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45:28

This week’s guest makes a splash

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2025/09/14

Want to be dam well-informed about floods and dams? How do we protect our homes and communities from disastrous floods? Why do insurance companies seem to know more about whether... LEARN MORE The post This week’s guest makes a splash appeared first on Science Queeries.

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46:34

Entanglement in conversation

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2025/09/09

Is all that talk of “quantum” in the movies legit? Dr Cat asks Professor Nick Menicucci about what quantum is, how close we are to getting quantum tech in our... LEARN MORE The post Entanglement in conversation appeared first on Science Queeries.

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45:39

Take me to a Fungi Town

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2025/09/01

No detail is spored in this episode with a really fun-gal. When we think of infectious diseases, we often think of bacterial infections like pneumonia and tuberculosis, or viral ones... LEARN MORE The post Take me to a Fungi Town appeared first on Science Queeries.

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44:36

An unbeetleble episode

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2025/08/22

Bugs are more than just “creepy-crawlies” – they can be quite beetleful. Dr Cat chats to bugging entomologist Charlie Disher. What niche pockets of beetle species exist in the sky... LEARN MORE The post An unbeetleble episode appeared first on Science Queeries.

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47:05

National Science Week

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2025/08/13

Happy National Science Week! We’re celebrating the wild, weird, and wonderful side of Australian wildlife this Science Week with a national vote for Australia’s Most Underrated Native Animal. Dr Cat... LEARN MORE The post National Science Week appeared first on Science Queeries.

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24:38

The Fruth of the matter

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2025/08/13

This Science Queeries episode goes deep – over a kilometre down below an old gold mine in an underground physics laboratory. Dr Cat chats to Dr Theresa Fruth, an astroparticle... LEARN MORE The post The Fruth of the matter appeared first on Science Queeries.

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47:17

Bile means

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2025/08/04

Celebrating World Hepatitis Day, we have an un-bile-liver-ably great episode of Science Queeries in store for you. The 2025 theme was “Hepatitis: Let’s Break It Down” – and that’s what... LEARN MORE The post Bile means appeared first on Science Queeries.

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43:44

Pterrific Flyers and Dino Diners

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2025/07/28

Pterosaurs once ruled the skies with flap-tastic flair. Palaeontologist Adele Pentland takes us into raptors (read: raptures), digging up the world of Australian pterosaurs. She and Dr Cat also discuss... LEARN MORE The post Pterrific Flyers and Dino Diners appeared first on Science Queeries.

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44:09

Nature Bi Design

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2025/07/21

We’re talking about the animal “queendom”, because same-sex sexual behaviour is quite common among animals – in at least 1,500 species. For a crossover episode with Big Bi+ Questions, Dr... LEARN MORE The post Nature Bi Design appeared first on Science Queeries.

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47:46

A Big Birthday Bash

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2025/07/16

Science Queeries is officially a toddler – it’s now one year old! The whole team congregates around the mics for this birthday episode: Dr Cat as your ever-present host, Clayton... LEARN MORE The post A Big Birthday Bash appeared first on Science Queeries.

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44:51

Dr Cat depresses the (down in the) dump(s) button

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2025/07/04

Science meets feels on this Science Queeries episode. From cortisol chaos to serotonin slumps, Dr Cat and Jesse Crowe (aka the Travelling Scientist) take you through the science of stress... LEARN MORE The post Dr Cat depresses the (down in the) dump(s) button appeared first on Science Queeries.

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44:13

A lot of hot air

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2025/06/27

Looking for a breath of fresh… science? Dr Rob Ryan, atmospheric chemist in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at The University of Melbourne, clears the air. He... LEARN MORE The post A lot of hot air appeared first on Science Queeries.

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40:08

You’ll be hooked on this episode

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2025/06/21

We’re casting a net to reel in some knowledge. Dr Cat dives deep into the tangled world of ghost nets with marine conservation ecologist, Jess Leck. She is the GhostNets... LEARN MORE The post You’ll be hooked on this episode appeared first on Science Queeries.

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44:07

A cracking good episode

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2025/06/13

Did you know that someone you know may have ceramics inside their body? Maybe it’s even you. Ceramics are used for so many things – including art and expression, medicine,... LEARN MORE The post A cracking good episode appeared first on Science Queeries.

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43:15

Somewhere over the rainbow there’s gay space

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2025/06/04

Space is soooo gay. Let’s go star gay-zing. Dr Cat and Zofia Witkowski-Blake, presenter at Melbourne Planetarium at Scienceworks, orbited queer cosmic stories, launched into what happens when humans are... LEARN MORE The post Somewhere over the rainbow there’s gay space appeared first on Science Queeries.

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39:58

Weave got this – we’re healing with silk

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2025/05/28

Dr Cat and Dilendra weave together the science of using silk from silkworms and spiders in medicine. Dilendra Wijesekara, a material scientist at Deakin University’s Institute of Frontier Materials, is... LEARN MORE The post Weave got this – we’re healing with silk appeared first on Science Queeries.

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44:22

Seals’ flipperin’ good hearing

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2025/05/25

This seals the deal: seals are incredible animals. They’re the only mammal that can hear both through air and under water. Pint of Science speaker/Palaeontologist Dr James Rule and Dr... LEARN MORE The post Seals’ flipperin’ good hearing appeared first on Science Queeries.

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40:21

Science, Sass and Song: The Radiothon Riff-Off

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2025/05/20

For a fabulously nerdy Radiothon special, Dr Cat goes full STEAM ahead with a science-packed extravaganza. She tests her history buff brother Sasha Kober’s knowledge of scientific discoveries and historical... LEARN MORE The post Science, Sass and Song: The Radiothon Riff-Off appeared first on Science Queeries.

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Can you dig it?

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2025/05/08

Wenjing Yu is an early-career researcher in archaeology at The University of Melbourne, where she studies fossil bones and teeth. Very much a world traveller, she studied geosciences in China,... LEARN MORE The post Can you dig it? appeared first on Science Queeries.

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A cell of a day

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2025/05/02

Dr Cat cell-abrates the World Day of Immunology with Dr Keit Loi, Lecturer in immunology at The University of Melbourne. Together, they’ll infect you with an appreciation of the randomness... LEARN MORE The post A cell of a day appeared first on Science Queeries.

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