The Science Show by ABC Radio

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

Radio: ABC News Radio

Category: Science & Medicine

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- Come inside the vault preserving Pacific plants for future generations

Sat, 10 Jun 2023
790
- The surprising past — and promising future of women in science

Sat, 03 Jun 2023
789
- The botanist behind Dame Edna's favourite flower, and the virtuous side of weeds

Sat, 27 May 2023
788
- Nearer the Gods: The enduring legacy of Isaac Newton

Sat, 20 May 2023
787
- Unravelling the mysterious workings of the epigenome — and the universe

Sat, 13 May 2023
786
- Celebrating David Attenborough on his 97th birthday

Sat, 06 May 2023
785
- A lab for seas and winds, measuring carbon dioxide and monitoring animal ecology

Sat, 29 Apr 2023
784
- Astronomers watch as black hole pulls dust cloud apart

Sat, 22 Apr 2023
783
- Beaming energy to Earth from space

Sat, 15 Apr 2023
782
- Technology helps scientists discover new species

Sat, 08 Apr 2023
781
- Bees communicate intricate information with their dance and Moon mission to map water

Sat, 01 Apr 2023
780
- World’s biggest coal port could become the world’s biggest hydrogen port. And Vale Will Steffen

Sat, 25 Mar 2023
779
- Academy calls for increased science funding, DNA used to nab wildlife smugglers, and worms reveal secrets of brains and memory.

Sat, 18 Mar 2023
778
- Helping young children after burn injury, inside the minds of teens, and behind the scenes at London’s Natural History Museum

Sat, 11 Mar 2023
777
- Visit the world’s biggest fission reactor under construction in France and discover the wonders of algae

Sat, 04 Mar 2023
776
- The value of seagrasses, fish with remarkable powers and how parasites threaten aquatic life

Sat, 25 Feb 2023
775
- Autonomous minibus and predicting the behaviour of pedestrians

Sat, 18 Feb 2023
774
- Harry Butler honoured and how a scientist fell in love with a fossil

Sat, 11 Feb 2023
773
- A tour of the antimatter factory and John Wheeler remembered

Sat, 04 Feb 2023
772
- Hope from COP27 and atmospheric research from Germany’s highest peak

Sat, 28 Jan 2023
771
- The surprising Huxley family, certainty, and climate prospects for 2023

Sat, 21 Jan 2023
770
- The evolution of galaxies and chasing the big cosmological questions

Sat, 14 Jan 2023
769
- Celebrating Gregor Mendel the father of genetics

Sat, 07 Jan 2023
768
- Celebrating Charles Todd and the overland telegraph

Sat, 31 Dec 2022
767
- A portrait of Dame Miriam Rothschild

Sat, 24 Dec 2022
766
- Human impact on and response to changing climate

Sat, 17 Dec 2022
765
- Smart cameras watch for anomalies, Prime Minister’s awards for top science teachers and DNA reveals the history of disease

Sat, 10 Dec 2022
764
- PM’s Prizes for Science, koalas, COP27 and Catherine the Great

Sat, 03 Dec 2022
763
- Recovering aluminium from tailings, aluminium formate to absorb carbon dioxide from power station exhausts, and a Neanderthal family like us

Sat, 26 Nov 2022
762
- Best Australian Science Writing winners and prospects for computing

Sat, 19 Nov 2022
761
- New technology brings added value to museum collections

Sat, 12 Nov 2022
759
- How crows use deception, saving freshwater turtles and the history of horses

Sat, 05 Nov 2022
758
- Storms changing our coasts, plastic in the ocean, and a call for geoengineering

Sat, 29 Oct 2022
757
- How carbon is our friend and unravelling the mystery of communication in plants

Sat, 22 Oct 2022
756
- Grid batteries made in Australia and pumped hydro using abandoned underground mines

Sat, 15 Oct 2022
755
- Nobel Prizes, climate extremes and how science can help save us

Sat, 08 Oct 2022
754
- Vanillin from plastic, battery trailers for EVs, and UK fossils rewriting the story of life

Sat, 01 Oct 2022
751
- Cheap solar, materials to capture carbon dioxide and a cancer test based on breath

Sat, 24 Sep 2022
750
- UN Peacekeepers train with virtual reality, drones for the battlefield and the transformation of Newcastle

Sat, 17 Sep 2022
749
- Testing Einstein, designing a lunar rover and help for stretched emergency departments

Sat, 10 Sep 2022
745
- 2022 Eureka science awards, new insights in the giant dinos and AI concerns

Sat, 03 Sep 2022
743
- Australia’s megafauna, new building materials, and dung beetles

Sat, 27 Aug 2022
741
- The story of mammals, how they coexisted with dinosaurs for 225 million years and survived when dinos couldn’t

Sat, 20 Aug 2022
740
- Trees – allowing native species to return in Scotland, clearing them away in the Amazon, and seeing how they work in Tasmania

Sat, 13 Aug 2022
739
- Vale James Lovelock

Sat, 06 Aug 2022
738
- Best approach for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Sat, 30 Jul 2022
737
- Celebrating Charles Todd and the overland telegraph

Sat, 23 Jul 2022
736
- The physics of music - part 6

Sat, 16 Jul 2022
735
- The physics of music - part 5

Sat, 09 Jul 2022
734
- The physics of music - part 4

Sat, 02 Jul 2022

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