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
Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary Schools
Winner of the 2024 Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary Schools is Daniel Edwards from Montello Primary School in Burnie Tasmania.
00:04:36 |
Sat 16 Nov 2024
Science education for Indigenous students
Three Indigenous tertiary science students discuss combining western and traditional science and ideas for improving achievement amongst science Indigenous students in schools.
00:11:13 |
Sat 16 Nov 2024
Sugar cane waste becomes house bricks
Fibrous waste that remains after sugar cane is crushed and milled, is mixed with sand-mineral binders to produce bricks that have a carbon footprint six times smaller than traditional clay bricks.
00:09:05 |
Sat 16 Nov 2024
Platypuses in NSW dying with high PFAS contamination
Investigators are looking at platypuses in NSW which are dying with alarmingly high levels of PFAS contamination.
00:13:32 |
Sat 16 Nov 2024
Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Secondary Schools
Alice Leung describes some of her methods for enthusing students in chemistry including using food and cooking as a way of illustrating chemistry in action and how it is found in our everyday lives.
00:06:08 |
Sat 16 Nov 2024
Australian students bring home the medals in Science Olympiad
Robyn Williams speaks to two students who attended the International Biology Olympiad and organiser Vanessa Kates.
00:04:27 |
Sat 16 Nov 2024
Taxidermy and Queer Identity
This is an episode from Clarisse and Zofia’s podcast series, Thoughts that Bug Me.
00:17:39 |
Sat 09 Nov 2024
Gay behaviour widespread across the animal world
In his book Nature's Sexual Spectrum, science writer Josh Davis explores the diversity of sexual behaviour, biology and reproduction found in nature. It turns out a purely heterosexual species is rar…
00:13:59 |
Sat 09 Nov 2024
Vale Tim Bowden
Veteran ABC broadcaster Tim Bowden has died. Tim was a current affairs reporter, he presented documentaries on Radio National and the viewer response program Backchat.
00:04:39 |
Sat 09 Nov 2024
Ready for the big flash
ABC Top 5 scientist Dr Laura Driessen reports on a gigantic flash of light occurring every 80 years. Signs it is imminent have been recorded.
00:10:18 |
Sat 09 Nov 2024
European wasps threaten Australian biodiversity
As introduced European wasps attack native animals, they create opportunities for other invasive species such as pigs.
00:09:15 |
Sat 02 Nov 2024
Marine invertebrates – weird, wonderful and unknown
Claire Rowe, from the Australian Museum explores the deep oceans around Australia, from collecting trips aboard CSIRO’s RV Investigator. From shallower waters, her special interest is the upside-down…
00:08:51 |
Sat 02 Nov 2024
Can you survive a black hole?
Approach a black hole with caution – most of us know that much – but how do you survive one? Janna Levin offers some tips, but not from close-up experience!
00:14:52 |
Sat 02 Nov 2024
Hopes for major efficiency gains for production of hydrogen
Distinguished Professor Tianyi Ma has won the Prime Minister's Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year in 2024 for his work producing hydrogen using photocatalysis and producing basic chemicals usin…
00:05:44 |
Sat 02 Nov 2024
Paul Nurse makes history
Nobel winner Paul Nurse has been elected president of The Royal Society of London for a second term.
00:11:04 |
Sat 02 Nov 2024
Alfred Russel Wallace – as important as Darwin as the father of evolution and natural selection
Tim Mendham discusses the person who worked with Darwin on the ideas of evolution and natural selection. So why do few know of him?
00:14:50 |
Sat 26 Oct 2024
British Science Festival going strong with association edging closer to its 200th birthday
Hannah Russell plots the history of the British Science Association and describes the annual British Science Festival.
00:09:30 |
Sat 26 Oct 2024
To vape or not to vape?
Vapes contain nicotine, which is toxic and addictive, as well as a range of other toxic chemicals. These toxins are presented with sweet smelling fruity flavours. So should people vape?
00:05:46 |
Sat 26 Oct 2024
Stephen Hawking – Genius at Work
Roger Highfield explores the items left in physicist Stephen Hawking’s office revealing more about one of the greatest minds in modern science.
00:15:13 |
Sat 26 Oct 2024
Synthetic voices
Synthetic voices are replicas of real voices. But what if the voice is that of a real person or someone you know closely? Are synthetic voices easily distinguished from a real voice? What if confusio…
00:08:18 |
Sat 26 Oct 2024
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