The Science Show

The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate, from the physics of cricket to prime ministerial biorhythms.

Lab Notes: What makes Sydney's cockies so clever?
Jun 10, 2025 – 0:14:35
Dogs help eradicate rats on Lord Howe Island
Jun 7, 2025 – 0:16:14
Tim Entwisle – The Sceptical Botanist
Jun 7, 2025 – 0:13:33
Here comes Roger
Jun 7, 2025 – 0:08:50
The uncanny valley of quantum
Jun 7, 2025 – 0:12:18
Lab Notes: How microscopic algae can devastate ocean life
Jun 3, 2025 – 0:13:34
Can we trust scientific papers?
May 31, 2025 – 0:07:39
Do people have a place in wilderness?
May 31, 2025 – 0:39:43
Lab Notes: AI that outperforms humans is coming
May 27, 2025 – 0:14:41
Lab Notes: Why a metre is a metre long
May 20, 2025 – 0:13:03
Antibiotic resistance – a surprising new source
May 17, 2025 – 0:10:27
Volcano! Another book for children by prize-winning author Claire Saxby
May 17, 2025 – 0:09:28
Effects of early life adversity in marmots and humans
May 17, 2025 – 0:12:02
Marsupial reproduction - one at your feet, one in the pouch and one on standby!
May 17, 2025 – 0:12:11
Citizen scientists score major fossil find in Victoria
May 17, 2025 – 0:06:58
Lab Notes: The plight of the southern right whales
May 13, 2025 – 0:13:46
Is it possible to stop aging?
May 10, 2025 – 0:11:10
Two tertiary students and an artist combine learning and creativity
May 10, 2025 – 0:30:19
Gus Nossal reflects and launches a new research chair
May 10, 2025 – 0:10:58
Lab Notes: Why one man let deadly snakes bite him 200 times
May 6, 2025 – 0:14:05
Happy 99th birthday to a Science Show friend
May 3, 2025 – 0:09:26
The amazing work of dung beetles
May 3, 2025 – 0:13:58
A tour of Cockatoo Island – and its hotels for marine creatures
May 3, 2025 – 0:16:20
Stellar explosions - where elements are formed
May 3, 2025 – 0:08:26
Lab Notes: Where's my needle-free vaccine?
Apr 29, 2025 – 0:14:01
The dangers of eating pumpkin with pigeon!
Apr 26, 2025 – 0:07:17
A visit to Kangaroo Island in South Australia
Apr 26, 2025 – 0:17:38
AI as a teacher’s aid
Apr 26, 2025 – 0:13:05
Sharks the great survivors now under threat
Apr 26, 2025 – 0:07:19
Lab Notes: Why did NASA spend a billion bucks on Lucy?
Apr 22, 2025 – 0:13:00
Machines identify images and sounds
Apr 19, 2025 – 0:09:12
Palaeontology – revealing the past, helping predict the future
Apr 19, 2025 – 0:22:15
Feeding coral and how spawning is coordinated
Apr 19, 2025 – 0:07:47
Science in Australia’s federal election campaign
Apr 19, 2025 – 0:12:04
Lab Notes: Why sprinting sensation Gout Gout is so fast
Apr 15, 2025 – 0:12:49
Jared Diamond - CEOs respond to environmental challenge
Apr 12, 2025 – 0:06:30
A new massive fossil deposit – underground?
Apr 12, 2025 – 0:14:39
The history of money
Apr 12, 2025 – 0:19:07
Insights into how immunity can vary within populations
Apr 12, 2025 – 0:08:53
Lab Notes: How to decommission a nuclear power plant
Apr 8, 2025 – 0:13:47
The Microbe by Hilaire Belloc
Apr 5, 2025 – 0:01:30
Caring for soil brings great benefit to produce and human health
Apr 5, 2025 – 0:29:58
How the Golden-fronted Bowerbird was rediscovered
Apr 5, 2025 – 0:07:27
Tracing the history of invisible dead stars
Apr 5, 2025 – 0:08:06
Greed has failed us so how about compassion
Apr 5, 2025 – 0:07:27
Lab Notes: Should we be putting pig parts in people?
Apr 1, 2025 – 0:13:27
California’s legacy to Albert Einstein
Mar 29, 2025 – 0:20:54
Better to mine the ocean floor than destroy the land?
Mar 29, 2025 – 0:15:06
Changing climate – a review of progress and the challenge ahead
Mar 29, 2025 – 0:15:08
Lab Notes: Why have Saturn's rings 'vanished'?
Mar 25, 2025 – 0:11:48