Shirtloads of Science

Did you know that November 19th is the UN's World Toilet Day?! Neither did we! To honour the occasion, we're replaying this colourful conversation from 2017 with Clare Collins, Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Newcastle. Green poo, "cappuccino" wee, purple pee: what's normal, what's weird, and what's worth a trip to the GP? Clare explains what the col...

This week, Dr Kirsten Banks drops by to talk about her awesome new book, Lost in Space, a collection of short stories celebrating the wonders of astronomy. We dig into fun facts and stories, like how tea leaves saved the International Space Station, where the elements came from, and the "potato radius", and so much more, because you can never get enough astronomy!

This week we're joined by Gerry Griffin, an aeronautical engineer and Apollo flight director who worked on every single moon landing during the Apollo mission, from Apollo 11 to Apollo 17. In this chat, he shares how the Mission Control team worked to manage each mission, second by second, in rotating shifts. With far more data on the ground than on board, Mission Control was...