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
Antibiotic resistance – a surprising new source
It can come, not only from the indulgent use of drugs, but also from the exchange of genes within our own guts.
00:10:27 |
Sat 17 May 2025
Volcano! Another book for children by prize-winning author Claire Saxby
Claire Saxby shows how the restless Earth can have fissures in its crust leading to huge explosions from deep in the sea, forming islands such as Hawaii whilst allowing thousands of living things to …
00:09:28 |
Sat 17 May 2025
Effects of early life adversity in marmots and humans
Long-term stress may have consequences. These are being studies in marmots and humans.
00:12:02 |
Sat 17 May 2025
Marsupial reproduction - one at your feet, one in the pouch and one on standby!
The diapause, the suspension and then triggering of foetal development, has allowed Australian marsupials to battle the extreme environment with remarkable success.
00:12:11 |
Sat 17 May 2025
Citizen scientists score major fossil find in Victoria
A group of amateur fossil hunters in Victoria has uncovered fossilised tracks left in a slab of mud, which have been dated as 35-40 million years older than the previously oldest known evidence of an…
00:06:58 |
Sat 17 May 2025
Lab Notes: The plight of the southern right whales
Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) were named by whalers because their high oil content made them the "right" ones to kill.
In the decades since whaling was banned, southern right numbers i…
00:13:46 |
Tue 13 May 2025
Is it possible to stop aging?
David Walker of UCLA has studied aging for 30 years and thinks he now knows how it happens and, at least in fruit flies, how to reverse it.
00:11:10 |
Sat 10 May 2025
Two tertiary students and an artist combine learning and creativity
Jonathan Davis, Zofia Witkovsky-Blake and Jessie French discuss their lives as tertiary students combining their interests spanning science and the arts.
00:30:19 |
Sat 10 May 2025
Gus Nossal reflects and launches a new research chair
Australia’s eminent immunologist Gus Nossal is 94 and ailing but as enthusiastic as ever for the prospects for research.
00:10:58 |
Sat 10 May 2025
Lab Notes: Why one man let deadly snakes bite him 200 times
Cobras, taipans, black mambas — Tim Friede's been intentionally bitten more than 200 times by some of the most venomous snakes on Earth.
And he survived, mostly because years of self-injecting venom…
00:14:05 |
Tue 06 May 2025
Happy 99th birthday to a Science Show friend
David Attenborough describes one of his favourite birds, Birds-of-paradise with their golden crests.
00:09:26 |
Sat 03 May 2025
The amazing work of dung beetles
Dung beetles were introduced to Australia to clean up after cattle. Rhiân Williams describes the lives and work of dung beetles in her book for younger readers, One Little Dung Beetle.
00:13:58 |
Sat 03 May 2025
A tour of Cockatoo Island – and its hotels for marine creatures
Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour has a rich Indigenous history, the one-time industrial site is now a nature reserve and function centre.
00:16:20 |
Sat 03 May 2025
Stellar explosions - where elements are formed
Mansi Kasliwal studies the moments when stars merge and produce heavy elements. The light from the massive explosions reveals which elements are produced.
00:08:26 |
Sat 03 May 2025
Lab Notes: Where's my needle-free vaccine?
Hate getting needles? You're in good company — one in five people in Australia have needle fear.
00:14:01 |
Tue 29 Apr 2025
The dangers of eating pumpkin with pigeon!
Len Fisher has created a computer program to analyse strange beliefs in order to test them and find out where they come from.
00:07:17 |
Sat 26 Apr 2025
A visit to Kangaroo Island in South Australia
Robyn meets resident Mark Bruce who describes the impact of the 2019 bushfires, and Rob Brookman who hopes to establish an art museum on the island.
00:17:38 |
Sat 26 Apr 2025
AI as a teacher’s aid
AI can be tailored to an individual and the individual’s progress. It provides one on one assistance.
00:13:05 |
Sat 26 Apr 2025
Sharks the great survivors now under threat
Palaeontologist John Long takes us on a journey covering the unparalleled reign of sharks, describing their evolution at the top of the food chain in environments that changed little, and only slowly…
00:07:19 |
Sat 26 Apr 2025
Lab Notes: Why did NASA spend a billion bucks on Lucy?
Somewhere out past Mars in the early hours of Easter Monday, a space probe called Lucy whizzed by an asteroid named Donaldjohanson.
Lucy then sent back images showing Donaldjohanson is about five ki…
00:13:00 |
Tue 22 Apr 2025
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