The Science Show

The Science Show 25.11.2023 54:04 ↓

They were close to extinction. Now seashorses in Sydney Harbour may have survived.

Getting your rocks off 18.11.2023 54:21 ↓

Landscape may be an important unrecognised contributor to climate change.

Ultrasound moves immune cells and triggers their response and more Prime Ministers Prizes for Science 11.11.2023 54:06 ↓

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

Maths is here, it's there, it’s everywhere 04.11.2023 54:06 ↓

Mathematics is a key tool in every scientific discipline

Australia may join world coalition of collaborative research 28.10.2023 54:04 ↓

Life Scientist award for work on microbes and their role in regulating climate plus Varroa mites – a positive for native bees?

Prime Minister’s Prize for Science and new insights into the benefits of social interaction 21.10.2023 54:04 ↓

Michelle Simmons had received The Prime Minister's Science Prize for her work on quantum electronics.

Lockdown behaviour, vaccines for new variants, and evidence for coronavirus source 14.10.2023 54:06 ↓

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

Here come the superstars 07.10.2023 54:07 ↓

Nobel Prizes, Covid good luck and Mars Rover's link to QUT

Why do textbooks leave out so many scientists with one thing in common? 30.09.2023 54:04 ↓

Researchers have found school curriculums are missing the contributions of female scientists. Why is it so important we know the people behind the discoveries?

What counting trees tells us about the health of the planet 23.09.2023 54:06 ↓

Mathematicians and their models might just be the world's most inconspicuous climate heroes. 

A battle between consciousness theories, and harnessing resources from thin air 16.09.2023 54:06 ↓

What happens when two theories are pitted against one another? Are we any closer to knowing where consciousness arises?

Sir John Eccles and the invaluable work of his daughter Rose 09.09.2023 54:07 ↓

This Australian father-daughter duo played a huge part in the science and philosophy instrumental in the mind-brain problem. 

Sir John Eccles, one of the big brains in neuroscience 02.09.2023 54:02 ↓

Sharon Carleton takes a look at his decades of work in this 2003 feature, coinciding with this year's Eccles Institute seminar at ANU. 

Cyber hygiene, deep sea parasites and what weeds can teach us about cancer 26.08.2023 54:06 ↓

All the science underway to protect our health, our environment... and our smartphones?

Big ideas at Beaker Street Festival 19.08.2023 54:13 ↓

Some of the science on display at this year's Hobart-wide celebration of the big, small and occasionally glowy. 

What can we learn from five minutes of silence? 12.08.2023 54:08 ↓

Sometimes we all need to sit in silence ... but is there ever really silence? Take a seat and let your ears provide the answer. 

The Oppenheimer who influenced our modern science centres 05.08.2023 54:05 ↓

The Exploratorium in San Francisco opened in 1969, and went on to inspire our own science centres in Australia.

Pioneering particles, time-travelling molecules and outer space poets 29.07.2023 54:04 ↓

Scientists are harnessing the very small to explore very big things — from faults in massive structures to time reversal at the molecular level.

There's no age limit to science 22.07.2023 54:07 ↓

From a teenage enthusiast to a 100-year-old Nobel Prize winner, The Science Show explores the agelessness of wonder.

Protecting habitats and the creatures that dwell within 15.07.2023 54:07 ↓

Climate change is already having far-reaching consequences, for our forests, our oceans and ourselves. 

Torres Strait VR, taming CERN's magnets and Fiji's fight against varroa mite 08.07.2023 56:03 ↓

Testing magnets for CERN'S Large Hadron Collider is a high-stakes job, with serious consequences. 

Where science can lead: An isolated island, the slimy forest floor, and centre stage for stand-up 01.07.2023 56:57 ↓

Come along for a midnight hunt at a secluded resort, and a dawn boat trip to the speck of land where Hollywood Blockbuster Castaway was filmed.

Communities team up with scientists to tackle flooding 24.06.2023 54:55 ↓

Meet two groups — one in Scotland, the other in the US state of Georgia — using science against floodwaters. 

Helping marine life thrive — from Fiji to Goondiwindi 17.06.2023 54:00 ↓

Tag along for a trip out to sea to meet a woman from the Solomon Islands who is tracking this looming danger in the Pacific Ocean.

Come inside the vault preserving Pacific plants for future generations 10.06.2023 54:10 ↓

Carl Smith takes a trip to the Pacific to catch up with scientists working to conserve the region's biodiversity.