The Science Show - Separate stories podcast
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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.
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362 episodis
Carbon offsets – do they work?
Penny van Oosterzee argues carbon offsets work and can bring about positive results.
Will rising CO2 provide enhanced growth in the world’s forests?
Experiments confirm increased carbon dioxide as is experienced everywhere now due to the burning of fossil fuels, does not stimulate enhanced growth o...
Applications for quantum mechanics
Paul Davies canvasses the many amazing applications being realised by quantum theory.
We know about the rain in Spain. But what about the rain on an ultra-hot Jupiter?
On one distant planet, where the temperature range is extreme, the atmosphere is composed of iron vapour. As the vapour condenses, drops of iron fall...
Looking beyond the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes
Rogier Windhorst describes the impact of micro meteorites on space telescopes and possible replacements for both the Hubble and James Webb Space Teles...
Royal Society of NSW responds to Ambitious Australia report
Christina Slade, president of the Royal Society of NSW summarises the report’s findings into research and development in Australia.
Lab Notes: Can we replace lab animals?
Humans have done experiments on animals for thousands of years — but animal testing has always been controversial because of the concerns for animal w...
Hope for seagrasses in a warming world
Heat tolerance varies within seagrass species. Researchers are considering the practicalities of transplanting seagrasses to areas where plants have b...
Quantum 2.0 - The Past, Present, and Future of Quantum Physics
Paul Davies tells the story of the iconic mathematical equation that spawned a new theory of nature – quantum mechanics.
Celebrating 10 years of gravitational waves
The waves are produced when black holes or neutron stars merge.
Swimming robot to clean up oil
A self-propelled robot moves through oil contaminated water cleaning up as it goes.
How to save underperforming R&D
Ambitious Australia report suggests how to fix Australia’s broken R&D sector
Singing and dancing tardigrades take to the stage
Tardigrades also known as water bears or moss piglets are eight-legged segmented micro animals. Moss Piglet a science-based show for kids playing at t...
Gut bacteria adjust to digest ultra-processed food
Ultra-processed food contains special carbohydrates to improve shelf life. They require special bacteria for digestion.
Pottery reveals rich human history on Lizard Island
Pottery fragments reveal Australia’s ancient Indigenous people interacted with other Pacific communities and produced their own pottery.
Seagrasses perform a key ecological role
Seagrass meadows act as a fish nursery and large amounts of carbon become stored as sediment collects.
Two marsupials thought to be extinct found in Indonesian Papua
Two possums, which once lived in Australia and were thought to be extinct have been found in the Vogelkop Peninsular in Indonesian Papua.
New account for the birth of language
Madeleine Beekman argues for a new origin of language: the need to share childcare.
Making new life forms from DNA with help from AI!
New technology is allowing long chains of DNA to be manipulated opening the door for the creation of new life forms.
Australian honey also carries medicinal properties
A 10% honey solution can stop growth of bacteria. And strong impacts on common fungal infections have also been observed.
Formula One racing – is talk of sustainable fuel greenwashing?
Despite the move to sustainable fuel in F1 car racing, the fuel powering cars cannot be tracked easily, and only amounts to 1% of the energy cost in s...
Australian brilliance in radio astronomy
Dr John Bolton, once of the Radiophysics Laboratory in the CSIRO to conduct secret research on radar for the military, also helped pioneer radio astro...
How finance intersects with space science
Harriet Brettle studied finance, had several varied jobs in leadership, and now heads the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech.
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In praise of mid-sized planets
Erik Petigura is a professor of physics and astronomy at UCLA who specialises in discovering planets smaller than giants like Neptune and bigger than...
Robyn rides in a driverless car
Once the stuff of science fiction, self-driving cars are now a common sight in some American cities.
Robyn Williams rode in a robot taxi around...
An asteroid chemist who studies LA lead levels
When raised lead levels were noticed in Los Angeles last year, Professor Francois Tissot, who usually examines the chemistry of asteroids, quickly saw...
A telescope that sees in the far infrared
How do you establish a telescope? For Caltech astrophysicist Professor Jonas Zmuidzinas, the answer involves time, money, and incredibly sensitive det...
Correcting Hubble's vision
Shortly after the Hubble Space Telescope launched in 1990, astronomers realised its primary mirror, designed to focus minute amounts of light from dis...
Do baboons live in the Sahara desert?
A likely successor for Jane Goodall is Professor Cat Hobaiter, who’s based at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. She told the AAAS audience of...
Surprises from Jane Goodall's archive
Phoenix is an unexpected city: It is where the Jane Goodall papers and archive are kept, at the wide, shining campus of the Arizona State University.
JAMA editor on the balance between science and politics
The editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Professor Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, explains how she reports on the scie...
US science funding off the chopping block — for now
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) was founded in 1848 and this year faced its greatest crisis — a proposed cut to researc...
Lab Notes: The surprising history of the backyard sprinkler
Backyard sprinklers have transformed the Aussie urban landscape. But their path to domination of our suburbs was haphazard — and hinged on the inventi...
As rabbit numbers boom, what's next for biological control?
With an estimated 200 million feral rabbits hopping around Australia, are current viral controls working, and do we need another virus to knock off th...
Extinct giant roos could hop, study finds
Australia was once home to kangaroos that weighed as much as a quarter of a tonne. A new fossil analysis suggests these hefty creatures could hop - bu...
The fuss over Little Foot's identity
An almost-complete skeleton of an ancient hominin was found in a South African cave in the 1990s. Nearly 30 years later, questions remain about the in...
How tiny bees stop elephants eating crops
You may have heard the story about elephants being scared of mice, but what about bees? Farmers and scientists in Africa are taking advantage of this...
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney prepares to celebrate 210 years
Director Simon Duffy describes the wide range of activities at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens.
Writing competition reveals what matters to young Australians!
Philippa Collin describes the themes which have emerged from Australia’s biggest writing competition for young people.
Cleaner air doesn’t help corals
Cleaner air as ships’ have reduced their emissions has exacerbated coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef.