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Podcast Profile: The Science Show

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250 episodes
2020 to 2024
Median: 54 minutes
Collection: Science

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The Science Show podcast delivers a diverse array of scientific insights and debates, offering listeners an exploration of the latest research across numerous scientific fields. Covering topics that range from molecular biology to astrophysics, this podcast is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of current scientific advancements and their implications.

Listeners can dive into episodes that discuss the uniqueness of molecular structures and the importance of DNA, reflecting themes in the biological sciences. There are explorations of historical scientific figures and their contributions, such as Paul Ehrlich and Sir John Eccles, providing a blend of biographical narratives and their scientific legacies.

Environmental science is prominently featured, with episodes detailing the state of forest conservation, the impact of climate change on traditional lifestyles, and big themes around energy storage and renewable energy. The podcast also confronts ongoing environmental challenges such as microplastics in ecosystems and deforestation in the Amazon.

Additional subjects include the intersection of history and science, showcasing how past scientific achievements influence current research. The podcast looks into practical scientific applications such as nuclear fusion reactors and the adaptive strategies of alpine plants. It also touches on emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and their societal impacts.

The show frequently highlights the nexus between science and society, for instance through discussions about scientific literacy and the importance of recognizing scientific contributors often omitted in mainstream discourse, such as female scientists. Episodes about the influence of climate on health and sociocultural aspects of science, like the role of friendship in evolution, are also present.

Overall, The Science Show podcast encompasses a broad spectrum of scientific topics, integrating detailed research, historical context, and contemporary issues, aiming to educate and engage listeners with the continuous evolution of scientific knowledge.

Episodes:

The hunt for a crucial update to Einstein's revolutionary theories 2024-Jun-29 54 minutes

The lab listening to Earth's mysterious seismic rumbles 2024-Jun-22 54 minutes

Molecules with their own fingerprint 2024-Jun-15 54 minutes

Paul Ehrlich - memoir traces science, activism and concerns for the planet 2024-Jun-08 54 minutes

Age of Monotremes including three new genera 2024-Jun-01 54 minutes

Are our tall forests really being saved? 2024-May-25 54 minutes

Big savings possible for the world’s ships 2024-May-18 54 minutes

Charcoal reveals secrets of first humans in Australia 2024-May-11 54 minutes

Getting serious about energy storage. But is it too late as wildfires rage? 2024-May-04 54 minutes

Scientists protest in Adelaide 2024-Apr-27 54 minutes

Two inspirational books and new powers for Parkes dish 2024-Apr-20 54 minutes

The science of friendship 2024-Apr-13 53 minutes

The amazing world of alpine plants 2024-Apr-05 54 minutes

Meet the man who changed the world forever 2024-Mar-29 54 minutes

Big things 2024-Mar-23 54 minutes

US National Center for Atmospheric Research 2024-Mar-16 54 minutes

Microorganisms support all life, and plastic in creatures’ guts 2024-Mar-09 54 minutes

Supernova! 2024-Mar-02 54 minutes

The Science Show 2024-Feb-24 54 minutes

How Chinese science was revealed to the world 2024-Feb-17 54 minutes

Improved photosynthesis may increase crop yields 2024-Feb-10 54 minutes

Climate forces change to traditional lifestyles in PNG 2024-Feb-03 54 minutes

The Science Show’s Top 100 Australian Scientists 2024-Jan-27 54 minutes

Science Extra: Aspects of psychology: ADHD diagnosis explosion—and singing to babies 2024-Jan-20 22 minutes

H. G. Wells – father of science fiction 2024-Jan-20 54 minutes

Science Extra: falling antimatter, chimps, Beethoven's hair, Jupiter, and that telescope 2024-Jan-13 20 minutes

Portrait of Isaac Newton 2024-Jan-13 54 minutes

Science Extra: One semaglutide please 2024-Jan-06 19 minutes

What to do when science doesn’t cut through 2024-Jan-06 54 minutes

Science Extra: The rise of the thinking machines 2023-Dec-30 18 minutes

The Anglo-Australian Telescope – approaching 50 years 2023-Dec-30 54 minutes

Science Extra: It's gettin' hot in here 2023-Dec-23 21 minutes

The bigger Australian story - Odyssey down under 2023-Dec-23 54 minutes

Transitions 2023-Dec-16 54 minutes

The Future Is Now 2023-Dec-09 54 minutes

2FC now Radio National celebrates 100 years 2023-Dec-05 28 minutes

The Bragg Prize for Science Writing, and we remember Sir Clarence Lovejoy 2023-Dec-02 54 minutes

The Science Show 2023-Nov-25 54 minutes

Getting your rocks off 2023-Nov-18 54 minutes

Ultrasound moves immune cells and triggers their response and more Prime Ministers Prizes for Science 2023-Nov-11 54 minutes

Maths is here, it's there, it’s everywhere 2023-Nov-04 54 minutes

Australia may join world coalition of collaborative research 2023-Oct-28 54 minutes

Prime Minister’s Prize for Science and new insights into the benefits of social interaction 2023-Oct-21 54 minutes

Lockdown behaviour, vaccines for new variants, and evidence for coronavirus source 2023-Oct-14 54 minutes

Here come the superstars 2023-Oct-07 54 minutes

Why do textbooks leave out so many scientists with one thing in common? 2023-Sep-30 54 minutes

What counting trees tells us about the health of the planet 2023-Sep-23 54 minutes

A battle between consciousness theories, and harnessing resources from thin air 2023-Sep-16 54 minutes

Sir John Eccles and the invaluable work of his daughter Rose 2023-Sep-09 54 minutes

Sir John Eccles, one of the big brains in neuroscience 2023-Sep-02 54 minutes

Cyber hygiene, deep sea parasites and what weeds can teach us about cancer 2023-Aug-26 54 minutes

Big ideas at Beaker Street Festival 2023-Aug-19 54 minutes

What can we learn from five minutes of silence? 2023-Aug-12 54 minutes

The Oppenheimer who influenced our modern science centres 2023-Aug-05 54 minutes

Pioneering particles, time-travelling molecules and outer space poets 2023-Jul-29 54 minutes

There's no age limit to science 2023-Jul-22 54 minutes

Protecting habitats and the creatures that dwell within 2023-Jul-15 54 minutes

Torres Strait VR, taming CERN's magnets and Fiji's fight against varroa mite 2023-Jul-08 56 minutes

Where science can lead: An isolated island, the slimy forest floor, and centre stage for stand-up 2023-Jul-01 56 minutes

Communities team up with scientists to tackle flooding 2023-Jun-24 54 minutes

Helping marine life thrive — from Fiji to Goondiwindi 2023-Jun-17 54 minutes

Come inside the vault preserving Pacific plants for future generations 2023-Jun-10 54 minutes

The surprising past — and promising future of women in science 2023-Jun-03 54 minutes

The botanist behind Dame Edna's favourite flower, and the virtuous side of weeds 2023-May-27 54 minutes

Nearer the Gods: The enduring legacy of Isaac Newton 2023-May-20 53 minutes

Unravelling the mysterious workings of the epigenome — and the universe 2023-May-13 54 minutes

Celebrating David Attenborough on his 97th birthday 2023-May-06 54 minutes

A lab for seas and winds, measuring carbon dioxide and monitoring animal ecology 2023-Apr-29 54 minutes

Astronomers watch as black hole pulls dust cloud apart 2023-Apr-22 54 minutes

Beaming energy to Earth from space 2023-Apr-15 54 minutes

Technology helps scientists discover new species 2023-Apr-08 54 minutes

Bees communicate intricate information with their dance and Moon mission to map water 2023-Apr-01 54 minutes

World’s biggest coal port could become the world’s biggest hydrogen port. And Vale Will Steffen 2023-Mar-25

Academy calls for increased science funding, DNA used to nab wildlife smugglers, and worms reveal secrets of brains and memory. 2023-Mar-18

Helping young children after burn injury, inside the minds of teens, and behind the scenes at London’s Natural History Museum 2023-Mar-11

Visit the world’s biggest fission reactor under construction in France and discover the wonders of algae 2023-Mar-04

The value of seagrasses, fish with remarkable powers and how parasites threaten aquatic life 2023-Feb-25

Autonomous minibus and predicting the behaviour of pedestrians 2023-Feb-18

Harry Butler honoured and how a scientist fell in love with a fossil 2023-Feb-11

A tour of the antimatter factory and John Wheeler remembered 2023-Feb-04

Hope from COP27 and atmospheric research from Germany’s highest peak 2023-Jan-28

The surprising Huxley family, certainty, and climate prospects for 2023 2023-Jan-21

The evolution of galaxies and chasing the big cosmological questions 2023-Jan-14

Celebrating Gregor Mendel the father of genetics 2023-Jan-07

Celebrating Charles Todd and the overland telegraph 2022-Dec-31

A portrait of Dame Miriam Rothschild 2022-Dec-24

Human impact on and response to changing climate 2022-Dec-17

Smart cameras watch for anomalies, Prime Minister’s awards for top science teachers and DNA reveals the history of disease 2022-Dec-10

PM’s Prizes for Science, koalas, COP27 and Catherine the Great 2022-Dec-03

Recovering aluminium from tailings, aluminium formate to absorb carbon dioxide from power station exhausts, and a Neanderthal family like us 2022-Nov-26

Best Australian Science Writing winners and prospects for computing 2022-Nov-19

New technology brings added value to museum collections 2022-Nov-12

How crows use deception, saving freshwater turtles and the history of horses 2022-Nov-05

Storms changing our coasts, plastic in the ocean, and a call for geoengineering 2022-Oct-29

How carbon is our friend and unravelling the mystery of communication in plants 2022-Oct-22

Grid batteries made in Australia and pumped hydro using abandoned underground mines 2022-Oct-15

Nobel Prizes, climate extremes and how science can help save us 2022-Oct-08

Vanillin from plastic, battery trailers for EVs, and UK fossils rewriting the story of life 2022-Oct-01

Cheap solar, materials to capture carbon dioxide and a cancer test based on breath 2022-Sep-24

UN Peacekeepers train with virtual reality, drones for the battlefield and the transformation of Newcastle 2022-Sep-17

Testing Einstein, designing a lunar rover and help for stretched emergency departments 2022-Sep-10

2022 Eureka science awards, new insights in the giant dinos and AI concerns 2022-Sep-03

Australia’s megafauna, new building materials, and dung beetles 2022-Aug-27

The story of mammals, how they coexisted with dinosaurs for 225 million years and survived when dinos couldn’t 2022-Aug-20 54 minutes

Trees – allowing native species to return in Scotland, clearing them away in the Amazon, and seeing how they work in Tasmania 2022-Aug-13

Vale James Lovelock 2022-Aug-06 54 minutes

Best approach for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere 2022-Jul-30 54 minutes

Celebrating Charles Todd and the overland telegraph 2022-Jul-23 54 minutes

The physics of music - part 6 2022-Jul-16 54 minutes

The physics of music - part 5 2022-Jul-09 54 minutes

The physics of music - part 4 2022-Jul-02 54 minutes

Celebrating 200 years of honeybees in Australia 2022-Jun-25 54 minutes

Environmental laws fail future generations and the history of Antarctic exploration 2022-Jun-18 54 minutes

Cameras used to count feral cats, and how much of pain is in the mind 2022-Jun-11 54 minutes

Goodbye giant kelp – 95% lost in fifty years 2022-Jun-04 54 minutes

Parrots and humans – extreme species with shared behaviours and first image of the black hole at the centre of our galaxy 2022-May-28 54 minutes

Where did the Universe come from? 2022-May-21 54 minutes

Musk promises brain implants for spinal injuries and AI and help for Australian sea lions 2022-May-14 54 minutes

Young scientists forced abroad for work and the twelve experiments that helped make the modern world 2022-May-07 54 minutes

Celebrating Gregor Mendel the father of genetics 2022-Apr-30 53 minutes

Wollongong transformed, secrets of monotremes revealed, and help for Tonga 2022-Apr-23 54 minutes

