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 Aug 5, 2019

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The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate, from the physics of cricket to prime ministerial biorhythms.

Episode Date
Protest over plans for South Australian Museum
Apr 27, 2024
Tasmanian devils survive facial tumour disease with hope for human cancers
Apr 27, 2024
Dark Matter installation at Melbourne Science Gallery
Apr 27, 2024
Dark Matter search at UCL
Apr 27, 2024
New approach for quantum computing
Apr 27, 2024
Changing fire regime impacting plant communities in southwest United States
Apr 27, 2024
Humanities strengthened at Caltech
Apr 20, 2024
Tree – the living world in and around a single Mountain Ash
Apr 20, 2024
Denver herbarium tops 100,000 specimens
Apr 20, 2024
The Bee Babette tours Australia
Apr 20, 2024
New receiver for Parkes dish
Apr 20, 2024
Latest Aussie STEM star - a shipwreck detective
Apr 20, 2024
Where we came from, and where we’re going
Apr 13, 2024
Friendship brings cooperation, support and an edge for ancient and modern humans
Apr 13, 2024
Vale Frans De Waal
Apr 13, 2024
The value of compassion
Apr 13, 2024
The 2023 Jak Kelly Award prize goes to...
Apr 06, 2024
Ocean Photographer of the Year exhibition
Apr 06, 2024
Growing gardens above 1,500 metres
Apr 06, 2024
Meeting mummified mushrooms and the importance of fungi diversity
Apr 06, 2024
Collecting alpine seeds — but where do we store them?
Apr 06, 2024
Seven million species collected — which species got the honour?
Apr 06, 2024
Extreme weather impacts climate
Mar 23, 2024
Formation of hot Jupiters
Mar 23, 2024
High hopes for fusion power
Mar 23, 2024
Museum fossil leads to new understanding of whale evolution
Mar 23, 2024
Ancient animals and ecosystems slowly revealed
Mar 23, 2024
Planning for the future? Plan to change plans
Mar 23, 2024
COSMOS: Journalism gold, but what next?
Mar 09, 2024
Thomas Cech – cellular evolution and a challenge for scientists
Mar 09, 2024
Plastic in the guts of all marine creatures
Mar 09, 2024
Microorganisms support Earth processes and stability
Mar 09, 2024
Top End scientists for Top 100
Mar 09, 2024
AI in teaching – a supplement not a replacement to teachers
Mar 09, 2024
1987A – first supernova studied by modern astronomers
Mar 02, 2024
The magic of a total solar eclipse
Mar 02, 2024
Sense about Science helps understand risk
Mar 02, 2024
Critical thinking vital for spotting fakes
Mar 02, 2024
New Scientist bolstered in US with events on their way
Mar 02, 2024
Ig Nobels reach 33. Now that’s improbable!
Mar 02, 2024
Exoplanets help answer big questions
Feb 24, 2024
Falling Walls 2023
Feb 24, 2024
Grim outlook for Tasmania’s Maugean skate
Feb 24, 2024
Joseph Needham revealed Chinese science and technology to the world
Feb 17, 2024
Citizen scientists document shrinking and disappearing Caribbean islands
Feb 17, 2024
Thompson Institute addresses mental health challenges for an ageing population
Feb 17, 2024
Sally Hurst – Founder of Found a Fossil
Feb 17, 2024
Is artificial intelligence conscious?
Feb 16, 2024
COSMOS celebrates its 100th edition
Feb 10, 2024
Buildings and bridges – built to last?
Feb 10, 2024
Improving photosynthesis
Feb 10, 2024
Plants in the Civil War: A Botanical History
Feb 10, 2024
Rapid decline in Caribbean coral
Feb 10, 2024
Heavy metals, pesticides found in seafood
Feb 10, 2024
Pharmacy jabs relieves pressure on GPs
Feb 10, 2024
Counting koalas from the sky
Feb 03, 2024
Field guide for birds in urban Australia
Feb 03, 2024
Changing climate impacts PNG highlands
Feb 03, 2024
Campus biodiversity push a sign of things to come
Feb 03, 2024
Connecting with those who won’t be convinced
Jan 06, 2024
Licking tasting and eating rocks?
