The Science Show - Separate stories podcast
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 day
- Average duration
- 11 minutes
- Episodes
- 298
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
AI voices
Can you tell the difference between a person speaking and a cloned version?
00:07:39 |
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Cybercrime in UK hits new high
Professor Julia Davidson at East London University, is leading a team trying to beat the cyber criminals whose activities are costing the UK well over A$60 billion every year.
00:10:33 |
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Gear shift – challenges in resuming control of highly automated vehicles
Taking control of an automated vehicle travelling at speed is challenging and comes with high risk.
00:07:23 |
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Origami brings better robots?
Chenying Liu applies enhanced mechanical properties of origami to robotics in healthcare and other industries.
00:06:52 |
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Prime Minister’s New Innovator Prize
Dr Andrew Horsley, of Quantum Brilliance in Canberra uses diamonds in the design of quantum computers, which allows them to be as small as a mobile phone.
00:11:55 |
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Bryde’s whales prolific in east coast Australian waters
Sightings from citizen scientists and others suggest the Bryde’s whale may be present in east coast Australian waters year-round.
00:07:36 |
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Mawson in Antarctica and his hut in Hobart
Author Joanna Grochowicz has written about Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson in a new book and Sophia Minter describes a replica of Mawson’s Antarctic hut on Hobart’s waterfront.
00:22:08 |
Sat 12 Oct 2024
Universities under pressure
In both the UK and Australia, universities are under increasing pressure. Some entire departments are closing. In the UK’s Prospect magazine, historian Glen O’Hara paints a grim picture.
00:13:48 |
Sat 12 Oct 2024
Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science 2024
Interviews with winners will be heard in future weeks on The Science Show.
00:07:26 |
Sat 12 Oct 2024
Nobels Prizes 2024
Jacinta Bowler reports on winners of the 2024 Nobel Prizes for Medicine, Chemistry and Physics announced this week in Stockholm.
00:07:30 |
Sat 12 Oct 2024
Astronomer obsessed from her early years
It began with a play activity for young children. Laura Driessen traces her interest in astronomy.
00:05:25 |
Sat 05 Oct 2024
Christopher Wren – an underestimated figure?
An architect of 53 churches and cathedrals, polymath Christopher Wren loved leaning and discovering new things.
00:12:07 |
Sat 05 Oct 2024
Anglo Australian Telescope celebrates 50 years
Until the 1970s, most of the world’s largest telescopes were in the northern hemisphere. In 1974 the Anglo Australian Telescope was commissioned in northern NSW so that astronomers could explore some…
00:11:58 |
Sat 05 Oct 2024
Marcus Chown – A Crack in Everything
Marcus Chown interviews scientists who made the key discoveries and tells the story of how black holes came to take cosmic centre stage despite contradicting major theories of physics.
00:12:50 |
Sat 05 Oct 2024
The Matter of Everything - Twelve Experiments that Changed our World
Suzie Sheehy focuses experimental physicists those who did the work and gathered the data that led to the great theories about how the universe works.
00:09:50 |
Sat 05 Oct 2024
National Youth Science Forum inspires future scientists
Bridget Elliott-Rudder describes her hopes for science literacy in the community and what participants can experience at the National Youth STEM Summit, part of the National Youth Science Forum.
00:08:05 |
Sat 28 Sep 2024
Judges try to help jurors with their task
Faye Nitschke is studying methods used by judges to determine which approaches are effective in helping jurors with their task.
00:08:03 |
Sat 28 Sep 2024
New insights into the expanding universe
After observations spanning more than twenty years, Tamara Davis has new insights into the force which drives the expanding universe.
00:13:39 |
Sat 28 Sep 2024
Artificial intelligence helps weather forecasting
Artificial intelligence can help analyse historical weather and climate records and allow forecasters with more accurate predictions.
00:05:51 |
Sat 28 Sep 2024
Reducing the impact of construction
Josephine Vaughan is investigating aspects of the building industry such as reducing energy input, reducing production of waste and the reuse of materials at the end of life.
00:06:17 |
Sat 28 Sep 2024
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