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Science Friction
Quantum computers could be the next giant leap in technology — transforming how we heal people, how we grow food, how we get around our cities. So how close are we to the quantum future we've been promised? For Science Friction on ABC Radio National, Jacinta Bowler unpacks how the weird world of quantum physics could change everything. Hear about the surprising twists, the quantum cat-fights and the plucky heroes that have defined humanity's effort to build nature's most unpredictable machine. Dead and Alive is a four-part series from Science Friction on ABC Radio National. Episode 1 is out on...
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Episodes
Two guys. Two kayaks. And 2500km to make the Murray River sing 28.11.2021 25:46
If a controversial river could speak, what would it say? Climb aboard and be prepared to get wet.
Get me out of here! My life in medical research is on life support 21.11.2021 26:44
Frank, fearless stories of personal reinvention and career resuscitation. Are we giving young scientists false hope?
Carbon capture and storage – climate saviour or fantasy? 14.11.2021 25:46
The Australian government wants to use technology to keep the fossil fuel dream alive. But will it work?
Net Zero by 2050 - is the Earth at the negotiating table at COP26? 07.11.2021 25:47
Crunch time at the COP26 Climate conference. Is Net Zero by 2050 a distraction? ABC Environment reporter Nick Kilvert joins Natasha and guests.
Sex cells! Are there just two biological sexes? [Part 2 of 2] 31.10.2021 26:07
Sex is complicated. Oh yes indeed.
Simón(e) Sun - I knew I was trans because of science [Part 1] 24.10.2021 31:43
Science is way personal.
In deep: why mining is heading to the seafloor 17.10.2021 25:46
Is the key to a battery-powered future lying 4000 metres below the sea surface?
What's up Doc? Elmer Fudd meets biological warfare 10.10.2021 25:44
12 rabbits that turned a nation crazy. Cue: a plague, the founder of immunology, a famous actress, and ten million dollars.
My Afghanistan escape - just a body, not a soul, or a heart (Part 2) 03.10.2021 25:44
A life and death mission. An extraordinary relationship.
What happens when your students join the Taliban? Afghan scientists in hiding (Part 1) 26.09.2021 27:15
They were pursuing their dreams, now they're running for their lives. Afghan scholars speak. Will the world listen?
We've got cosmic vertigo! 19.09.2021 25:42
This deadly pair of scientists are smashing ... barriers.
The art of more - did maths create civilisation? 12.09.2021 26:09
One, two, three ... and then ... more. When humans learnt how to count to more, then came mayhem and marvels. Bestselling science writer Dr Michael Brooks on The Art of More.
The virus busters: how do you kill something that's not really alive? 05.09.2021 25:43
Raymond Schinazi has been fighting viruses his whole career, with some mighty wins against these molecular mischief makers. Can we learn from the past to treat this coronavirus?
What if Picasso's canvas was smaller than a human hair? (REPEAT) 29.08.2021 25:45
Two artists making the invisible visible. What does making nanoart reveal about us — gargantuans in a world of atoms? (REPEAT)
Science Week debate: You can't handle the (scientific) truth! 22.08.2021 30:48
Who will win? Spin and hope or raw, sobering reality?
Hunting the ghosts of pandemics past 15.08.2021 25:45
Two baby teeth and a whole world of secrets. Meet the DNA detectives hunting for the ghosts of pandemics past.
When fish are kin: Max Liboiron's anti-colonial science 08.08.2021 25:47
In the windy, wet, wild world of the subarctic, science is done differently.
The long COVID doctors (Part 2 of 2) 01.08.2021 32:19
Don't mess with this virus. Extraordinary stories from the 3 UK doctors we first met a year ago, all living with 'long COVID'
The long COVID doctors (Part 1 of 2) 25.07.2021 35:17
Three UK doctors share their moving, eviscerating personal experiences of 'long COVID' [REPEAT]. And next episode, how are they nearly a year on as England opens up? [NEW]
The art and science of Deep Time travel 18.07.2021 25:54
Deep in the dirt are stories that need to be told ... by artists, scientists... and those damn (wonderful) ants.
Pain-free meat — is it possible? 11.07.2021 25:59
Ouch, that hurts. But who will listen? Down on the farm, understanding the biology of pain could make a real difference.
Medicine listen up! Birthing on country makes the land shake 04.07.2021 26:07
Yolgnu women want to make the the land shake again. Why?
The second kind of impossible: Part 2 — the wild adventure 27.06.2021 25:42
Lace up your boots. Get down and dirty. We're hunting the impossible.
The second kind of impossible: Part 1 — a maverick mind 20.06.2021 25:45
Nature's rules are made to be broken. Paul Steinhardt just had to find a way.
14-day rule on human embryo research – why do scientists want it lifted? 13.06.2021 25:44
Research on human embryos has been very constrained. Will that change?
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