Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and biology graduate specialising in the human microbiome, Matilda Handsley-Davis, is talking about insect-inspired building materials with your host, Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician and fluid mechanist who thinks nature is way better than us at a whole bunch of things. Find the science ...
Apr 11, 2022•8 min
Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and reformed archaeologist, Amalyah Hart, is unpacking mysterious monotremes with your host, applied mathematician, fluid mechanist, and non-egg-laying mammal, Dr Sophie Calabretto. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekl...
Apr 10, 2022•7 min
Today, Cosmos science journalist Amalyah Hart is talking to Professor David Lindemayer, an ecologist and conservation biologist at the Australian National University. A lot of David's research focuses on tree dwelling marsupials, birds and other creatures and how their populations are faring in the forests and woodlands of south-eastern Australia. But he wears many hats and specialises in large-scale long-term projects that monitor the conservation of species in our forests, plantations, nationa...
Apr 08, 2022•20 min
Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and science graduate specialising in genetics, immunology and citizen science, Imma Perfetto, is tell us all about dog facial expressions. And your host is Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician, fluid mechanist and puppy lover. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subs...
Apr 07, 2022•9 min
Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and reformed archaeologist, Amalyah Hart, is unpacking the IPCC’s sixth assessment with your host, applied mathematician and fluid mechanist who is VERY concerned about climate change, Dr Sophie Calabretto. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (p...
Apr 06, 2022•8 min
Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and biology graduate specialising in the human microbiome, Matilda Handsley-Davis, is talking about smell preferences with your host, Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician, fluid mechanist, and hater of that sour, musty smell of a not-properly-dried towel. Find the science of everything at the...
Apr 05, 2022•14 min
Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and chemistry whiz, Ellen Phiddian, is talking to us about longer lasting lithium-ion batteries, with your host, Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician, fluid mechanist and human battery, according to The Matrix . Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos...
Apr 04, 2022•6 min
Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and science graduate specialising in genetics, immunology and citizen science, Imma Perfetto, is telling us all about lion oxytocin. And your host is Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician, fluid mechanist and connoisseur of Lion Kings. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine webs...
Apr 03, 2022•10 min
Have you ever eaten a cricket? How about a mealworm or an ant? Did you even know that these insects are available to buy as food products in Australia? Some experts think that increasing consumption of insect protein could be pretty good for our health and for the planet. Today, Cosmos science journalist Matilda Handsley-Davis talks to Sky Blackburn, an entomologist and food scientist based in Sydney. Sky is bringing these skills together to try to get edible insects into the Australian mainstre...
Apr 01, 2022•13 min
Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and biology graduate specialising in the human microbiome, Matilda Handsley-Davis, is talking about using fungus to fight crazy ants with your host, Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician and fluid mechanist who accidentally knows what ants taste like. Find the science of everything at the Cosm...
Mar 31, 2022•15 min
Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and reformed archaeologist, Amalyah Hart, is unpacking contraception for male mice with your host, applied mathematician, fluid mechanist and human woman who thinks it’s crazy that, in this day and age, women are still primarily responsible for prevention of pregnancy, Dr Sophie Calabretto. Find the...
Mar 30, 2022•10 min
Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and chemistry whiz, Ellen Phiddian, is talking to us about using rocks to understand ocean currents, with your host, Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician, and fluid mechanist who does not necessarily specialise in ocean currents. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website S...
Mar 29, 2022•10 min
Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and biology graduate specialising in the human microbiome, Matilda Handsley-Davis, is talking about rebuilding for flood resilience with your host, Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician and fluid mechanist, who does not approve of the fluid in a flood. Find the science of everything at the Cos...
Mar 28, 2022•14 min
Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and science graduate specialising in genetics, immunology and citizen science, Imma Perfetto, is tell us about hacking driverless cars. Your host is Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician, fluid mechanist and keen pedestrian. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscri...
Mar 27, 2022•10 min
Today, Cosmos journalist Ellen Phiddian talks to Dr Mathis Wackernagel, the founder and president of the Global Footprint Network. He co-developed the concept of the ecological footprint in the late 90s and has been a prominent advocate for sustainability for over two decades. He particularly works around Earth Overshoot Day, the day each year when the earth exceeds a year's worth of resources (in 2021, this was July 29). Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to...
Mar 25, 2022•42 min
Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and reformed archaeologist, Amalyah Hart, is unpacking the scientific kind of moonwalking with your host, applied mathematician and mainly terrestrial being, Dr Sophie Calabretto. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly ...
Mar 24, 2022•10 min
Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and biology graduate specialising in the human microbiome, Matilda Handsley-Davis, is unpacking whale baleen isotopes with your host, Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician and fluid mechanist who knows what the words whale, baleen and isotope, mean independently but not as a sentence like that...
