The Science Show

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3.9 (36)
NATURAL SCIENCES
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The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate, from the physics of cricket to prime ministerial biorhythms.

5 DAYS AGO

Big astronomical flash imminent and gay behaviour across the animal world

Gay behaviour has been observed amongst at least 1,500 animal species.

52 min
NOV 2

Cheaper hydrogen, marine invertebrates and European wasps threaten biodiversity

Tianyi Ma at RMIT Melbourne has won the Prime Minister’s Physical Science Prize for his work producing cheaper hydrogen and using captured carbon dioxide for the green production of basic chemicals.

53 min
OCT 26

Stephen Hawking’s voice – and what he left behind!

Tim Mendham tells us about Alfred Russel Wallace who worked with Darwin establishing theories of evolution and natural selection but who is barely known.

54 min
OCT 19

Bryde’s whales prolific in east coast Australian waters

Bryde’s whale seen year-round in Australian east coast waters and reports from the British Science Festival.

54 min
OCT 12

Nobel Prizes, Prime Minister's Science Prizes, unis under pressure, and remembering Mawson

The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate.

53 min
OCT 5

Surprise Hon Doc for Rose, but why did we forget Louise?

This week we look at some brilliant figures in science who after being allowed to fade from memory are now at last being recognised.

54 min
SEPT 28

Dark energy – not necessarily constant

After more than twenty years of observations, Tamara Davis has revealed that dark energy, the mysterious force driving the expansion of the universe may not be constant.

54 min
SEPT 21

The Extremely Large Telescope - under construction in Chile’s Atacama Desert.

It might be the largest telescope humans will ever build. We visit the site in Chile’s high dry Atacama Desert.

54 min

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Robyn Williams

Host

3.9

out of 5

36 Ratings

Great podcast, although a little political at times.

2011-06-09

Scimom

This is a great podcast produced by ABC in Australia. Great science, excellent quality podcast. They often cover environmental and other current issues, including funding issues. At times it seems that they cover a few too many politically hot topics rather headlines at the forefront of scientific interest.
Among the best

2017-01-17

emeadowlark

I listen to a wide variety of English Language international science podcasts, and this is up there with Quirks and Quarks, The Naked Scientist, the BBC Podcasts, the Nature Podcast, and the AAAS Science Podcasts. Some of the Australian political content is perhaps not applicable to interational listeners, but that is a small quibble and is absolutely necessary for the domestic audience.

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