Jack, Sarah and Tom find out how and why the owner of Jim’s Many Business Franchises wants to change the world with a crazy scheme, how bacteria can live in arsenic-rich gold mines, and discuss the complex issue of abortion. Jargonauts harks back to high school chemistry class with redox reactions, and Question of the Week looks at the limitations of science: is there anything it can’t answer?
Sarah once again joins Tom and Jack, this time to discuss why tickling rats is good for them, why the US Congress wants to destroy science, and why a vaccine against heroin might be possible. Jargonauts redefines the ice-cream headache, and we peer into the dark heart of terror… scientific terror, that is.
Jack and Tom are joined by science communicator extraordinare Upulie Divisekera to discuss her successful Twitter project @realscientists, why glowing trees won’t replace streetlamps, and why a treatment for autism might be around the corner. Jargonauts looks at “epigenetics”, and we think about whether or not we’d go on a “suicide” mission to Mars, with some help from your opinions.
Tom and Jack discuss flies sleeping like humans, the crazy ambitions of the Mars One project to have people on Mars by 2023, and the weird sex that animals have. Jargonauts takes a look at comas, and we discuss last week’s Question of the Week on gender identity (and sexuality, of course).
Tom and Jack find out why you might soon be able to grow new organs in a vat, what the deal is with pseudoenzymes, and look at the relationship between science and religion. Jargonauts is all about insects this week, and we look at your thoughts on the societal implications of contact with an intelligent alien race.
Jack, Tom and returning guest Claire Shepard muse on a potentially-psychic girl in India, some terrible online science journalism, why wisdom teeth don’t make intelligent design unlikely, and weird diets. Jargonauts looks at “detoxification” (and why it doesn’t mean what alternative medical proponents think it means), and we discuss what futuristic technology we’d love to see around in the present day, with your help.
Tom, Rachael and Sarah discuss why vaccines really, really, really don’t cause autism, how the Australian carbon tax is affecting hospitals, and how a duck fathered a chicken. Jargonauts looks at the loaded term “nuclear”, and we reflect on the concept of an “atheist movement”, with some help from you guys.
Jack, Sarah and Tom step into their fancy new studio at SYN to talk about smug atheists, malnutrition and the health effects of eating too much sugar. Jargonauts defines “isomer”, and we take a look at yours and our skeptical superstitions.
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