Dr Lila Landowski @rockatscientist on Secret Science with @sammyjcomedian — Stream now on ABC iview

leaders possum is critically endangered. — Mhm. — That's not a good thing, is it? — Nah, it's like you. What do — you mean? I'm thriving. — Gret has successfully locked all her learning away in her brain. But will she be able to recall it under pressure? — Previously thought to be extinct, the critically endangered lead beater's possum is an animal emblem of which state or territory? Greta — Victoria. [cheering] So the brain is able to think and communicate and to do things using these structures called neurons. — Black sand bush fires. — Correct. — Neurons communicate to one another using these tiny little junctions or signaling regions called sinapses. And they're about 1 2000th the width of a human hair. They're really tiny. So it's the point where these two different neurons basically meet. — Uh lead beta. Where did that name come from? He found the first specimens. Really? It had been around for the warry people for a long time before that. — Yeah. He was a taxidermist. — You seem to have a low opinion of him with all this found business. — He didn't actually find them. — Oh, okay. Well, apparently you applied for this quiz. — Oh, and apparently you applied to be the host.