The Science Show

By ABC AustraliaScience Natural Sciences

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The Science Show episodes

August 26, 2017 42!
Harry Diculus does it with feeling
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Ode to the typewriter
Career advice for early and mid-career scientists
Real-life tale mirrors le Carré novel
54 min
August 19, 2017 Celebrating chaos
The lady with the lamp or the lady with the logarithm?
The answer to the great question of life and everything
Fun with primes, so why the resistance?
Mathematics improves weather forecasting
Predicting the speed at which epidemics spread
Alex the Astronaut – combining music, science and sport
Finding Fibonacci
Catastrophes open opportunities for changed biodiversity
54 min
August 12, 2017 Poisoned bore water and Kepler
Call for action to clean up drinking water in remote communities
Kepler helps determine composition of the universe
False memory a dilemma for courts
Increase in labiaplasty surgery
Ribosomes in bacteria target for new antibiotics
The secret language of bees
55 min
August 05, 2017 Mac's first lecture - and a murder threat!
Vale Phillip Playford
Unearthing the geological history of central Australia
Changing cities for the future
Reflections by Zappa and Clarke
Science Friction returns 12th August
Peter Mason - physics, radio broadcasts and a contentious family history
54 min
July 29, 2017 Did Shakespeare foresee the second law of thermodynamics?
Nobel Prize for molecular motor boosts for new field of dynamic chemistry
Academic curiosity leads to promising cancer treatment
Improving services for young people after cancer treatment
New Antarctic heat maps to improve predictions of sea level rise
Was Shakespeare also a scientist?
BHP finalist Mary-Anne Poyitt awarded in US competition
Ideas competition for young students
54 min
July 22, 2017 Pitching to Trump
New evidence of first Australians 65,000 years ago
Lawrence Krauss pitches big science to the president
Promising results from new Taiwanese energy technologies
Leaf-cutter ants – the ultimate egalitarian workforce
Ancestor’s Trail traces the evolution of life on Earth
Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani dies from breast cancer
The appeal of maths
54 min
July 15, 2017 Can birds sing music – or are they just noisy robots?
Juno sweeps low over Jupiter’s mega storm
The story of the universe and our place in it
Music in human evolution and modern-day society
Understanding birdsong
54 min
July 08, 2017 Fly me to Mars!
Fly me to Mars!
54 min
July 01, 2017 Can a scientist be a sentinel?
John Church – we’re approaching the climate threshold and need to act now
The scientist as sentinel
54 min
June 24, 2017 Has ‘denying’ won?
Has ‘denying’ won?
54 min

About The Science Show

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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.