1026 - Celebrating Charles Todd and the overland telegraph
The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate, from the physics of cricket to prime ministerial biorhythms.
1026 - Celebrating Charles Todd and the overland telegraph
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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.
Episodes
1026-
Celebrating Charles Todd and the overland telegraph
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Sat, 31 Dec 2022
1025-
Response to Australia’s ESO rejection
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Sat, 25 Apr 2026
1024-
Lab Notes: Aussies loved Artemis II — and they want more
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Thu, 23 Apr 2026
1023-
Lab Notes: Is measles back?
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Thu, 16 Apr 2026
1022-
Australia says no to European Southern Observatory collaboration, applications of quantum mechanics and testing trees’ response to rising carbon dioxide
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Sat, 11 Apr 2026
1021-
Lab Notes: What can we grow on the Moon?
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Thu, 09 Apr 2026
1020-
Australian and New Zealand research presented at Falling Walls Berlin
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Sat, 04 Apr 2026
1019-
Lab Notes: Can we replace lab animals?
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Thu, 02 Apr 2026
1018-
Saving Australia’s R&D, robot for cleaning up oil, and quantum physics with Paul Davies
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Sat, 28 Mar 2026
1017-
Lab Notes: NASA's mission to the Moon
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Thu, 26 Mar 2026
1016-
Possums thought to be extinct found in Papua, early Indigenous ingenuity, and how we adjust to ultra-processed food
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Sat, 21 Mar 2026
1015-
Lab Notes: Super-K flu is here … but it's not our biggest problem
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Thu, 19 Mar 2026
1014-
New idea for the origin of language
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Sat, 14 Mar 2026
1013-
Lab Notes: Slip! Slop! Slap! SUCCESS!
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Thu, 12 Mar 2026
1012-
Astronomy and toxicology converge at Caltech
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Sat, 07 Mar 2026
1011-
Lab Notes: Why air traffic won’t return to normal for months
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Fri, 06 Mar 2026
1010-
How the US came close to losing half its science funding
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Sat, 28 Feb 2026
1009-
Lab Notes: The surprising history of the backyard sprinkler
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Thu, 26 Feb 2026
1008-
Stories told by feet
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Sat, 21 Feb 2026
1007-
Lab Notes: Why buying a star name is nonsense
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Fri, 20 Feb 2026
1006-
Ancient humans lived in an Indonesian cave until Homo sapiens arrived
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Sat, 14 Feb 2026
1005-
Lab Notes: Skincare, pregnancy and a minefield of mixed messages
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Fri, 13 Feb 2026
1004-
Social media ban impacts political knowledge of young Australians
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Sat, 07 Feb 2026
1003-
Lab Notes: Can we tap the brakes on energy-hungry AI?
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Fri, 06 Feb 2026
1002-
Humpbacks threat, green cities and EVs, and origins of life
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Sat, 31 Jan 2026
1001-
Lab Notes: What's behind the rising tree death rates?
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Fri, 30 Jan 2026
1000-
Mysterious stellar object discovered
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Sat, 24 Jan 2026
999-
Lab Notes: The oldest rock art in the world…that we know of
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Fri, 23 Jan 2026
998-
Getting more from fertiliser, viral DNA's vital role and help from hookworms!
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Sat, 18 Apr 2026
997-
Lab Notes: The Treaty of the Metre: how the metre came to be
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Wed, 07 Jan 2026
996-
Lab Notes: Why UV levels are so high in Australia
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Tue, 13 Jan 2026
995-
A portrait of Dame Miriam Rothschild
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Sat, 10 Jan 2026
994-
Mary Somerville — Brilliant polymath, scientific genius
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Sat, 03 Jan 2026
993-
Lab Notes: Why do whales strand en masse?
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Tue, 30 Dec 2025
992-
Celebrating 50 years of The Science Show
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Sat, 27 Dec 2025
991-
Lab Notes: Tips to reduce microplastics exposure
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Tue, 23 Dec 2025
990-
Émilie du Châtelet - portrait of a leader of the Enlightenment
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Sat, 20 Dec 2025
988-
Lab Notes: How is sunscreen SPF tested?
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Tue, 16 Dec 2025
987-
Author Terry Pratchett’s links to science and Adelaide
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Sat, 13 Dec 2025
986-
Lab Notes: How maths explains nature's weirdness
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Tue, 09 Dec 2025
985-
Evidence shows no link between pain relief drugs and autism
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Sat, 06 Dec 2025
984-
Lab Notes: Are bioplastics the future of packaging?
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Tue, 02 Dec 2025
983-
3 young high achievers in science, and Sydney hosts space conference
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Sat, 29 Nov 2025
982-
Lab Notes: Why aurora season isn't over yet
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Tue, 25 Nov 2025
981-
Rare earth minerals – we’ll need geologists to find them
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Sat, 22 Nov 2025
980-
Lab Notes: How are long-range weather forecasts made?
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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
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Sat, 15 Nov 2025
978-
Lab Notes: How breastfeeding can protect against cancer
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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