:06

1M ago8:06

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David Sweeney is investigating how massive stars end their lives in fiery supernovas, leaving behind neutron stars and black holes.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Greed has failed us so how about compassion 7:27

1M ago7:27

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Len Fisher argues that compassion is a high value yet undervalued aspect of human interaction. It can foster trust and cooperation and lead us to solutions benefiting society.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Lab Notes: Should we be putting pig parts in people? 13:27

1M ago13:27

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Hearts, kidneys and now livers — over the past couple of years, surgeons have taken all these from gene-edited pigs and put them in people.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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California’s legacy to Albert Einstein 20:54

1M ago20:54

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The world’s greatest physicist was also passionate about human rights, education, and disarmament.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Better to mine the ocean floor than destroy the land? 15:06

1M ago15:06

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Jared Diamond says nodules of concentrated metals found on the ocean floor should be mined and replace terrestrial mining.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Changing climate – a review of progress and the challenge ahead 15:08

1M ago15:08

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Nick Rowley reviews how we are sitting on the road to net zero by 2050, what is possible given the politics, and what is necessary given the science.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Lab Notes: Why have Saturn's rings 'vanished'? 11:48

1M ago11:48

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As far as planets go, they don't get much more iconic than Saturn. A huge golden ball encircled by gigantic rings. But those distinctive rings — the very things that give Saturn its pizzazz — have seemingly disappeared. So what’s going on, and when will they be back?By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Water supply becoming a challenge in Samoa 10:39

2M ago10:39

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Shelby Traynor takes us to Samoa where unreliable rainfall and aging infrastructure mean the supply of fresh water cannot be guaranteed. She joins students from Samoa University testing water quality.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Lord Howe island cockroach hangs on 6:30

2M ago6:30

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It was thought to be extinct until a small population was found under one banyan tree.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Lord Howe Island – repairing a landscape under pressure 22:43

2M ago22:43

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Local people lead efforts to rid Lord Howe Island of invasive species.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Noisy fungi?! 9:59

2M ago9:59

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An art installation by Keg da Silva illustrates mycelial threads, the often hidden parts of fungi.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Lab Notes: The extreme conditions F1 drivers face in a race 13:33

2M ago13:33

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They might be the epitome of cool, but Formula 1 race car drivers can get hot — really hot. An F1 cockpit can heat up to 60 degrees Celsius, and this affects cognition — the last thing you want when you're fanging around a track at 300kph. This year, a new rule was introduced to give F1 drivers a bit of relief from that heat … which is just one of …

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Science succeeds where politics fails 4:13

2M ago4:13

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The American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Royal Society are uniting scientists from nations where political links have sometimes failed.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The Improbable Research Show - part 2 17:19

2M ago17:19

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More highlights from the Improbable Research Show held at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Boston.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award 2024 – Kate Evans 8:54

2M ago8:54

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Kate Evans of New Zealand Geographic won the Kavli Gold award in the magazine section for her piece on the red-billed gull, once considered a pest it has become a threatened species.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award 2024 – Sarah Gottlieb 6:28

2M ago6:28

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Sarah Gottlieb’s Gold Kavli award in the Children’s Science News section was for her coverage of the surprising ways primates use plants and insects for medicinal purposes in a piece aimed at younger readers published in Muse magazine.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Your genome is important, so too is your exposome! 10:08

2M ago10:08

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80% of diseases are impacted by environment or lifestyle described as your exposome. Thomas Hartung expects information from studying the exposome will bring benefits on par with those brought by studying the human genome.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Lab Notes: 1 in 3 women get this infection. To cure it, treat men 13:05

2M ago13:05

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For women who get bacterial vaginosis or BV, a common condition that can cause a fishy-smelling discharge, many will get it again (and again). Why some people were prone to recurrent BV was a mystery … until now. Australian researchers have shown that BV-related bugs can be sexually transmitted, and treating male partners significantly cuts recurre…

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Why the big cuts in US science and research? 13:43

2M ago13:43

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Neal Baer speaks about the intense hostility from Washington DC to certain research and gender related therapy. His answers are startling.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The Improbable Research Show - part 1 8:23

2M ago8:23

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Highlights from the Improbable Research Show held at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Boston.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The Island of Dr. Moreau 9:50

2M ago9:50

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It is a book, a film and now a play, complete with blood packs.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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High alert as deep cuts expected for US scientific research 11:02

2M ago11:02

11:02

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore receives $3.2 billion in grant money. Its fellowship programs and research are under threat.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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A photo of a black hole? 10:05

2M ago10:05

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Professor Lia Medeiros from the Event Horizon Telescope Team who took the pictures in 2019 describes the team’s reaction and the response from around the world as the stunning image, the first of a black hole was revealed.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Lab Notes: How Ozempic stops food cravings

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A weekly injection that stops that hankering for hot chips and donuts? Many people on Ozempic and similar medications report this phenomenon, saying they no longer have incessant thoughts about sweets and fried food. So how do these drugs, known as GLP-1 agonists, work in the brain to dial down "food noise" and help people lose weight?…