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We're told white keeps you cool and black soaks up the heat — but where does purple fit in? Imma Perfetto joins David Boldeman to unpack the surprising physics of colour and heat after a new purple fabric was found to...

New research shows that making sexual health services pleasure-inclusive for young people returns $23 for every $1 spent. Across 99 countries, that's 30.7 million more people protected, 4.3 million unintended...

The last Tasmanian tiger died 90 years ago. Could de-extinction science bring it back? Professor Andrew Pask explains how. September 7, 1936, was the last confirmed sighting of a thylacine (Tasmanian tiger). It was...

Why does mint make your mouth feel like it's full of ice even though it doesn't change the temperature in your mouth? In this episode, host David Boldeman sits down with science journalist Ellen Phiddian to unpack the...

Knowledge built over time, skills practiced and risks taken help prepare us for the challenges of life. Resilience, therefore, is not something that emerges when things go wrong but takes a lifetime to develop according...

Professor Volker Hessel is working on one of the biggest challenge in future space exploration, how do we support human life beyond Earth. Volker is a chief investigator at the ARC Center of Excellence in Plants for...

Explore Australia’s hidden world of native bees with Dr Kit Prendergast and Clancy Lester . Kit is a native bee scientist, ecologist and passionate advocate for Australia’s bee diversity. Clancy is a science...

Microplastics are everywhere – in water , food, air and even our bodies. But are microplastics as scary as some news headlines would have us believe? In this episode of the It Stars With… podcast, David Bolderman chats...

Science journalist and author Smriti Daniel explains what actually separates a robot from a smart toaster and why the most useful robots don't look human at all. Smriti also discussed with host David Boldeman how robots...

Pollination is not just the realm of bees. There’s a whole host of birds and insects, from flies and beetles to moths and even mosquitoes, which move between and feed on flowers while helping plants proliferate. In this...

<p>Pollination is not just the realm of bees. There’s a whole host of birds and insects, from flies and beetles to moths and even mosquitoes, which move between and feed on flowers while helping plants...

There’s a vast reef system rivalling the Great Barrier Reef in size and diversity which you probably haven’t heard of. Its name is the Great Southern Reef and it wraps around most of the southern part of Australia...

<p>There’s a vast reef system rivalling the Great Barrier Reef in size and diversity which you probably haven’t heard of. Its name is the Great Southern Reef and it wraps around most of the southern part of...

Alcohol has been socially lubricating, intoxicating and relaxing humans for thousands of years. But the chemistry behind alcohol and the biological effects it has on the human body are still being understood. Join David...

<p>Alcohol has been socially lubricating, intoxicating and relaxing humans for thousands of years. But the chemistry behind alcohol and the biological effects it has on the human body are still being...