The Science Show

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

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Bryde’s whale seen year-round in Australian east coast waters and reports from the British Science

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

This week we look at some brilliant figures in science who after being allowed to fade from memory

After more than twenty years of observations, Tamara Davis has revealed that dark energy, the myste

It might be the largest telescope humans will ever build. We visit the site in Chile’s high dry Ata

Richard Fidler speaks to author Alison Bashford who has written about a hundred years of modern sci

Plastic is being eaten by seabirds. Some migratory birds can no longer fly. And micro amounts are e

The first Science Show was broadcast on 30th August 1975. This week’s program takes a suitably cosm

A new chemical reaction eliminates 6 steps in the manufacture of some drugs promising big savings o

Merlin meets Dr Crispy

2024/8/17

CRISPR is the most powerful means of gene editing ever developed. It led to Jennifer Doudna and Emm

Drought in the Amazon has left the forest tinder dry and now burning out of control. Wilderness are

We go to the Scottish Highlands where biodiversity is being reintroduced to cleared fields, and a c

As temperatures rise, it is estimated one billion people will be displaced from their land.

The University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia are to be combined as one in 2026.

The ocean depths may be out of sight, but they play an important role in climate and the cycling of

From deep within a mountain in Italy, scientists hope increasingly sophisticated experiments are cl

For the next big steps in physics many believe it's time for a shake-up of the field's core theorie

Deep in an abandoned silver mine in Germany, seismometres monitor the song of the Earth - including

Just as DNA is unique, it turns out other molecules may also be unique. 

Paul Ehrlich has released a memoir. It covers his decades of science and activism. There have been