Science, Actually Presents : The Nerd and the Scientist
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<p>Astrophysicist Kovi Rose and scicommer Benjamin Salles love space, and bad puns, and are united in their shared belief that they're brilliantly funny.</p>
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July 9, 2026
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June 25, 2026
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<p>While Benjamin might be a working nerd, Kovi's a working scientist. In this episode Kovi walks us through this new thing he found, lurking out there in the universe. A rare binary star system in the Ara constellation. A 'Rosetta stone' for explaining mysterious, repeating cosmic radio pulses. You probably saw it online - it made all the news - we're talking about ASKAP J1745. Also, how does Kovi eat a sandwich?</p><p>Follow Benjamin at Science, Actually : <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.scienceactually.com/">https://www.scienceactually.com/</a> & <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/actuallyscience">https://www.facebook.com/actuallyscience</a></p><p>Follow Kovi at Fun Fact Science : <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.funfactscience.com/">https://www.funfactscience.com/</a> & <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/funfactscience">https://www.facebook.com/funfactscience</a></p>
June 11, 2026
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spiderdoctor : Guest : Anastasia Shavrova
<p>As this episode's guest, Anastasia Shavrova, explains - the road to studying and falling in love with spiders begins with hating spiders and loving ants. As Anastasia explains why some spiders' third pair of legs are very strong, Kovi and Benjamin can't help but fawn over Zilly - their guest's guest lizard.Follow us everywhere!</p><p>Follow Benjamin at Science, Actually : <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.scienceactually.com/">https://www.scienceactually.com/</a> & <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/actuallyscience">https://www.facebook.com/actuallyscience</a></p><p>Follow Kovi at Fun Fact Science : <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.funfactscience.com/">https://www.funfactscience.com/</a> & <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/funfactscience">https://www.facebook.com/funfactscience</a></p><p>...and follow Anastasia right here <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://ashavrova.com/">https://ashavrova.com/</a></p>
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