The Science Show
The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate, from the physics of cricket to prime ministerial biorhythms.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 271
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Science Extra: The facts on fake news, 3D printed body parts and will Meta be better?
What can we learn from fake news, going electric and formerly Facebook's fate.
00:46:21 |
Sat 08 Jan 2022
New fossil site in NSW and the first computer
Rare new fossil site gets palaeontologists excited
The first computer – a product of Victorian England
00:54:07 |
Sat 08 Jan 2022
Science Extra: malaria vax breakthrough, surviving snake bite and, of course, COVID-19
A look back at 2021 – a new malaria vaccine and an Alzheimer’s drug get the thumbs up, COVID vax facts and nutritional myth busting.
00:49:13 |
Sat 01 Jan 2022
The physics of music - part 3
We continue Ian Johnston’s story of the parallel developments of physics and music. Some combinations of notes we find pleasing. Others less so. How is this explained by physics?
00:52:52 |
Sat 01 Jan 2022
Science Extra: Cosmic explosions, bits and bobs from the Big Bang and space rocks on Earth
Why was Mars making news so often in 2021, what sent out mystery interstellar radio signals, and who, if anyone, won the billionaire space race?
00:49:42 |
Sat 25 Dec 2021
The physics of music - part 2
New thinking in the Renaissance led to a new understanding of physics and with it, a new musical scale and new instruments. Physics and music bloomed.
00:53:21 |
Sat 25 Dec 2021
Science extra: Quantum computing, lucid dreams and bin-flipping cockatoos
How will quantum computing change our lives, why do lucid dreams matter and why do cockies flip bin lids? We have the answers.
00:49:02 |
Sat 18 Dec 2021
The physics of music - part 1
The Science Show presents the first of a three-part series on how physics and music were closely linked in their early development. The series was first heard in 1994 and is presented by physicist fr…
00:53:52 |
Sat 18 Dec 2021
Three scientific gift ideas and prospects for 2030
Fears of new biosecurity threats
Alan Finkel’s vision for Australia in 2030
Our chief scientist’s goals and hopes for science in 2030
Job insecurity makes science unattractive
Cosmos Magazine - the s…
00:53:36 |
Sat 11 Dec 2021
Stunning capability, variety and beauty in the natural world
Sharon Carleton is our guide as we marvel at species all around us and see the efforts of scientists to understand the natural world.
00:54:04 |
Sat 04 Dec 2021
Books for children about the origin of life and Einsteinian physics and L’Oréal awards for rechargeable batteries and balancing fish stocks with needs of human nutrition
L’Oréal and UNESCO For Women in Science award for lithium battery research
L’Oréal and UNESCO For Women in Science award for research into nutrient value of reef fish
Children’s book considers the or…
00:53:28 |
Sat 27 Nov 2021
Always on? Or better sometimes off? The good and bad of smartphone technology
The Science Brief - Hope for the Amazon and kids and their screens
Always On - the smartphone journey and the possibilities which await
Aussie STEM Stars - Alan Finkel
Aphasia therapy adapted for zoo…
00:53:00 |
Sat 20 Nov 2021
How science has been used to justify horrid acts through history
The Science Brief – community power takes off and fusion a step closer
How pregnancy shapes the brain – the lifelong effects of motherhood
The Science of Abolition
Mindfulness helps parents of childr…
00:52:32 |
Sat 13 Nov 2021
On a roll - Ceridwen Dovey wins Bragg Prize for Science Writing again
The prize winners, the anthology, the history remembered. The Science Show this week is all Bragg.
00:54:05 |
Sat 30 Oct 2021
More hopes for Glasgow, more value from waste, and a new ship for Antarctic research
World sleepwalking into disaster with lukewarm climate action
Information for families of children with chronic illnesses
The science brief
New approach for helping those addicted to methamphetamines…
00:54:07 |
Sat 23 Oct 2021
Birds, polar ice and hopes for Glasgow climate talks
Crisis awaits if the world fails to act on climate
Should nuclear power be part of the energy transition?
The science brief
Identifying the risks of babies being born small
Monitoring ice north and s…
00:54:07 |
Sat 16 Oct 2021
Prizes, prizes, prizes! Nobels, Earthshot and Eurekas
2021 Nobel Prizes for Medicine, Physics and Chemistry
Paul Ehrlich reflects after 50 years
Australian finalist for first Earthshot environmental prize 2021
Different cultures, different maps part 2
E…
00:54:06 |
Sat 09 Oct 2021
New ways to inspire young students about the world of science
Avoiding a ghastly future
The science brief
New communications technology for astronomy and space missions
Einstein musical introduces students to physics through performance
Pen pal scientists inspi…
00:54:06 |
Sat 02 Oct 2021
As melting ice threatens polar ecosystems hopes emerge that international investment law will help speed transition to clean energy
The science brief
Hopes international investment law will help speed transition to clean energy
Science and the public good - mathematics
Cosmic Vertigo returns
Melting ice threatens polar ecosystems…
00:54:06 |
Sat 25 Sep 2021
Acacias a new weapon against climate change
The science brief
Acacia - another climate solution in easy reach
Science and the public good - physics
Targeted heat used to treat brain cancer
Computer science born in Australia 70 years ago
00:54:07 |
Sat 18 Sep 2021
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