Jan 06, 2024
Attacking cancer with tiny magnets
Dec 30, 2023
Anticipating the Anglo-Australian Telescope, and a visit after 40 years
Dec 30, 2023
Robots to lead advanced manufacturing in Australia
Dec 30, 2023
Why our capital cities were placed where they are
Dec 23, 2023
Odyssey down under
Dec 23, 2023
Indigenous stories go digital
Dec 23, 2023
The development of RN and a possible future path
Dec 16, 2023
David Suzuki – reflections of an elder
Dec 16, 2023
Carbon dioxide emissions increasing
Dec 09, 2023
Warm currents, strong winds melting Antarctic ice shelf
Dec 09, 2023
Amazon threat intensifies
Dec 09, 2023
Bob McDonald – The Future Is Now
Dec 09, 2023
Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary Schools
Dec 09, 2023
The next gold rush is here. It’s batteries.
Dec 09, 2023
Sir Clarence Lovejoy
Dec 02, 2023
Best Australian Science Writing – Bragg Prize and the book
Dec 02, 2023
Aussie STEM Star – Michelle Simmons
Dec 02, 2023
Cadaver research leads to prestigious science award
Dec 02, 2023
High hopes for seahorses in Sydney Harbour
Nov 25, 2023
Gladys and Stripey - Two little fish enthral children
Nov 25, 2023
Is uncertainty a weakness of science or a strength?
Nov 25, 2023
The power of climate change images
Nov 25, 2023
Mining waste slips under the radar
Nov 25, 2023
The role of rocks in the carbon cycle
Nov 18, 2023
Australia’s nickel deposits formed following ancient volcanic activity
Nov 18, 2023
What to do when you find a fossil
Nov 18, 2023
Where is the Taylor Swift of geology?
Nov 18, 2023
Bio-based glue for rehabilitating coral
Nov 18, 2023
How land clearing has affected climate
Nov 18, 2023
Designer immune cells attack tumors in response to sound
Nov 11, 2023
Prime Minister’s Science Prize for Innovation 2023
Nov 11, 2023
Prime Minister’s New Innovator Prize 2023
Nov 11, 2023
Applying mathematics and fluid mechanics to lava flows
Nov 11, 2023
Science and music combine to reveal the wonders of the universe
Nov 11, 2023
Prime Minister’s Physical Scientist of the Year 2023
Nov 11, 2023
Getting to know the sea snakes of Western Australia
Nov 11, 2023
Parasites - more than half the world’s species
Nov 04, 2023
Teams key to big problem solutions in health data research
Nov 04, 2023
Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Secondary Schools 2023
Nov 04, 2023
Isaac Newton Institute - UK hub for mathematical sciences
Nov 04, 2023
Mathematics – the tool that will change the world
Nov 04, 2023
Using sound recordings to monitor and measure animals in natural environments
Nov 04, 2023
Genome science used to ensure safe seafood
Nov 04, 2023
Teaching basic mathematical concepts to junior students
Nov 04, 2023
Prime Minister’s Prize for Life Scientist of the Year
Oct 28, 2023
Big league opportunity for Australian science
Oct 28, 2023
Security guaranteed as UK health records used for research
Oct 28, 2023
Varroa mites may assist native bees
Oct 28, 2023
Climate change - the lens for the rest of our lives
Oct 28, 2023
Shack - changing climate through the eyes of kids
Oct 28, 2023
Prime Minister’s Prize for Science
Oct 21, 2023
How the human brain responds to social interaction
Oct 21, 2023
School student looks for empathy from peers towards older people
Oct 21, 2023
Rewilding Loch Ness
Oct 21, 2023
Canadian forest fires off the charts
Oct 14, 2023
Energy transition underway in Southeast Asia
Oct 14, 2023
How behaviour changed during Covid lockdowns
Oct 14, 2023
New Covid vaccine for variants to come
Oct 14, 2023
Evidence for the source of SARS-CoV-2
Oct 14, 2023
Nobel Prizes 2023
Oct 07, 2023
We had good fortune with COVID – David Baltimore
Oct 07, 2023
A tribute to Evelyn Fox Keller
Oct 07, 2023
A tip for scientists as they speak about their work and the big challenges
Oct 07, 2023
Wellcome Trust takes science to the public using the arts and linking cultures
Oct 07, 2023
Perseverance continues its search for signs of life on Mars – with help from Queensland
Oct 07, 2023
Female scientists missing from school textbooks
Sep 30, 2023
Why don't we know the names of star scientists?
