The Science Show

A podcast by ABC listen

313 Episodes

  1. Authors combine science with popular characters and gripping story lines

    Published: 9/4/2021
  2. The Science Show celebrates 46 years with Douglas Adams, a pit full of snakes and a memory from the start

    Published: 8/28/2021
  3. Crazy ants, smart birds and an Aussie space mission

    Published: 8/21/2021
  4. Electrification coming for runabouts and vale Roger Short

    Published: 8/14/2021
  5. Slime moulds, soil, Shackleton and snow

    Published: 8/7/2021
  6. The Science Show - Saturday, August 7

    Published: 8/7/2021
  7. Drilling beneath volcanoes, reducing the threat of tsunamis, and why the dodo is no more

    Published: 7/31/2021
  8. Mining minerals with plants and time to supercharge recycling

    Published: 7/24/2021
  9. Solutions here now for the climate disaster

    Published: 7/17/2021
  10. Deadly heat hits North America, better steel, and solutions to climate change feature in Australian Museum exhibition

    Published: 7/10/2021
  11. The simple solution to two big problems — trees

    Published: 7/3/2021
  12. Spinifex, ticks and the important role of fathers in wild animals

    Published: 6/26/2021
  13. Biased botanists, a new blue kangaroo paw and playing birds have bigger brains and longer lives

    Published: 6/19/2021
  14. New ideas about plant conservation, the immense diversity of Ashmore Reef, and how ocean noise could threaten whales and dolphins

    Published: 6/12/2021
  15. Fears environmental laws to be weakened, burning practices threaten ecosystems and learning from Indigenous knowledge

    Published: 6/5/2021
  16. Methane 120 times worse than carbon dioxide, plus the changing world for frogs, bees and human relationships

    Published: 5/29/2021
  17. Alan Turing – thinker ahead of his time

    Published: 5/22/2021
  18. Professor Roger Short, reproductive biologist

    Published: 5/15/2021
  19. Botanical tales, tariffs for renewable energy and extracting fossils

    Published: 5/8/2021
  20. Full-on assault against natural ecosystems

    Published: 5/1/2021

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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.