Mar 23, 2022•14 min
Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and chemistry whiz, Ellen Phiddian, is talking to us about how nanotechnology and bug-wings can help us keep food fresher, with your host, Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician, fluid mechanist and avid eater of fresh food. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscrib...
Mar 22, 2022•15 min
Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and science graduate specialising in genetics, immunology and citizen science, Imma Perfetto, is telling us about a cool new way we have to clean solar panels. And your host is Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician, fluid mechanist and alternative energy lover. Find the science of everything a...
Mar 21, 2022•15 min
Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and reformed archaeologist, Amalyah Hart, is unpacking thylacines with your host and thylacine fan, Dr Sophie Calabretto. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Watch and listen to all our Cosmos Briefings Special 10% d...
Mar 20, 2022•13 min
Welcome to Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and chemistry whiz is Ellen Phiddian, and she is talking to us about space rock hunting in the desert using AI. Your host is Dr Sophie Calabretto, applied mathematician and AI skeptic, and someone who finds drones very suspicious. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscri...
Mar 17, 2022•10 min
This is the first episode of Cosmos Science Daily, where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom report on the latest research and discoveries and explain the science behind the headline news. Today’s newsroom journalist and biology graduate specialising in the human micro biome is Matilda Handsley-Davis. She’s unpacking Japanese encephalitis with your Cosmos Science Daily host Sophie Calabretto, herself a mathematician specialising in fluid mechanics, and the Honorary Senior Lecturer at Macquarie ...
Mar 17, 2022•11 min
Today, Cosmos journalist Matilda Handsley-Davis talks to Luke Williams. Luke is a proud descendant of the Gumbaynggirr people of northern NSW. He is currently completing his PhD project at RMIT University, and this project involves assessing the dietary safety of a range of native Australian foods, including traditional Aboriginal foods. He is also exploring how food regulatory frameworks can better accommodate the traditional knowledge held by First Nations people into the overall risk assessme...
Mar 15, 2022•12 min
Big problems call for solutions driven by bold vision, and Minderoo’s Fire Shield project is just that. Using existing and developing space-based technologies, Fire Shield’s ambition is to create a system that can detect bushfires and extinguish them before they become a problem – and to have this capability within five years. Today Professor Alan Duffy, Director of the Space Technology and Industry Institute at Swinburne University, and former lead scientist of the Royal Institution of Australi...
Mar 08, 2022•42 min
Today, for International Women’s Day, Cosmos journalist Matilda Handsley-Davis talks to Lauren Hanson from CSIRO. Lauren is a mechanical engineer in the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group at CSIRO’s Data 61 and her major work interest is mechanical design of robots. She was a member of the CSIRO Data61 team who competed at the DARPA Subterranean Challenge – AKA the robot Olympics – last year as covered in issue 93 of Cosmos magazine. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine websi...
Mar 07, 2022•11 min
In this episode of our weekly series where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom bring you their highlights from the week in science, we hear that not all carbon capture is as good as it sounds, why your kitchen sponge is a bacterial wonderland, and how a genetic risk variant for severe COVID-19 actually protects against HIV. Our journalists today are Amalyah Hart, Imma Perfetto and Ellen Phiddian. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) ...
Feb 23, 2022•17 min
Today we look at nanotechnology. What is it? What's interesting in nanotechnology at the moment? And what it’s like to test a new technology on animals, and then humans? To get some insights, Cosmos journalist Ellen Phiddian talks to Professor Benjamin Eggleton, the Director of The University of Sydney Nano Institute, and co-Director of the NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN). Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Watch and listen to all our Cosmos Briefings Subscribe to Cos...
Feb 21, 2022•20 min
In this episode of our weekly series where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom bring you their highlights from the week in science, we hear about how dinosaurs may have caught colds and got goosebumps, talk about some of our favourite scientists to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and reveal some of the interesting science stories behind this year’s Winter Olympics. Our journalists today are Jamie Priest, Imma Perfetto and Ellen Phiddian. Find the science of everything ...
Feb 16, 2022•16 min
Today, Cosmos journalist Ellen Phiddian reads a story that she wrote for the Cosmos website, and you can find the link to the story in the description. In it she examines whether Australia should revive its once flourishing vehicle manufacturing industry, however this time it would be different – electric vehicles. You can find the original article at https://cosmosmagazine.com/technology/energy/onshore-ev-manufacturing-australia-electric-vehicles/ Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Ma...
Feb 14, 2022•7 min
In this episode of our weekly series where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom bring you their highlights from the week in science, we hear about the crows being put to work – and the ethics of it, 300-year-old Arctic sponges, and a self-cleaning bioplastic modelled on the lotus plant. Our journalists today are Lauren Fuge, Amalyah Hart and Ellen Phiddian. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Watch and listen to ...
Feb 09, 2022•18 min
