The Science Show - Separate stories podcast

Robots are ideal in chemistry labs undertaking repetitive and dangerous tasks. 

Outgoing president of the Royal Society says the UK public accepts the importance of science and those in power must be reminded of the importance of maintained funding.

The Earth writes its own history, and it can be seen in the physical, chemical and biological components of rocks.

Some meteorites come with signs of chemical reactions found in life on Earth. 

New materials applied to agricultural greenhouses as a paint coating boosts red light for plant growth increased yields.

Around 1.5 million years ago, in what's now Kenya, a human-like figure walked across the savannah.  He was probably quite short by our standards, no taller than Danny DeVito.  But unlike Danny DeVito, this ancient figure was not human. He was a long-extinct relative of ours called Paranthropus boisei.  And now his fossilised hand bones are giving us never-before-seen insights into how he and his s...

A recent study has shown the loss of 62% of managed bee hives across the United States.

A recent study has shown the loss of 62% of managed bee hives across the United States.

On the shores of the ocean, Laura and Daphne fantasise that they are mother and daughter. They both have problems in their past, which they need to resolve.

Robyn Williams is joined by hotel manager Paul Gallop for a tour of Adelaide’s Marriott hotel and it’s displays commemorating the work of Charles Todd.

David Spiegelhalter offers a data-driven guide to how we should best live with risk and uncertainty.

Evidence of harm of social media on young people is limited, but the effects are obvious.

Love, Anger and Betrayal follows 26 young British citizens as protest against the ongoing use of fossil fuels.

Few astronomical wonders are as spectacular as a total solar eclipse, when the Moon fully covers the Sun, plunging us into daytime darkness.  If we're lucky, we can see this epic phenomenon as it happens — through special glasses, of course. But our preoccupation with looking at the sky means we may not notice what's happening to the animals around us.  When it comes to birds, many of which rely o...

David Ellis is investigating how technology might be redesigned to reduce or eliminate the loneliness which can arise for some users.

Phages are viruses which attack specific bacteria. 

Biofilms are produced by microorganisms coming together and forming a community usually on a surface. The biofilm provides protection for the microorganism.

The idea is to see if technology can be used to support animals which live in isolation in zoos or sanctuaries.

A display at the British Science Festival featured sounds from animals we usually think of as being silent such as some fish, and sea horses.

Andre Geim was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2010 for his work on graphene. Graphene is one atom thick, a lattice of carbon atoms and is a two-dimensional material. 

Nobel Prize winner Takaaki Kajita laments poor support for research in Japan.

David Fisher reports on the 2025 Nobel Prizes for Medicine, Physics and Chemistry.

This has been a bumper year for whale-watching on Australia's east coast, with thousands of humpbacks spotted cruising along their annual migration route.   This population was almost wiped out by whalers last century but has bounced back — and then some. A new estimate suggests there are now more of these humpbacks than in pre-whaling times.  So why are the eastern Australian humpbacks going gang...

Despite the cloud, the UK has a telescope. It is cleverly located in the Canary Islands and specialises in short duration cosmic events such as supernovae and merging stars. 

Madeline Robinson describes some of the nation’s most important archaeological sites, what they reveal, and she touches on why they are not widely known, despite their importance.