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.
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Episodes (266)
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines
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May 8, 202653:34pending
Lab Notes: What happens if a major ocean current … stops?
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May 7, 202610:48pending
Australian science under strain
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May 1, 202654:37failed
Lab Notes: AI data centres are coming to remote Australia
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Apr 30, 202610:48failed
Response to Australia’s ESO rejection
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Apr 24, 202654:35failed
Lab Notes: Aussies loved Artemis II — and they want more
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Apr 23, 2026failed
Getting more from fertiliser, viral DNA's vital role and help from hookworms!
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Apr 17, 202654:35failed
Lab Notes: Is measles back?
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Apr 16, 202610:47failed
Australia says no to European Southern Observatory collaboration, applications o...
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Apr 10, 202654:49failed
Lab Notes: What can we grow on the Moon?
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Apr 9, 202610:46completed
Australian and New Zealand research presented at Falling Walls Berlin
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Apr 3, 202654:36failed
Lab Notes: Can we replace lab animals?
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Apr 2, 202610:49failed
Saving Australia’s R&D, robot for cleaning up oil, and quantum physics with Paul...
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Mar 27, 202653:15failed
Lab Notes: NASA's mission to the Moon
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Mar 26, 202612:12failed
Possums thought to be extinct found in Papua, early Indigenous ingenuity, and ho...
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Mar 20, 202654:35failed
Lab Notes: Super-K flu is here … but it's not our biggest problem
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Mar 19, 202610:46completed
New idea for the origin of language
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Mar 13, 202654:36failed
Lab Notes: Slip! Slop! Slap! SUCCESS!
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Mar 12, 202610:44failed
Astronomy and toxicology converge at Caltech
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Mar 6, 202654:36failed
Lab Notes: Why air traffic won’t return to normal for months
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Mar 5, 202610:46pending
How the US came close to losing half its science funding
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Feb 27, 202653:00pending
Lab Notes: The surprising history of the backyard sprinkler
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Feb 26, 202610:47pending
Stories told by feet
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Feb 20, 202654:50pending
Lab Notes: Why buying a star name is nonsense
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Feb 19, 202612:34pending
Ancient humans lived in an Indonesian cave until Homo sapiens arrived
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Feb 13, 202654:37pending
Lab Notes: Skincare, pregnancy and a minefield of mixed messages
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Feb 12, 202610:47pending
Social media ban impacts political knowledge of young Australians
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Feb 6, 202654:24pending
Lab Notes: Can we tap the brakes on energy-hungry AI?
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Feb 5, 202612:11pending
Humpbacks threat, green cities and EVs, and origins of life
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Jan 30, 202654:38pending
Lab Notes: What's behind the rising tree death rates?
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Jan 29, 202613:47pending
Mysterious stellar object discovered
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Jan 24, 202654:37pending
Lab Notes: The oldest rock art in the world…that we know of
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Jan 22, 202610:47pending
Kiruna: The city that moved to make way for a mine
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Jan 16, 202654:34pending
Lab Notes: Why UV levels are so high in Australia
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Jan 13, 202614:05pending
A portrait of Dame Miriam Rothschild
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Jan 9, 202654:06pending
Lab Notes: The Treaty of the Metre: how the metre came to be
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Jan 7, 202613:35pending
Mary Somerville — Brilliant polymath, scientific genius
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Jan 2, 202654:38pending
Lab Notes: Why do whales strand en masse?
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Dec 30, 202513:51pending
Celebrating 50 years of The Science Show
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Dec 26, 202554:06pending
Lab Notes: Tips to reduce microplastics exposure
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Dec 23, 202513:28pending
Émilie du Châtelet - portrait of a leader of the Enlightenment
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Dec 19, 202554:37pending
Lab Notes: How is sunscreen SPF tested?
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Dec 16, 202513:34pending
Author Terry Pratchett’s links to science and Adelaide
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Dec 12, 202554:36pending
Lab Notes: How maths explains nature's weirdness
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Dec 9, 202513:48pending
Evidence shows no link between pain relief drugs and autism
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Dec 5, 202554:35pending
Lab Notes: Are bioplastics the future of packaging?
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Dec 2, 202514:00pending
3 young high achievers in science, and Sydney hosts space conference
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Nov 28, 202554:28pending
Lab Notes: Why aurora season isn't over yet
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Nov 25, 202513:42pending
Rare earth minerals – we’ll need geologists to find them
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Nov 21, 202554:28pending
Lab Notes: How are long-range weather forecasts made?
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Nov 18, 202514:00pending