How our biggest threat is us 2022-Apr-16 54 minutes

Carbon movie explores the misunderstood element which has allowed life to happen 2022-Apr-09 54 minutes

The end of astronauts? 2022-Apr-02 54 minutes

Electric outboards making a splash and David Stewart celebrates 40 years recording bird calls 2022-Mar-26 54 minutes

The future of scientific collaborations in doubt following Russia's attack on Ukraine, and warnings of dire climate impacts made years ago. 2022-Mar-19 54 minutes

Compelling novels highlight ecosystems under pressure and vale Richard Leakey 2022-Mar-12 54 minutes

We were warned of pandemic in 1994, and hydrogen for far north Queensland 2022-Mar-05 54 minutes

How trees are gold – when alive 2022-Feb-26 53 minutes

How tsunami have impacted Australia’s east coast and a new approach to limit the threat 2022-Feb-19 54 minutes

Advice for scientists confronting doubters and the mysterious pulsing object in space 2022-Feb-12 54 minutes

Genes help us love nature, geothermal on the cusp, and vale E. O. Wilson 2022-Feb-05 54 minutes

HG Wells – father of science fiction with hopes and fears for how science will shape our future 2022-Jan-29 54 minutes

University geology depts becoming smaller or closing 2022-Jan-22 54 minutes

Science Extra: Climate compromise, slime in the city and do fish feel pain? 2022-Jan-15 49 minutes

Hedy Lemarr actress and inventor who helped develop the modern world 2022-Jan-15 54 minutes

Science Extra: The facts on fake news, 3D printed body parts and will Meta be better? 2022-Jan-08 46 minutes

New fossil site in NSW and the first computer 2022-Jan-08 54 minutes

Science Extra: malaria vax breakthrough, surviving snake bite and, of course, COVID-19 2022-Jan-01 49 minutes

The physics of music - part 3 2022-Jan-01 52 minutes

Science Extra: Cosmic explosions, bits and bobs from the Big Bang and space rocks on Earth 2021-Dec-25 49 minutes

The physics of music - part 2 2021-Dec-25 53 minutes

Science extra: Quantum computing, lucid dreams and bin-flipping cockatoos 2021-Dec-18 49 minutes

The physics of music - part 1 2021-Dec-18 53 minutes

Three scientific gift ideas and prospects for 2030 2021-Dec-11 53 minutes

Stunning capability, variety and beauty in the natural world 2021-Dec-04 54 minutes

Books for children about the origin of life and Einsteinian physics and L’Oréal awards for rechargeable batteries and balancing fish stocks with needs of human nutrition 2021-Nov-27 53 minutes

Always on? Or better sometimes off? The good and bad of smartphone technology 2021-Nov-20 53 minutes

How science has been used to justify horrid acts through history 2021-Nov-13 52 minutes

On a roll - Ceridwen Dovey wins Bragg Prize for Science Writing again 2021-Oct-30 54 minutes

More hopes for Glasgow, more value from waste, and a new ship for Antarctic research 2021-Oct-23 54 minutes

Birds, polar ice and hopes for Glasgow climate talks 2021-Oct-16 54 minutes

Prizes, prizes, prizes! Nobels, Earthshot and Eurekas 2021-Oct-09 54 minutes

New ways to inspire young students about the world of science 2021-Oct-02 54 minutes

As melting ice threatens polar ecosystems hopes emerge that international investment law will help speed transition to clean energy 2021-Sep-25 54 minutes

Acacias a new weapon against climate change 2021-Sep-18 54 minutes

Musical palm cockatoos sing duets and more 2021-Sep-11 54 minutes

Authors combine science with popular characters and gripping story lines 2021-Sep-04 54 minutes

The Science Show celebrates 46 years with Douglas Adams, a pit full of snakes and a memory from the start 2021-Aug-28 54 minutes

Crazy ants, smart birds and an Aussie space mission 2021-Aug-21 54 minutes

Electrification coming for runabouts and vale Roger Short 2021-Aug-14 54 minutes

Slime moulds, soil, Shackleton and snow 2021-Aug-07 54 minutes

The Science Show - Saturday, August 7 2021-Aug-07 54 minutes

Drilling beneath volcanoes, reducing the threat of tsunamis, and why the dodo is no more 2021-Jul-31 54 minutes

