Post Punk Physics and Toxic Tick Bites
From Lost in Science by Chris Lassig, Stuart Burns, Claire Farrugia and Linden Ashcroft.
March 11, 2026
About this episode
The episode explores the scientific origin of a famous album cover linked to a pioneering female astrophysicist and the unusual effects of a tiny insect bite.
Stu looks into the scientific origin of a famous album cover and how it reveals the legacy of a pioneering female astrophysicist, and Chris looks into the strange story of a tiny insect bite that can lead to anaphylaxis of a carnivorous kind.
People in this episode
Hosts: Stu, Chris
Topics covered
- physics
- astrophysics
- entomology
- anaphylaxis
Keywords
- album cover
- female astrophysicist
- toxic tick bites
- anaphylaxis
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