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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.

1D AGO

Lab Notes: The extreme conditions F1 drivers face in a race

They might be the epitome of cool, but Formula 1 race car drivers can get hot — really hot. An F1 cockpit can heat up to 60 degrees Celsius, and this affects cognition — the last thing you want when you're fanging around a track at 300kph. This year, a new rule was introduced to give F1 drivers a bit of relief from that heat … which is just one of the risks of F1 racing. Because we often hear about the performance of the cars in the race, but what about the humans behind the wheel?

14 min
4D AGO

Science succeeds where politics fails

The American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Royal Society are uniting scientists from nations where political links have sometimes failed.

4 min
4D AGO

The Improbable Research Show - part 2

More highlights from the Improbable Research Show held at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Boston.

17 min
4D AGO

AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award 2024 – Kate Evans

Kate Evans of New Zealand Geographic won the Kavli Gold award in the magazine section for her piece on the red-billed gull, once considered a pest it has become a threatened species.

9 min
4D AGO

AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award 2024 – Sarah Gottlieb

Sarah Gottlieb’s Gold Kavli award in the Children’s Science News section was for her coverage of the surprising ways primates use plants and insects for medicinal purposes in a piece aimed at younger readers published in Muse magazine.

6 min
4D AGO

Your genome is important, so too is your exposome!

80% of diseases are impacted by environment or lifestyle described as your exposome. Thomas Hartung expects information from studying the exposome will bring benefits on par with those brought by studying the human genome.

10 min
MAR 11

Lab Notes: 1 in 3 women get this infection. To cure it, treat men

For women who get bacterial vaginosis or BV, a common condition that can cause a fishy-smelling discharge, many will get it again (and again). Why some people were prone to recurrent BV was a mystery … until now. Australian researchers have shown that BV-related bugs can be sexually transmitted, and treating male partners significantly cuts recurrence rates.

13 min
MAR 8

Why the big cuts in US science and research?

Neal Baer speaks about the intense hostility from Washington DC to certain research and gender related therapy. His answers are startling.

14 min

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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.