Mining minerals with plants and time to supercharge recycling 2021-Jul-24 53 minutes

Solutions here now for the climate disaster 2021-Jul-17 54 minutes

Deadly heat hits North America, better steel, and solutions to climate change feature in Australian Museum exhibition 2021-Jul-10 54 minutes

The simple solution to two big problems — trees 2021-Jul-03 54 minutes

Spinifex, ticks and the important role of fathers in wild animals 2021-Jun-26 53 minutes

Biased botanists, a new blue kangaroo paw and playing birds have bigger brains and longer lives 2021-Jun-19 54 minutes

New ideas about plant conservation, the immense diversity of Ashmore Reef, and how ocean noise could threaten whales and dolphins 2021-Jun-12 54 minutes

Fears environmental laws to be weakened, burning practices threaten ecosystems and learning from Indigenous knowledge 2021-Jun-05 54 minutes

Methane 120 times worse than carbon dioxide, plus the changing world for frogs, bees and human relationships 2021-May-29 54 minutes

Alan Turing – thinker ahead of his time 2021-May-22 54 minutes

Professor Roger Short, reproductive biologist 2021-May-15 54 minutes

Botanical tales, tariffs for renewable energy and extracting fossils 2021-May-08 54 minutes

Full-on assault against natural ecosystems 2021-May-01 54 minutes

Suzuki on racism, Darwin on psychology and saving the pines on Norfolk Island. 2021-Apr-24 54 minutes

Seaweed a hope to capture carbon and help cool the planet 2021-Apr-17 54 minutes

Adelaide car plant closes and becomes an innovation hub employing more people than before 2021-Apr-10 54 minutes

Restoring shellfish reefs and a helping hand for the green parrots of Norfolk Island 2021-Apr-03 54 minutes

Ecological repair for Australian islands east and west 2021-Mar-27 54 minutes

$2.4 billion proposal to commercialise science and the importance of infant gut bacteria 2021-Mar-20 54 minutes

Fossil fish site in central NSW now in safe hands and Manly festival celebrates beauty and importance of seaweed 2021-Mar-13 54 minutes

How Rosalind Franklin aided our pandemic response and attracting the world’s top researchers, despite COVID 2021-Mar-06 54 minutes

Changing climate questions where and how we build close to forested areas, and investigating the top speed of sound 2021-Feb-27 54 minutes

Fish moving polewards and 3D printing of body parts 2021-Feb-20 54 minutes

We’ve removed 90% of all large fish from the oceans. Just 10% to go. 2021-Feb-13 54 minutes

Consciousness amongst animals and the story of the dire wolf 2021-Feb-06 54 minutes

As mining causes roads to crack and houses to collapse, a Swedish city is moved 2021-Jan-30 53 minutes

Science Extra: The Moon is more fun than Venus 2021-Jan-26 22 minutes

Howard Florey - the Australian researcher who developed penicillin 2021-Jan-23 53 minutes

Science Extra: What happened to the COVIDSafe app? 2021-Jan-19 18 minutes

A portrait of Sir John Eccles - Australian pioneer of neuroscience 2021-Jan-16 54 minutes

Science Extra: When your flatmate is Homo erectus 2021-Jan-12 20 minutes

A book for children about environmental change, and the discovery of mauve 2021-Jan-09 54 minutes

Science Extra: A mountain in the deep 2021-Jan-05 17 minutes

Writing science 2021-Jan-02 53 minutes

Science Extra: Inside a frantic year in health news 2020-Dec-29 18 minutes

Two scientists, a man and a woman, who changed the course of history 2020-Dec-26 54 minutes

A portrait of Dame Miriam Rothschild 2020-Dec-19 54 minutes

Would you take a ray gun to ringworm? 2020-Dec-12 54 minutes

After the AM, here comes the WAM 2020-Dec-05 54 minutes

Australian Museum reopens, a new monkey named and an emu tries to fly 2020-Nov-28 54 minutes

