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Not All Roads Lead to Rome
October 3, 2026 · 17 minNot all roads led to Rome. Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle look at new research built on Itiner-e, the biggest map of Roman roads ever made, and the three myths it busts. Plus listeners share their citizen-science stories. The post Not All…
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Your Smile Lights Up Your Dog’s Brain
September 19, 2026 · 19 minSmile at your dog, and its brain may register a reward. Caroline Knight, Lindsay Sant, and Lino Saubolle unpack a new brain-scan study showing dogs' brains separate happy faces from sad, fearful, and angry ones. The post Your Smile Lights…
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Announcing Holy Troublemakers
September 9, 2026 · 2 minAnnouncing Holy Troublemakers, a new podcast from StarQuest. In this weekly podcast host Dom Bettinelli will introduce you to the difficult people who built the Catholic Church. From mystics who argued with popes to missionaries who walked…
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Scientists Can’t Be Everywhere — So They Need You
August 22, 2026 · 21 minScientists can't be everywhere. Volunteers with smartphones are catching invasive species, rescuing 19th-century weather logs, and flagging new objects in the night sky. Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle on becoming a citizen scientist. The…
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Sugar Between the Stars
August 8, 2026 · 20 minThere's real sugar drifting between the stars, 26,000 light years out, and it's the same kind that turns up in raspberries. Caroline Knight, Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle on the first true sugar ever found in space. The post Sugar…
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The Chernobyl Fungus That Eats Radiation
July 25, 2026 · 19 minA black fungus that eats radiation? Found in the ruins of Chernobyl, it could shield astronauts headed to Mars. Caroline Knight, Lindsay Sant, and Dom Bettinelli unpack radiosynthesis and the living space shield it inspired. The post The…
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The First Dentist Was a Neanderthal
July 11, 2026 · 19 minSixty thousand years before modern dentistry, a Neanderthal endured a 35-minute stone-tool drilling procedure — no anesthesia — and survived. Caroline Knight explains what a 59,000-year-old infected molar reveals about prehistoric…
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Her Brain Told Her She Was Dying — and It Was Right
June 13, 2026 · 19 minA calm voice spoke inside a healthy woman's head, insisting she had a brain tumour — then a scan proved it right. Caroline Knight, Lindsay Sant, and Lino Saubolle unpack a baffling real medical case and the hidden power of the human…
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Why Some Days You’re Unstoppable (And Others You Can’t Move)
May 30, 2026 · 18 minSome days everything clicks. Other days your brain won't cooperate. A University of Toronto study traces that gap to daily shifts in mental sharpness. Caroline Knight, Lindsay Sant, and Lino Saubolle break down the science. The post Why…
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No Beak, No Problem: Meet Bruce the Champion Kea
May 16, 2026 · 15 minA kea parrot with no upper beak shouldn't be able to fight, groom, or lead. Bruce does all three, and better than any intact bird in his group. Caroline Knight, Lino Saubolle, and Lindsay Sant on the science of radical adaptation. The…
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One Giant Leap (Again): The Science of Artemis II
May 2, 2026 · 35 minFor the first time since 1972, humans left low Earth orbit and headed to the moon. Caroline Knight, Lindsay Sant, and Lino Saubolle unpack the Artemis II mission: the crew, the records, and yes — the toilet. The post One Giant Leap…
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Freeze, Thaw, Fire: The Science of Reviving Frozen Brains
April 18, 2026 · 17 minFreeze a brain, thaw it out, watch the neurons fire. Caroline Knight and Lindsay Sant break down the vitrification breakthrough that kept mouse hippocampus tissue functional after seven days at -150°C — and what it could mean for…