1018 - Saving Australia’s R&D, robot for cleaning up oil, and quantum physics with Paul Davies
The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate, from the physics of cricket to prime ministerial biorhythms.
1018 - Saving Australia’s R&D, robot for cleaning up oil, and quantum physics with Paul Davies
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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.
Episoade
1018-
Saving Australia’s R&D, robot for cleaning up oil, and quantum physics with Paul Davies
Ascultate
Sat, 28 Mar 2026
1017-
Lab Notes: NASA's mission to the Moon
Ascultate
Thu, 26 Mar 2026
1016-
Possums thought to be extinct found in Papua, early Indigenous ingenuity, and how we adjust to ultra-processed food
Ascultate
Sat, 21 Mar 2026
1015-
Lab Notes: Super-K flu is here … but it's not our biggest problem
Ascultate
Thu, 19 Mar 2026
1014-
New idea for the origin of language
Ascultate
Sat, 14 Mar 2026
1013-
Lab Notes: Slip! Slop! Slap! SUCCESS!
Ascultate
Thu, 12 Mar 2026
1012-
Astronomy and toxicology converge at Caltech
Ascultate
Sat, 07 Mar 2026
1011-
Lab Notes: Why air traffic won’t return to normal for months
Ascultate
Fri, 06 Mar 2026
1010-
How the US came close to losing half its science funding
Ascultate
Sat, 28 Feb 2026
1009-
Lab Notes: The surprising history of the backyard sprinkler
Ascultate
Thu, 26 Feb 2026
1008-
Stories told by feet
Ascultate
Sat, 21 Feb 2026
1007-
Lab Notes: Why buying a star name is nonsense
Ascultate
Fri, 20 Feb 2026
1006-
Ancient humans lived in an Indonesian cave until Homo sapiens arrived
Ascultate
Sat, 14 Feb 2026
1005-
Lab Notes: Skincare, pregnancy and a minefield of mixed messages
Ascultate
Fri, 13 Feb 2026
1004-
Social media ban impacts political knowledge of young Australians
Ascultate
Sat, 07 Feb 2026
1003-
Lab Notes: Can we tap the brakes on energy-hungry AI?
Ascultate
Fri, 06 Feb 2026
1002-
Humpbacks threat, green cities and EVs, and origins of life
Ascultate
Sat, 31 Jan 2026
1001-
Lab Notes: What's behind the rising tree death rates?
Ascultate
Fri, 30 Jan 2026
1000-
Mysterious stellar object discovered
Ascultate
Sat, 24 Jan 2026
999-
Lab Notes: The oldest rock art in the world…that we know of
Ascultate
Fri, 23 Jan 2026
998-
Kiruna: The city that moved to make way for a mine
Ascultate
Sat, 17 Jan 2026
997-
Lab Notes: The Treaty of the Metre: how the metre came to be
Ascultate
Wed, 07 Jan 2026
996-
Lab Notes: Why UV levels are so high in Australia
Ascultate
Tue, 13 Jan 2026
995-
A portrait of Dame Miriam Rothschild
Ascultate
Sat, 10 Jan 2026
994-
Mary Somerville — Brilliant polymath, scientific genius
Ascultate
Sat, 03 Jan 2026
993-
Lab Notes: Why do whales strand en masse?
Ascultate
Tue, 30 Dec 2025
992-
Celebrating 50 years of The Science Show
Ascultate
Sat, 27 Dec 2025
991-
Lab Notes: Tips to reduce microplastics exposure
Ascultate
Tue, 23 Dec 2025
990-
Émilie du Châtelet - portrait of a leader of the Enlightenment
Ascultate
Sat, 20 Dec 2025
988-
Lab Notes: How is sunscreen SPF tested?
Ascultate
Tue, 16 Dec 2025
987-
Author Terry Pratchett’s links to science and Adelaide
Ascultate
Sat, 13 Dec 2025
986-
Lab Notes: How maths explains nature's weirdness
Ascultate
Tue, 09 Dec 2025
985-
Evidence shows no link between pain relief drugs and autism
Ascultate
Sat, 06 Dec 2025
984-
Lab Notes: Are bioplastics the future of packaging?
Ascultate
Tue, 02 Dec 2025
983-
3 young high achievers in science, and Sydney hosts space conference
Ascultate
Sat, 29 Nov 2025
982-
Lab Notes: Why aurora season isn't over yet
Ascultate
Tue, 25 Nov 2025
981-
Rare earth minerals – we’ll need geologists to find them
Ascultate
Sat, 22 Nov 2025
980-
Lab Notes: How are long-range weather forecasts made?
Ascultate
Tue, 18 Nov 2025
979-
Bragg winners for science writing, more from the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science and water droplets used for geoengineering
Ascultate
Sat, 15 Nov 2025
978-
Lab Notes: How breastfeeding can protect against cancer
Ascultate
Tue, 11 Nov 2025
977-
The Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science and a dilemma over the appropriate use of artefacts from a Roman shipwreck
Ascultate
Sat, 08 Nov 2025
976-
Lab Notes: How your brain chooses your next snack
Ascultate
Tue, 04 Nov 2025
975-
The history of life on Earth may be very different to what we think
Ascultate
Sat, 01 Nov 2025
974-
Lab Notes: Times we thought we found aliens
Ascultate
Tue, 28 Oct 2025
973-
Paint additive boosts plant growth in greenhouses
Ascultate
Sat, 25 Oct 2025
972-
Lab Notes: The extinct ape-like human relative that made tools
Ascultate
Tue, 21 Oct 2025
971-
Teenagers encounter their challenges
Ascultate
Sat, 18 Oct 2025
970-
Lab Notes: How solar eclipses trick birds into singing
Ascultate
Tue, 14 Oct 2025
969-
2025 Nobel Prizes plus more from the British Science Festival