The Science Show

The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate, f

Episodes

Total: 258

New ideas about plant conservation, the immense diversity of Ashmore Reef, and how ocean noise could threaten whales and dolphins
2021/6/12

The legacy of Andrei Sakharov and the state of Russian science todayHigh levels of ocean noise a po

Fears environmental laws to be weakened, burning practices threaten ecosystems and learning from Indigenous knowledge
2021/6/5

A call for strengthened environmental legislationRegular forest burns reduce chances for endangered

Methane 120 times worse than carbon dioxide, plus the changing world for frogs, bees and human relationships
2021/5/29

Politicians need to see linkages in our worldMost Australian frogs intolerant of human modified hab

Alan Turing – thinker ahead of his time
2021/5/22

Alan Turing – thinker ahead of his time

Professor Roger Short, reproductive biologist
2021/5/15

He is now over ninety, having done work on AIDS, on elephants, on population and condoms. We return

Botanical tales, tariffs for renewable energy and extracting fossils
2021/5/8

Proposed tariff a disincentive for household renewable energyExtracting fossils from their rocky to

Full-on assault against natural ecosystems
2021/5/1

Conservation, what’s that? Natural ecosystems now being removed fasterSmart irrigation keeps Adelai

Suzuki on racism, Darwin on psychology and saving the pines on Norfolk Island.
2021/4/24

David Suzuki deplores racism, explores its roots and prevalence todayThe Psychology of Charles Darw

Seaweed a hope to capture carbon and help cool the planet
2021/4/17

Seaweed a strong hope for drawdown of atmospheric carbonFestival reveals the beauty, wonder and pot

Adelaide car plant closes and becomes an innovation hub employing more people than before
2021/4/10

ANU plans to end neuroscience researchThe arts, humanities and sciences dance togetherCatastrophic

Restoring shellfish reefs and a helping hand for the green parrots of Norfolk Island
2021/4/3

Economic arguments help win funds to restore shellfish reefsLife After Gravity - The story of Isaac

Ecological repair for Australian islands east and west
2021/3/27

Stem cells - a mix of promise and hypeCanberra doctor buys fish fossil site in central NSWNative an

$2.4 billion proposal to commercialise science and the importance of infant gut bacteria
2021/3/20

$2.4 billion proposal to commercialise scienceGut bacteria in infants play a vital role for life-lo

Fossil fish site in central NSW now in safe hands and Manly festival celebrates beauty and importance of seaweed
2021/3/13

Less security than a barista for early career researchers in AustraliaFossil fish site in central N

How Rosalind Franklin aided our pandemic response and attracting the world’s top researchers, despite COVID
2021/3/6

COVID pandemic an apt time to rewrite the significance of Rosalind FranklinIceberg introduces child

Changing climate questions where and how we build close to forested areas, and investigating the top speed of sound
2021/2/27

New approach needed for urban settlements after apocalyptic bushfiresPlans for the Australian Space

Fish moving polewards and 3D printing of body parts
2021/2/20

3D printers now producing body partsFish moving polewards so they can breatheWhat led to Greta? Per