Luke O'Neill

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4,222 appearances 22 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 10 Sep

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Show Me the Science with Luke O'Neill · The Science of Stings · 10 Sep 2026 podcast

And I think Linda's request is a good example of just curiosity.

She must be wondering, what's happening when a wasp stings you?

And kids would wonder about wasp stings and bee stings.

So it's just pure curiosity.

So it's wonderful.

And of course, it can be somewhat serious because they can be sore.

And down the extreme end, very rarely you get to think on anaphylaxis, which can be very serious.

I'll cover that as well.

So first of all, what is in a wasp venom?

Now, venom is the word they use for these things.

And various creatures have poisons.

Snakes have them as well.

They're called venoms.

And there is, in fact, a science of venoms.

And there's a thing called venomics.

There's a word for you.

Now, anything ending in "-ic in science usually means lots of stuff.

So genomics is all about genomes.

And proteomics is all about proteins.

Venomics is the science of what's in venoms.

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