Science Queeries

25 May 2025

Seals’ flipperin’ good hearing

Animals, Biology, History, Natural Sciences

This seals the deal: seals are incredible animals. They’re the only mammal that can hear both through air and under water. Pint of Science speaker/Palaeontologist Dr James Rule and Dr Cat go on a fossil-filled adventure (literally – they talk about their search for fossils), dig deep into Australia’s ancient seas and unearth the evolution of seal hearing.

This episode originally aired on 20th May, 2025.

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7 Jan 2026

Past Weather, Future Problems

Environment, Natural Sciences, Science & Medicine

The key to Australia’s climate future may be hidden in its past. When we talk about climate change, we often picture ...

12 Dec 2025

Culture Shock

Biology, Medicine, Science & Medicine, Society & Culture

This week, we cell-ebrate how far biomedical science has come. We start with the basics: why scientists grow cells in ...

5 Dec 2025

T-cell-ebrating Progress: HIV, Immunity & Hope

Biology, Health, Immunology, Medicine, Science & Medicine

HIV targets the very immune cells meant to protect us. But science – and community – keep fighting back. This ...