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Jonathan Webb

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Science journalist, runaway neuroscientist, Adelaidean at large. Science Editor for @RadioNational / @ABCaustralia. Tweets own views, in moderation. 🤓🧪🎙
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Program: Lab Notes: Plants can hear you

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By Jonathan Webb , Amy Briggs
| Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Plants are more aware of their surroundings then we give them credit for. A growing body of work is showing that plants can change themselves in response to different sounds. Doctor Samarth, a molecular biologist from the University of Canterbury, is one of these researchers, looking at the mechanisms behind plant senses. You can binge more episodes of the Lab Notes podcast with science editor and presenter Jonathan Webb on the ABC Listen app (Australia).
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Program: LAB NOTES: Lead may be hiding in your clothing

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By Jonathan Webb , Amy Briggs
| Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Ever wondered how your sweater became bright orange, or how your leather shoes were made? Chances are, at some point in the process, hazardous chemicals like lead or azo dyes were used. Jonathan Webb speaks to Ellen Phiddian, science reporter with Radio National, about whether these chemicals are dangerous to us, and if we should be worried about them. You can binge more episodes of the Lab Notes podcast with science editor and presenter Jonathan Webb on the ABC Listen app (Australia).
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'Nagatitan' is the biggest dinosaur ever found in South-East Asia — and a dream come true

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By Jonathan Webb 
| ABC Science
Thitiwoot Sethapanichsakul grew up with a passion for dinosaurs that he's never shaken off. "I always told my high school teachers, 'I'm going to name a dinosaur and it's going to be from Thailand,'" he said. Today, Mr Sethapanichsakul is studying for a PhD in palaeontology at University College London — and is the co-lead author of a paper in Scientific Reports, describing the largest dinosaur ever discovered in South-East Asia.
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