The Science Show

By ABC AustraliaScience Natural Sciences

Ranking
36th
on Natural Sciences
Favorites
308
Followers
Typical duration
53 min
per episode
If it hooks
75%
finish an episode

Based on Podcast App listening data

The Science Show episodes

September 25, 2021 As melting ice threatens polar ecosystems hopes emerge that international investment law will help speed transition to clean energy
The science briefHopes international investment law will help speed transition to clean energyScience and the public good - mathematicsCosmic Vertigo returnsMelting ice threatens polar ecosystemsCan computers reproduce human culture?
55 min
September 18, 2021 Acacias a new weapon against climate change
The science briefAcacia - another climate solution in easy reachScience and the public good - physicsTargeted heat used to treat brain cancerComputer science born in Australia 70 years ago
55 min
September 11, 2021 Musical palm cockatoos sing duets and more
The science briefRobots for e-wasteScience and the public good - chemistryPalm cockatoos – the singing and drumming parrots on Australia’s northern tipWeight training for general health and therapyCitizen science boosts science literacy
55 min
September 04, 2021 Authors combine science with popular characters and gripping story lines
The science briefScience and the public goodAstrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking introduces young readers to scienceScience the basis of LA Larkin’s crime-thrillers
55 min
August 28, 2021 The Science Show celebrates 46 years with Douglas Adams, a pit full of snakes and a memory from the start
The Science Show celebrates 46 years and recalls a warning given at the startRemembering Douglas AdamsThe fascinating world of snakes The science brief
55 min
August 21, 2021 Crazy ants, smart birds and an Aussie space mission
How basic research can lead to unexpected breakthroughsCarl’s world of scienceCurtin University builds resupply craft for Space StationBird brains more complex than ever imaginedYellow crazy ants threaten ecosystems and agriculture along Queensland coast
55 min
August 14, 2021 Electrification coming for runabouts and vale Roger Short
Electrification coming for runaboutsSlime moulds fascinate the young and oldBotanical Ark in far north QueenslandThe reality of scientific research – 1-yr study blows out to 6yrsVale Roger Short
55 min
August 07, 2021 Slime moulds, soil, Shackleton and snow
Slime moulds – important forest dwellers that are neither plant, animal nor fungusThe story of soilShackleton’s Endurance – the extraordinary tale of endurance and unlikely survivalNZ getting serious about its snow
55 min
August 07, 2021 The Science Show - Saturday, August 7
The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate, from the physics of cricket to prime ministerial biorhythms.
55 min
July 31, 2021 Drilling beneath volcanoes, reducing the threat of tsunamis, and why the dodo is no more
Drilling beneath volcanoesProtection against tsunamisTreasures from London’s Natural History Museum at Melbourne Museum to Jan 2022The demise of flightless birdsMessage to a developing embryoHistory of Manhattan, and continued push to return jaguars to southern US
55 min

About The Science Show

From the publisher's feed

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