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This year, for the summer of 2017-18, Science Extra will be broadcast on ABC RN from 7-8am on Sunday. This hour will include episodes of The Infinite Monkey Cage and Ockham's Razor. Those shows have their own podcasts, which you can find in your favourite podcasting app. ABC Science Editor Jonathan Webb's discussions of the science year in the review will appear in the Science Show podcast feed.
The Monkey Cage get's a good night's sleep; goodbye to the ABC science program Catalyst, discuss science communication, and Ockham's eradicates crown gall in fruit trees.
The Infinite Monkeys catch up with 200 years of Frankenstein; we remember Ahmed Zewail; there's a survey of how the 'F' word affects our mood; and Ockham's on the science-y-ness of our parliament.
Infinite Monkeys on The Battle of the Sexes, farewell to an archeological great, nanotech and molecular Lego, and Part 2 in the exquisite fleece quest.
The Infinite Monkey Cage: The recipe to build a universe. Farewell Harry Kroto. Evolutionary biology. Creating an exquisite wool: Pt. 1.
Brian Cox and Robin Ince take to the stage at Glastonbury Music Festival in their Infinite Monkey Cage; we remember Bill Mollison who died this year; there's the new biological science of nano information; and Ockham's Razor on the ground-breaking medical procedures undergone by Shaun Stocker.
Ideas for the future, vale ABC's Darren Osbourne, using butterflies to invent new material, and an exploration of two cultures.
The Infinite Monkey Cage is preoccupied with plants, goodbye to Alastair Lucas, what would it be like to live in a zillion year town and the ecology of bees in Europe.
The Infinite Monkey Cage looks at the solar system, vale Lisa Jardine, the harm from Wifi and other radiation, and when museum objects clash with a noise orchestra.
The Infinite Monkey Cage explores the solar system, and exhibition on the Otherworlds, vale Priscilla Kincaid Smith and what makes a woman fall in love with worms?
The Infinite Monkey Cage on fierce creatures, birds coping with climate change near Oxford, the Year of Light and vale Dr Chris Nordin.
Those wild men from The Infinite Monkey Cage, Brian Cox and Robin Ince, tackle deception. Is the Higgs Boson a hoax? We hear about new Earth-like planets, and say farewell to the late Professor John Swan.
The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 10, episode 6: Irrationality Tasmanian water quality Sleep Human nutrition Ockham’s razor—French exploration
The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 10, episode 5: The big bang Immune system Figs Farewell Gerald Edelman Ockham’s razor—Cystic fibrosis
Infinite Monkey Cage: series10, ep. 4 Can science save us? Beluga whales. Farewell Marilyn Butler. Frankenstein and the magic of science.
The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 10, episode 3 Talking to plants, and asking them questions C. elegans, a very useful worm to study Farewell Nigel Calder Ockham’s razor—Australian science and the American dream
Infinite monkey cage, Series 10, episode 2 Tumours and being active Cancer and engineering Farewell to Tony Kidman Ockham’s razor—Sweet scents of deceit, pt 2
Infinite monkey cage S10/ep1; remembering Tony McMichael, flying safely and cheaply; weather machines; Ockham's razor
The Infinite Monkey Cage series 8 ep.6 Science Museum Remembering Peter Pockley Reasons behind body dissatisfaction in teens Ockham's Razor - John Gardiner - Australian tales