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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.

2 DAYS AGO

Science Extra: More auroras in store?

More than 30 years ago, astronomers came up with the bold idea to build the world’s biggest radio telescopes. One is now taking shape in the Western Australian outback, where scientists and engineers are installing more than 130,000 Christmas-tree-shaped antennas onto the red earth. And those stunning auroras over the past year? There’s a good chance we’ll see more colourful displays in 2025. All that and more with ABC Science digital executive producer Genelle Weule and University of Sydney astronomer and 2024 ABC Science Top Fiver Dr Laura Driessen.

50 min
5 DAYS AGO

Science books for Christmas and a portrait of Matthew Bailes

Bianca Nogrady traces the scientific journey of astronomer and Prime Minister’s Science Prize winner Matthew Bailes.

52 min
DEC 7

Mysterious signal and a mysterious place

A signal that stumped seismologists for a year has finally been identified. And an author takes us to a distant location.

53 min
NOV 30

PM’s Innovation Prize for childhood cancer drug

Momelotinib, a drug to help treat myelofibrosis has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, a rare achievement for an all-Australian team.

54 min
NOV 23

Australia’s “Indiana Jones” and the lost Age of Mammals

Opalised fossils previously overlooked at the Australian Museum have overturned our understanding of the origin of mammals with the emergence of a whole new age of mammals: The Age of Monotremes.

54 min
NOV 16

Prime Minister’s teaching prizes, platypuses with high PFAS and house bricks from sugar cane waste

Platypuses in NSW are carrying PFAS chemicals many times over accepted levels indicate widespread contamination

54 min
NOV 9

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

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Robyn Williams

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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.