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Know Idea with Max, Jay, Peta, Vi, Issy & Gabe Know Idea is your weekly dose of science on 4ZZZ for over 10 years! All things space & time, environment, health, tech, psychology plus everything else in-between. Recorded live at 4ZZZ on Wednesday 10-12 in Meanjin/Brisbane.

  1. 2시간 전

    Your Brain On Pollution

    Hosts: Max, Issy, and Gabe (and Maximillian) Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Intro to Know Idea 01:55 - 715 Health Check w/ Gabe 04:06 - Paraborg Cybug Swarm w/ Gabe 11:42 - Highway Pollution and Cognition w/ Max 19:09 - 'One Size Fits Small' w/ Issy 24:40 - Support 4zzz! 26:41 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s 36:38 - REWIND: Beached by Alzheimers w/ Peta from Oct 17 2025 - ±3 Papaya Party Prizes 47:43 - Defining Pristimantis w/ Gabe 55:44 - Space News w/ Max Science Links For the Diggers: Look For New Science at EurkAlert, Science Daily, and Phys.org For Free Science Article Search 'Sci-Hub' or Anna’s Archive Check out the QS Rankings yourself here Our Tik Tok, Instagram, and YouTube Produced and recorded by Max for Know Idea at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country. Podcast audio and cover image edited by Tobi for Creative Broadcasters Limited and distributed by 4zzz Podcasts (@4zzzpodcasts). Image Credit: Figure 2: A - Overview of the terrestrial cyborg cockroach and its integrated hardware. The paramedic cockroach is equipped with compact components, including an AIM module for in situ drug-delivery, flexible pads and a PCB for electrical stimulation, and a LiPo battery powering both the AIM and PCB for wireless operation H. N. Le, P. T. Phan, L. Fitzgerald, P. R. McAree, T. N. Do, and T. T. Vo-Doan, "Paraborg: Paramedic Cyborg Insects for In Situ Emergency Drug-Delivery.” Advanced Science (2026): e76973. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.76973 Figure 1: C - Live individual of P. latidiscus QCAZ-A 32128 from San Francisco, Durango road, Esmeraldas Province. Photographs of types in dorsal, ventral, and lateral views (from left to right). Note scapular ridges in both holotypes (arrows) and similarity of ventral pattern between the holotype of P. subsigillatus and P. latidiscus QCAZ-A 32128. Ron SR, Paredes-Aguirre P, Paucar DA, López Y, Apunte K, Ortega JA (2026) Long overdue: a new, widespread, species of Pristimantis (Anura, Strabomantidae) from the Chocó region and the synonymy of Pristimantis subsigillatus. ZooKeys 1286: 121-152. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1286.194383 Sound Effects Attributed to: 13148 tape deck rewinding by Robinhood76 -- https://freesound.org/s/797690/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 Turntable Rewind by hydroxian -- https://freesound.org/s/753665/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Reverse vinyl scratch / warp by al_sub -- https://freesound.org/s/647161/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Reel-to-Reel Tape Recorder Rewind + Stop‎ - 26 November ‎2011, ‏‎11:55:32 P.M. by crz1990 -- https://freesound.org/s/135871/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

  2. 8월 28일

    DOOM, Draculas, and The Colour Purple.

    Hosts: Max and Issy (and Maximillian) Timestamps and Links: 00:53 - REWIND: Intro to Know Idea 02:59 - REWIND: Flamingo Feeding Fashion w/ Gabe - from Bang Your Drum, 14 May 2025 11:41 - Purple Is The New Black w/ Max 16:31 - Finding Vegan Dracula x3 w/ Issy 20:32 - REWIND: Waving at Cuttlefish w/ Peta - from Bang Your Drum, 14 May 2025 31:45 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s 46:49 - QuakeCon: 30 Years On and Doom on EVERYTHING: What's NeXT? w/ Maximillian 56:31 - Space News w/ Max 58:38 - Support 4zzz! Science Links For the Diggers: Look For New Science at EurkAlert, Science Daily, and Phys.org For Free Science Article Search 'Sci-Hub' or Anna’s Archive Check out the QS Rankings yourself here Our Tik Tok, Instagram, and YouTube Produced and recorded by Max at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country. Audio and Cover Image edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited. Image Credit: The mouth of a juvenile Australian brook lamprey by DETSI Principal Scientist David Moffatt Sound Effects Attributed to: 13148 tape deck rewinding by Robinhood76 -- https://freesound.org/s/797690/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 Turntable Rewind by hydroxian -- https://freesound.org/s/753665/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Reverse vinyl scratch / warp by al_sub -- https://freesound.org/s/647161/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Reel-to-Reel Tape Recorder Rewind + Stop‎ - 26 November ‎2011, ‏‎11:55:32 P.M. by crz1990 -- https://freesound.org/s/135871/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

  3. 8월 7일

    Muppets Jump on Science and eSafety Outcomes

    Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe (and Maximillian) Timestamps and Links: 00:00:00 - Intro to Know Idea 00:02:31 - Eucalyptus Domination w/ Gabe 00:05:27 - Predicting Melody w/ Peta 00:12:44 - 'PA.RA.C.H.U.T.E.': Randomised Controlled Trials w/ Gabe 00:23:49 - On This Day: Drive w/ Max 00:24:34 - Marine Muppet Minotaur MPREG w/ Peta 00:34:33 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s 00:44:21 - Night Vision Upgrades to Multicolour w/ Max 00:49:07 - eSafety Results of Social Media Ban w/ Gabe 01:02:59 - Space News w/ Max Science Links For the Diggers: Look For New Science at EurkAlert, Science Daily, and Phys.org For Free Science Article Search 'Sci-Hub' or Anna’s Archive Check out the QS Rankings yourself here Our Tik Tok, Instagram, and YouTube 📸 ID: Holotype specimens of the three named species of Australyichthys as of August, 2026 in left lateral view. (Left) Australyichthys minotaur, NMV A192, male, (Middle) Australyichthys paradoxus, SAMA F10490, female, (Right) Australyichthys aegis, SAMA F14993, male. Not to scale. G. Short et al. - "Australyichthys gen. nov. (Teleostei, Syngnathidae), a lost mesophotic lineage from southern Australia, with description of A. aegis sp. nov. and reclassification of Hippocampus minotaur and H. paradoxus" Representative study participant jumping from aircraft with an empty backpack. This individual did not incur death or major injury upon impact with the ground. - Yeh R W, Valsdottir L R, Yeh M W, Shen C, Kramer D B, Strom J B et al. "Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial" BMJ 2018; 363 :k5094 doi:10.1136/bmj.k5094 Produced and recorded by Max for Know Idea at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country and edited by Tobi for podcast distribution via 4zzz Podcasts (@4zzzpodcasts) for Creative Broadcasters Limited.

  4. 7월 31일

    Hitting The Fish for Orca Excitement

    # Hosts: Max, Peta, and Gabe (and Maximillian) Timestamps and Links: 00:00:00 - Intro to Know Idea 00:01:53 - PREX 710 w/ Gabe 00:04:46 - Viral Sunfish Piñata w/ Peta 00:15:51 - Diving Deep into Phantom Midges w/ Gabe 00:24:27 - Barista Approved Bio-Diesel w/ Max 00:30:10 - Bubbles Key for Floating on Junk w/ Peta 00:36:35 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s 00:45:24 - Learning About The Likweli w/ Gabe 00:54:44 - AusAlert 'Success' w/ Gabe 01:04:11 - Support 4zzz! 01:05:26 - Space News w/ Max Science Links For the Diggers: Look For New Science at EurkAlert, Science Daily, and Phys.org For Free Science Article Search 'Sci-Hub' or Anna’s Archive Check out the QS Rankings yourself here Our Tik Tok, Instagram, and YouTube 📸 ID: Monkey Image Sourced from Hart JA, Amboko JD, Arenson JL, Horton ER, Coates KF, Kapale J-PI, et al. (2026) 'Likweli: A remarkable new species of Colobus monkey from the Lomami National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.' PLoS One 21(7): e0349857. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0349857 - Fig 2. Colobus congoensis and C. satanas in life.. Larvae Image Sourced from 'A micro CT scan of the larva showing the air sacs in situ. Credit: Philip Matthews' Tape Deck Fast Forward sound effect by j_soundeffects -- https://freesound.org/s/845646/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Produced and recorded by Max at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country. Audio and Cover Image edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited.

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Know Idea with Max, Jay, Peta, Vi, Issy & Gabe Know Idea is your weekly dose of science on 4ZZZ for over 10 years! All things space & time, environment, health, tech, psychology plus everything else in-between. Recorded live at 4ZZZ on Wednesday 10-12 in Meanjin/Brisbane.