Reproduction - A comedy science quiz

The best things about plastic, it’s durability and usefulness, are also the worst things, which makes plastic the perfect material for manufacturing double edged swords. Comedians Claire Hooper, Kirsty Webeck and science journalist Jacinta Bowler help us smother the ocean of igno ...  Show more

How can you stop time? What machine can’t move and only works half the time? Where on earth does time travel the slowest? Find out the answers in the 25 so-called ‘minutes’ of this mind-bending episode of the best science comedy podcast of all time  Featuring Shaun Micallef, Clai ...  Show more

Manu Prakash is the co-inventor of the Foldscope, a low-cost microscope aimed at making scientific tools more accessible. We chat with him about why he wants to change how we think about science, and what it'll take to make science something everyone is able to enjoy. (Encore epi ...  Show more

This week for our science news roundup, superstar host of All Things Considered Ari Shapiro joins Short Wave hosts Emily Kwong and Regina G. Barber to discuss the joy and wonder found in all types of structures. The big. The small. The delicious. We ask if diapers can be repurpos ...  Show more

Former cosmologist Dara O'Briain and Dr Alice Roberts join physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince for a witty, irreverant and unashamedly rational look at the world according to science. They'll be asking why so many comedians seem to start life as scientists, and begin thei ...  Show more

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Think about it for a second, plastic is everywhere. What plastic things are around you right now? What plastic things do you use everyday? This week, Melissa and Jam dive right into the proverbial (and sort of literal) ball pit. What even is plasti ...