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Male mammal nipples, music genes, fruit flies

Why do male mammals have nipples? Do we have a music taste gene? Plus a fruit fly experiment.


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Seeing spots, white rainbows and ghosts

Why do some people see thousands of tiny spots when they look up at the sky or a bright light? What causes a white rainbow? And is there any science to explain ghosts?

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Poo shapes, floating poop, the three second rule.

Dr Karl is away for the month, so science journalist Bianca Nogrady is stepping in to be your science sherpa on triple j. And joining her today was Professor Clare Collins, Nutritionist at the University of Newcastle.