The 21st century so far 2020-Nov-21 54 minutes

The profound versus the preposterous - Life vs loony. 2020-Nov-14 54 minutes

Three Prime Minister’s Science Prize winners 2020-Nov-07 53 minutes

The Prime Minister’s Science Prize 2020-Oct-31 54 minutes

Hope in Hell? 2020-Oct-24 54 minutes

No more fish? 2020-Oct-17 54 minutes

The North Pole, gentle robots and the future of AI 2020-Oct-10 54 minutes

Three exceptional women 2020-Oct-03 54 minutes

Venus - another prompt for the regeneration of science? 2020-Sep-26 54 minutes

How to eliminate CO2 emissions from agriculture? The answer lies in the soil! 2020-Sep-19 54 minutes

Pipsqueak dinosaurs – How did they become top monsters? 2020-Sep-12 54 minutes

Can you have a BBQ 40,000 years before people land? 2020-Sep-05 54 minutes

Lithium potential for Australia and time running out climate change action 2020-Aug-29 54 minutes

New ideas about our food choices and how taste and pleasure have helped drive evolution 2020-Aug-22 54 minutes

Shall we join the quantum revolution? 2020-Aug-15 54 minutes

Dr Dolittle turns 100 and the complex behaviour of birds 2020-Aug-08 54 minutes

The seaweed revolution and keeping brains fit 2020-Aug-01 54 minutes

The history of Boeing and the future of passenger flight 2020-Jul-25 54 minutes

The Pilbara - used by ancient people and NASA, blown up by Rio Tinto 2020-Jul-18 54 minutes

The Frog Man remembered + global genomes 2020-Jul-11 54 minutes

Are physicists bonkers? 2020-Jul-04 54 minutes

Could there be a Goldilocks Universe? And how to save our seahorses 2020-Jun-27 53 minutes

The Science Show shares some of its favourite books 2020-Jun-20 48 minutes

Vale the professor of everything 2020-Jun-13 53 minutes

Climate grief 3 - How comedians approach climate change 2020-Jun-06 54 minutes

Tiahni Adamson - first ever Indigenous Time at Sea Scholarship recipient and how hard it is to read faces. 2020-May-30 54 minutes

Fear for the Amazon, and a chance to compost yourself! 2020-May-23 54 minutes

Climate grief 2 - Singer-songwriter Missy Higgins 2020-May-16 54 minutes

Climate grief 2020-May-09 53 minutes

A tribute to Australian doctor Catherine Hamlin who dedicated her life to helping young African women damaged by traumatic births 2020-May-02 54 minutes

PREVIEW RN Presents — Hot Mess: Why haven’t we fixed climate change? 2020-Apr-28 4 minutes

Jane Goodall, Christof Koch and an app to save dollars 2020-Apr-25 53 minutes

Three superstars – and one’s only 18! 2020-Apr-18 54 minutes

Asteroids chock full of water, multiverses, and our planet full of life – deep as you go! 2020-Apr-11 54 minutes

A schoolgirl’s plea, a flying monster and kids on screens 2020-Apr-04 54 minutes

Fear! Should we be frightened? ...and survive? 2020-Mar-28 53 minutes

Why is it so cold in here? 2020-Mar-21 54 minutes

The arts meet the sciences - and ads in the sky? 2020-Mar-14 54 minutes

Our superginormous black hole is hungry again 2020-Mar-07 54 minutes

The grid is wobbling – what to do? And here comes the WA Scientist of the Year, and he’s running! 2020-Feb-29 54 minutes

The USA, and Australian forests under extreme pressure 2020-Feb-22 54 minutes

A wire around the world 2020-Feb-15 54 minutes

The formula - the new science of success 2020-Feb-08 54 minutes

A journalist’s view of The Australian’s anti-science campaign, changes in energy and transport, and a boost for innovation. 2020-Feb-01 54 minutes

The Coastline – as vital as your skin. Keep it healthy or we die. 2020-Jan-25 54 minutes

How bees see, how fish change their sex and a poem on bushfires, climate, politics and society 2020-Jan-18 54 minutes