SPECIAL EDITION - Interview with David Baker 2024 Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry
Syma and Tim are joined by Nobel Laureate David Baker, one of the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on computational protein design. This follows the interview with Tim Jenkin...
13 Apr 202512min
De-mything the hype around de-extinction
Colassal says it has de-extincted an animal. Is this a dire wolf or a dire mistake? Join Tim and Syma on this short bonus edition!
10 Apr 20258min
Snake venom 'milkers' beware the proteins and not the snake!
Proteins are the workhorses of life, with thousands overseeing and getting involved in reactions within our cells. Biologists have long dreamed of being able to make designer proteins to do specific t...
10 Apr 202541min
How did dogs become our best friend?
Dogs are people’s best friend, but how did that happen? Did we tame them or did they train us, or is it a bit of both? Join us as we discuss domestication with Greger Larson and Lachlan Scarsbrook
2 Apr 202539min
Not all birds are the same
Not all Birds are the same. In analyses of thousands of hours of bird song our guests, Nilo Merino Recalde and Ben Sheldon found predictable variation in the calls of great tits. Showcasing the power ...
26 Mar 202539min
OSIRIS-REx 'Touch and go' and the emergence of life elsewhere in the cosmos!
OSIRIS-REx is a space craft that visited the asteroid Bennu, returning samples to Earth in late 2023. The first exciting results from the analyses of these samples are just being published. In the fir...
18 Mar 20251h 12min
Unravelling the secrets of our genes.
Tim and Syma’s guests are Gordon Sanghera and Lakmal Jayasinghe of Oxford Nanopore Technologies. They discuss how their elegant technology is transforming the ease with which we can now learn what inf...
11 Mar 202548min
Smart Male Fish Get The Girls!
Later in this episode, Tim flies solo in the wake of Syma's imminent departure for duties on the west coast of the US!Tim's guests are Ivan Vinogradov and Michael Jennions, both of the Australian Nati...
5 Mar 202530min
