Struth, are we telling you the truth? In this weekly podcast, we explore how easy it is to misunderstand or blindly accept scientific 'fact' by trying to trick our friends into believing everything we say is true.
Is there an animal that rips itself a new mouth every time it eats? Did doctors ever give MDMA to children? Can sniffing toad dust make you feel happy as Larry? And do red heads really have more kids?! Struth, we're almost scared to hear the truth... are you?
Can you have an out of body experience from staring into the mirror? Will riding a rollercoaster dislodge those pesky kidney stones? Are sharks immune to cancer? Are we just empty space? STRUTH! Did you guess the truth?
Did scientists find a new type of matter? Is there a phallic fruit hidden in Fiji? Did a journal do a dodgy deal for a paper written by Star Trek? Did triceratops go 'Baa'? Liar Liar.
Did a scientist write a recipe for making tiny humanoids? Do your eyeball juices gets flies excited for mating? Can a human give birth to two children 11 weeks apart? Did long neck dinosaurs have hollow bones? Struth! We want answers!
It's time to rewind the time back to when we were still dabbling with different names and we had only our phones to record. We questioned whether seals are truly getting eels stuck up their noses? Did researchers trip on LSD with dolphins? Is Gonorrhea the strongest living organism? and do trees recognise their children? Struth!
Can these antidepressants give you a happy ending? Did scientists accidentally create a big brother biosphere? Can they use sheep placenta to create wine? Do Vodka Red Bulls make you feel more drunk? Struth!
Is a cat a named author on a physics paper? A PhD student studied the backgrounds of people performing public sex? Toad testicles are getting larger? Is the largest organism a delicious mushroom? Tell me who's lying!
Are octopuses from outer space? Mariah Carey's next engagement ring only 40 light years away? Perfume made from a rose sent into space? Rare shadow wiggles only to be seen during a total solar eclipses? This week we take on space in the spirit of National Science Week's 'The Destination Moon' theme. But who's lying to us?
Should we worry about our favourite budget meal? Do I know you from your saliva? A Russian surgeon did what with monkeys? Could you tell the truth from the lies?
What on earth is a pseudo-penis? Did a scientist really hang himself by the neck in the name of research? Does uncombable hair exist? We try to tell the truth from the lies on our first ever episode of Struth!