The Cosmos Podcast
Investigating the key intersection of science and the community – the stuff that actually matters to us – and cutting through the half-truths and inaccurate science that floods the digital domain. Find the science of everything at cosmosmagazine.com
Episodes
295 episodes
Saving the White Seahorse
Our Ultramarine series continues with Patrick Noble from Sea Life Australia and the Sydney Aquarium. Patrick discusses his involvement with saving the white seahorse, also known as the Sydney seahorse.
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23:13
How to keep Sydney Harbour clean
In this Ultramarine podcast, we dive into the crucial issue of ocean pollution and explore real-world solutions.Let’s Science It Out hosts David Boldeman and Steven Boldeman are joined by Tom Batrouney and Ashley Hayes, two pass...
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Friends of the Red Handfish: a dive into the archive
When your neighbour is struggling, the community rallies around them – even if that neighbour is a fish. Keely Jobe’s small Tasmanian town shares its shores with the endangered red handfish. By telling the story of her involvement in local c...
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Archaeology by ancestor
The village of Pang Pang is like many in Vanuatu. A dozen or so traditional houses, covered in native natangura palm leaves lay nestled between tall coconut palms and mango trees. Led for the first time by Indigenous archaeologists, a dig te...
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15:34
Birds Without Borders: A dive into the archive
Compact and easily overlooked, bar-tailed godwits make the longest known nonstop flight of any animal on Earth. Drew Rooke reports on the research that led to the amazing feat’s discovery – and that is changing much of our understanding of the ...
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Turtle Dreaming: A dive into the magazine archive
In a remote archipelago off Australia’s Top End, scientists and Indigenous rangers are collaborating to gather knowledge about the region’s large marine animals, which are thought to be in decline. Story and photography by DAVID HANCOCK, nar...
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Can the nautilus survive the age of humans?
In the September 2022 Cosmos print magazine, Kate Evans looked at how the nautilus’s lineage made it through all five of Earth’s previous mass extinctions and asked can it survi...
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26:02
Discover Antarctica
Ian Connellan and Gail McCallum talk to Jason Flesher, the Director of Discovery Operations for Scenic, about his experiences in Antarctica.
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9:52
Cosmos Country – Transitioning agriculture to net zero emissions
Australia’s farmers and agricultural industries are at the front line when it comes to dealing with the impacts of climate change. Agriculture also contributes 14% of the country’s emissions.The recently established Zero Net Emissions Ag...
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Science Detectives: Why do animals come in different colours and patterns?
The Science Detectives are on another case. This week, Olivia Henry wants to know why animals come in so many different colours and patterns. The detectives talk to Devi Stuart-Fox, a professor of evolution and ecology at the Univer...
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12:33
Cosmos Country - A deep dive into our oceans
Regional communities looking for ways to diversify income and employment under climate change often turn to tourism. Recently, the Australian Tourism Commission
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25:00
Science Detectives: South Pole rain
It doesn’t rain at the South Pole. Why not? Will global warming change that?This question from a Cosmos reader was a task for The Science Detectives.Cosmos journalism intern Tyler Fisher was asked to investigate, to...
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Science Detectives: Does the sun always rise in the east?
We learn in school that the Sun rises in the east and sets in the west. But we also know the Sun doesn’t stay in the same part of the sky the whole year round – it’s higher at some points and lower at others. So what’s going on?What abou...
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13:54
Cosmos Country: Reefs
Series one ep: 14When coral reefs disappear more is lost than animals and evonomic benefits. Dr Tommy Fellowes at the USyd’s
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Cosmos Country - Quolls
Cosmos Science regional reporters Jamie Seidel and Glenn Morrison find out how quolls were transported across the country to help re-wild an arid reserve in outback WA.
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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28:57
Science Detectives: Whale teeth
At the beginning of 2023, scientists made a surprise finding.The pygmy right whale, which is the smallest of the baleen whales, ...
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17:49
Podcast Next Gen: How important are marine microbes?
If marine microbes are Earth's unsung heroes, year 12 student Emelia is singing their praises. They produce 50% of our oxygen, are a crucial part of the food pyramid and they can even help us understand the ancient world. <...
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Season 2023
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