Sep 30, 2023
Planting pocket-forests in urban areas
Sep 30, 2023
Copping out on promises made at COP26
Sep 30, 2023
The plastic problem on the Galapagos Islands
Sep 23, 2023
Can we trust artificial intelligence with air traffic control?
Sep 23, 2023
Science in action, open to the public
Sep 23, 2023
Turning diesel guzzlers into e-vehicles
Sep 23, 2023
We Still Have a Chance: 12 climate stories
Sep 23, 2023
How mathematics might save forests
Sep 23, 2023
The UK rejoins Horizon Europe research programme
Sep 16, 2023
Theories on consciousness go head-to-head
Sep 16, 2023
Will AI make us dumber?
Sep 16, 2023
Diagnosing disease with a single breath
Sep 16, 2023
Pulling drinking water out of thin(ish) air
Sep 16, 2023
Capturing the biodiversity of Transylvania
Sep 16, 2023
Sir John Eccles and the invaluable work of his daughter Rose
Sep 09, 2023
Earle Hackett's moon poem
Sep 02, 2023
The life and work of Sir John Eccles
Sep 02, 2023
How is your cyber hygiene?
Aug 26, 2023
Salmon farming feeds jellyfish blooms
Aug 26, 2023
The global fight to protect our reefs
Aug 26, 2023
Winning student might've solved a pesky problem
Aug 26, 2023
The Sloth Lemur's Song: Madagascar's past and present
Aug 26, 2023
What weed management teaches us about cancer treatment
Aug 26, 2023
The wild and varied world of parasites
Aug 26, 2023
Another peek at the science-minded oratorio 'Origins'
Aug 19, 2023
Leading scientist's climate call-out
Aug 19, 2023
The brain behind Beaker Street
Aug 19, 2023
How Antarctic ice affects Australia's climate
Aug 19, 2023
Everything that glows goes
Aug 19, 2023
Science Vs ... Robyn Williams?
Aug 19, 2023
Listening to silence
Aug 12, 2023
The Nobel laureate who lost his hearing
Aug 12, 2023
The rhythmic patterns of our emotions
Aug 12, 2023
Top 10 Australian animal sounds
Aug 12, 2023
How the changing climate is changing bird migration
Aug 12, 2023
Why don't larger animals get more cancer?
Aug 12, 2023
An oratorio on the origins of life
Aug 12, 2023
Trying to read people's minds with biosensors
Aug 05, 2023
An exhibition of plants that heal
Aug 05, 2023
What is a time crystal?
Aug 05, 2023
A look back at Frank Oppenheimer's Exploratorium
Aug 05, 2023
Can you X-ray a mountain?
Jul 29, 2023
The poetry of outer space
Jul 29, 2023
A Plant Punk says goodbye!
Jul 29, 2023
Can time go backwards in biology?
