The Wire with Caeden

International Desk reports on Ugandan weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko being found after going missing from his pre-training camp before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, saying in a note he wants to work in Japan.

This is not the first time that an Olympian defected during the Games, with more than half of the Hungarian delegation defecting to the West in the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne.

Justin spoke to Dr. Johanna Mellis of Ursinus College in Pennsylvania to find more.

Microplastics are everywhere! - according to new research from the University of Canterbury. Microplastic researchers Professor Sally Gaw and Dr. Laura Revell of the University of Canterbury are currently undertaking research to understand the impact of microplastics in our environment. Conor spoke to Environmental Chemistry Professor Sally Gaw about the research on microplastics and solutions to combat their prevalance.

International Desk reports on Ugandan weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko being found after going missing from his pre-training camp before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, saying in a note he wants to work in Japan.

This is not the first time that an Olympian defected during the Games, with more than half of the Hungarian delegation defecting to the West in the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne.

Justin spoke to Dr. Johanna Mellis of Ursinus College in Pennsylvania to find more.

This week on Dear Science, Frances Wright talked with AUT professor Allan Blackman about how Neuroprosthesis is restoring words to a man with paralysis, an evolutionary study that shows how the human body is shaped by the climate, and new footage of Oregon's infamous exploding whale incident of 1970.