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
Hawks keep tourist sites free of pigeons
Harris's hawks are used at sporting events and major tourist sites such as Venice to keep pigeons away.
00:06:30 |
Sat 09 Aug 2025
Is the scientific chaos being echoed in modern America?
Cuts are widespread across US science and research impacting climate monitoring. Understanding how climate is changing is vital if we are to have any hope in reducing our impact and preparing for a c…
00:10:57 |
Sat 09 Aug 2025
The Monkey Trial centenary
Peter Bernhardt takes us back in time to the trial as told by Brenda Wineapple in her book Keeping the Faith – God, Democracy and the trial that riveted a nation.
00:09:25 |
Sat 09 Aug 2025
Lab Notes: How do I avoid eating and breathing microplastics?
It's impossible to escape microplastics. They're in our food and water, and the air around us is teeming with them.
So considering they're all around us, how can we minimise our exposure to tiny pla…
00:13:26 |
Tue 05 Aug 2025
How physics consols
In this 50th year of The Science Show we celebrate yet another of the program’s idols and regular guests, science writer Tim Radford.
00:13:25 |
Sat 02 Aug 2025
Physical evidence for dark matter remains elusive
Zac Picker is searching for physical impacts of dark matter as evidence of its existence.
00:09:35 |
Sat 02 Aug 2025
Hush!
Music is being used at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital to bring serenity and a sense of calm to patients, family, and medical staff.
00:08:31 |
Sat 02 Aug 2025
Passau in Southern Germany – the town with three rivers
With no flood plain, river water in Passau can rise high and quickly threatening people and property. And when the water rises, students in the university town come together for swift community actio…
00:09:44 |
Sat 02 Aug 2025
Oceans are becoming hotter, long-term trends show
Matthew England is studying global changes in ocean heat and circulation. The AMOC - the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is showing signs of slowing, and as it does, impacts are being fel…
00:09:17 |
Sat 02 Aug 2025
Lab Notes: What's quantum mechanics ever done for me?
It feels like you can't go a week without hearing about some new quantum technology which promises to change our lives for the better.
But quantum mechanics is already well and truly present in our…
00:14:00 |
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Peter Rose, editor of Australian Book Review retires
Peter Rose has been editor of Australian Book Review for 24 years. As he retires, a scientific writing fellowship at ABR has been launched.
00:08:45 |
Sat 26 Jul 2025
The centenary of quantum mechanics
Shelby Traynor traces the birth and irresistible growth of the quantum revolution.
00:25:44 |
Sat 26 Jul 2025
Jeremy Leggett wins US$500,000 Blue Planet Prize
The Blue Planet Prize is presented by the Asahi Glass Foundation of Japan for outstanding achievement in helping provide solutions to global environmental problems.
00:12:37 |
Sat 26 Jul 2025
Canada burns again
Animals play crucial roles in ecosystems and are being lost to fire on a massive scale. Resse Halter reports on Canada’s wildfires.
00:05:32 |
Sat 26 Jul 2025
Lab Notes: Why some mums have all boys or all girls
If you've given birth to three daughters, what are the odds that your next child will also be a girl?
One in two, right? Well … maybe not.
The odds of having a fourth girl could be a fair bit highe…
00:14:20 |
Tue 22 Jul 2025
The bandicoot with a butterfly on its back
The Nullarbor barred bandicoot (Perameles papillon) was identified as a new species in 2018, despite being extinct for nearly a century. Until recently, all scientists had of the bandicoots were a ha…
00:10:33 |
Sat 19 Jul 2025
The Australian brothers who made everything from EVs to humidicribs
Electric scooter, humidicrib, fax machine, Olympic scoreboard — versions of all these inventions (and hundreds more) were created by a pair of brothers, Donald and Edward Both, in their South Austral…
00:11:06 |
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Power from the motion of the ocean
A wave energy generator trial has been running at Albany on WA's south coast. Researchers say these offshore devices, if scaled up, could be a useful source of renewable power.
00:13:00 |
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Not all seaweeds will suffer under climate change
We know that the warming world is devastating ecosystems, but it's not always because organisms are struggling. This is especially the case in the ocean, where different seaweed species can have very…
00:05:51 |
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Lab Notes: Can bottom trawling be a sustainable way to fish?
A huge net, weighed down by heavy chains, swiftly sweeps across the ocean floor, scooping up everything in its path.
This type of fishing, called bottom trawling, was illuminated in a new documenta…
00:14:02 |
Tue 15 Jul 2025
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