Jul 29, 2023
Unravelling untruth at Beaker Street Festival
Jul 29, 2023
How status impacts the long-term health of animals
Jul 29, 2023
The kids are alright: Talking science with Townsville teen
Jul 22, 2023
Helping children reach their full potential
Jul 22, 2023
The old age of Royal Society presidents
Jul 22, 2023
The life of the oldest Nobel Prize winner John Goodenough
Jul 22, 2023
Getting the most out of your renewable energy
Jul 22, 2023
Using sunlight and water to generate fuel
Jul 22, 2023
High temperatures fuel fires in Canada
Jul 15, 2023
Restoring the scattered remnants of an ancient rainforest
Jul 15, 2023
Collecting koala sperm to boost dwindling populations
Jul 15, 2023
First Nations knowledge in koala conservation
Jul 15, 2023
Fewer gimmicks, more solid preparation
Jul 15, 2023
Young people gather to discuss ocean conservation
Jul 15, 2023
Take a virtual trip to the Torres Strait Islands
Jul 08, 2023
Maintaining the giant magnets in CERN's Large Hadron Collider
Jul 08, 2023
Bee biosecurity in the Pacific
Jul 08, 2023
Supporting beekeepers in Australia and the Pacific
Jul 08, 2023
Glimpsing endangered iguanas in Fiji
Jul 01, 2023
Scientists brave stand-up comedy experiment
Jul 01, 2023
The race to save Australia's dirty frogs
Jul 01, 2023
How scientists are helping flooding communities
Jun 24, 2023
A graveyard of abandoned cars
Jun 24, 2023
Ocean acidification - a rising threat in our seas
Jun 17, 2023
Growing microalgae in rural Queensland
Jun 17, 2023
A secretive vault full of sprouts in stasis
Jun 10, 2023
Protecting Fiji's important species, in treetops and on ocean currents
Jun 10, 2023
Supporting Fiji's small-scale farmers
Jun 10, 2023
Taking to the Field: A history of Australian women in science
Jun 03, 2023
Scaffold that regenerates bone could replace metallic implants
Jun 03, 2023
Becoming a Botanist: The vibrant career of Carrick Chambers
Jun 03, 2023
Could light pollution dim our passion for astronomy?
Jun 03, 2023
The next generation of telescopes in search of ET
Jun 03, 2023
The hot and cold effects of our hormones
Jun 03, 2023
The advantages of machine learning
Jun 03, 2023
Year 12 students win passage to London for International Youth Science Fair
May 27, 2023
It's gladdie time! The story behind Dame Edna's favourite flower
May 27, 2023
The virtue of weeds
May 27, 2023
Decarbonising our railways
May 27, 2023
Crowdsourcing the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
May 27, 2023
The machines are learning fast ... what are we teaching them?
May 27, 2023
Fighting Fate: Justin Yerbury celebrated for research into motor neurone disease
May 27, 2023
Nearer the Gods: The enduring legacy of Isaac Newton
May 20, 2023
Monkeys aged prematurely after Hurricane Maria
May 13, 2023
Epigenetic inheritance: Understanding how stress traverses generations
May 13, 2023
Could this hypothetical particle, named after laundry detergent, be dark matter?
May 13, 2023
The quest to find dark matter
May 13, 2023
The cultural significance of celestial navigation
May 13, 2023
Slimy surfaces and how they might endanger ecosystems
May 13, 2023
Are climate targets working?
May 13, 2023
Celebrating David Attenborough on his 97th birthday
May 06, 2023
Ocean conditions created in a lab
Apr 29, 2023
Technology records every step, every waddle, every flap
Apr 29, 2023
Algae used for new materials and energy
Apr 29, 2023
Carbon dioxide increase brings ominous future
Apr 29, 2023
Isotopes reveal ecological changes in condors, fur seals and turtles
Apr 29, 2023
Biodegradable plastics become shoes
Apr 22, 2023
Hopes for energy transition and carbon capture
Apr 22, 2023
Black hole destroys a dust cloud
Apr 22, 2023
Opera explores mythical side of space exploration
Apr 22, 2023
Hoverflies reveal secrets of how brains process vision information
Apr 22, 2023
Bees fed killed pathogen spores display pathogen resistance
Apr 22, 2023
Honeybees – vital for crop pollination, now venom offers medicinal benefits
Apr 22, 2023
1922 Aussie outback expedition helped prove Einstein's theory of general relativity
Apr 15, 2023
PhD student publishes on source of silica particles in Saturn’s E-ring
Apr 15, 2023
Next step for solar energy - space
Apr 15, 2023
Cutting waste water in wine production
Apr 15, 2023
Singapore Gardens
Apr 15, 2023
Plants help us change our state of mind
Apr 15, 2023
Tom Lehrer celebrates 95 years
Apr 15, 2023
Iranian protesters hit with shrapnel and poisonous gas
Apr 08, 2023
Snapshot hypothesis - how bees find their nest
Apr 08, 2023
A new approach to valuing and conserving ecosystems
Apr 08, 2023
New methods to map nature
Apr 08, 2023
Lunar Trailblazer to map water on the Moon
Apr 01, 2023
Exercise brings benefits for treatment of cancer
Apr 01, 2023
Environmental concerns of King Charles
Apr 01, 2023