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Interronauts

Interronauts is our podcast that puts a rose-tinted magnifying glass to science news from around the world, Australia, and inside our organisation. Hosted by Jesse Hawley and a rotating cast from our ... Read more

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Episode 23: Cat food vs. big-headed ants, autonomous cave bots, Elizabeth and Fast Radio Bursts, and bye bye for now

Episode 23: Cat food vs. big-headed ants, autonomous cave bots, Elizabeth and Fast Radio Bursts, and bye bye for now

This episode Jesse and Harry talk ants and tech: CSIRO's phenomenally successful eradication of African big-headed ants ... Read more

17 Nov 2018

29mins

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Episode 22: Purple Earth and plants' war for the rainbow, white rice; brown benefits, smells like Teen 13+, and an attack on titan

Episode 22: Purple Earth and plants' war for the rainbow, white rice; brown benefits, smells like Teen 13+, and an attack on titan

Jesse sets off on a solo venture through the overgrown and tangled world of science news this Interronauts, beginning at... Read more

26 Oct 2018

25mins

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Episode 21: Science of indecision, helping fish with hands, space booty, and a chat with Rich Pillans, giant sawfish conservationist

Episode 21: Science of indecision, helping fish with hands, space booty, and a chat with Rich Pillans, giant sawfish conservationist

Umm...ah...it's Interronauts...we think. Join Jesse and Sarah as they discuss the ideal number of choices to choose from... Read more

11 Oct 2018

55mins

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Episode 20: Teenage mutagenic-ingesting turtles (how I gave up balloons), antibiotic inserts, transplant complications, and a Ceres of satellites

Episode 20: Teenage mutagenic-ingesting turtles (how I gave up balloons), antibiotic inserts, transplant complications, and a Ceres of satellites

Cowabunga! On this episode of Interronauts Kate and Gavin join Jesse to talk about scourges of our times: marine debris ... Read more

28 Sep 2018

37mins

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Episode 19: Killer T: immunotherapy returns, hydrogen at the bowser, ancient cheese and vego sharks

Episode 19: Killer T: immunotherapy returns, hydrogen at the bowser, ancient cheese and vego sharks

Up, up, and away with Kate and Gavin and Jesse on this episode of Interronauts where they talk about a new treatment for... Read more

14 Sep 2018

30mins

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Episode 18: Minority Report billboards, un-electric chairs, iron-less cotton, and this fortnight in science news

Episode 18: Minority Report billboards, un-electric chairs, iron-less cotton, and this fortnight in science news

This episode technophile Ketan teaches technophobe Jesse about big data and the big burden it bears, why robot marketers... Read more

31 Aug 2018

41mins

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Episode 17: Mm, I get high-rises with a little help from my fronds, Martian lakes, microbial census, and swiped IDs

Episode 17: Mm, I get high-rises with a little help from my fronds, Martian lakes, microbial census, and swiped IDs

Take a walk on the mild side with Rif and Jesse on this XL episode as they explain why Australia was in dire need of a m... Read more

16 Aug 2018

1hr 4mins

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Episode 16: Endangered sexy ibis, Marine Heatwave Gary, gold in eucalypts, and Antarctic flora

Episode 16: Endangered sexy ibis, Marine Heatwave Gary, gold in eucalypts, and Antarctic flora

In this J-mad episode, Josie, Jessie, and Jesse discuss the need for naming marine heatwaves like you might hurricanes, ... Read more

3 Aug 2018

39mins

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Episode 15: Please no Genie McGene Face, infertile invasive mozzies, and science digest

Episode 15: Please no Genie McGene Face, infertile invasive mozzies, and science digest

Get your fly swats out (or your sleepy cheeks) because this episode researchers Kate Tepper and Gavin Volpato join Jesse... Read more

19 Jul 2018

38mins

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Episode 14: Robolibrarians, medical marijuana for pets, dwindling Antarctica, and +200 new species

Episode 14: Robolibrarians, medical marijuana for pets, dwindling Antarctica, and +200 new species

This episode, Ketan Joshi from our Data61 team joins Interronauts to talk about the future, specifically, the future of ... Read more

6 Jul 2018

41mins

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