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Technology helps scientists discover new species
As pressure on the natural world increases, new technology is bringing fast results as scientists monitor fauna and flora and identify new species.
Bees communicate intricate information with their dance and Moon mission to map water
By performing their waggle dance, bees communicate information about direction, distance and quality of a food source.
World’s biggest coal port could become the world’s biggest hydrogen port. And Vale Will Steffen
And soft tissues can be fossilised. They help piece together the history of life on Earth.
Academy calls for increased science funding, DNA used to nab wildlife smugglers, and worms reveal secrets of brains and memory.
The Australian Academy of Science has called for a review of science funding in Australia.
Helping young children after burn injury, inside the minds of teens, and behind the scenes at London’s Natural History Museum
In this episode of Strange Frontiers, Carl Smith takes us into the vault at one of the world’s greatest archives of natural history.
Visit the world’s biggest fission reactor under construction in France and discover the wonders of algae
If successful, ITER promises to provide abundant clean energy.
The value of seagrasses, fish with remarkable powers and how parasites threaten aquatic life
Small unremarkable fish use light to detect and avoid predators.
Autonomous minibus and predicting the behaviour of pedestrians
Carl Smith takes us to the Estonian capital Tallinn to ride an autonomous minibus.
Harry Butler honoured and how a scientist fell in love with a fossil
Murdoch University's Harry Butler Institute honours the well-known warrior for the environment.
A tour of the antimatter factory and John Wheeler remembered
Carl Smith takes us to the Antimatter factory.
Hope from COP27 and atmospheric research from Germany’s highest peak
Hope from COP27 and atmospheric research from Germany’s highest peak
The surprising Huxley family, certainty, and climate prospects for 2023
From T. H. Huxley - ‘Darwin’s Bulldog’ – to author Aldous Huxley to Nobel Prize winner Andrew Huxley, a new book tells the tale of this remarkable scientific family.
The evolution of galaxies and chasing the big cosmological questions
A cosmological Science Show and competition emerging for Haydn’s Creation!
Celebrating Gregor Mendel the father of genetics
Following experiments with peas and other plants, Gregor Mendel proposed a theory of inheritance which became the basis of modern biology.
Celebrating Charles Todd and the overland telegraph
The overland telegraph connecting Australia to the world was completed 150 years ago. It was built due to the dedication of a public servant, Charles Todd.
A portrait of Dame Miriam Rothschild
She was a world expert on fleas. Despite being self-taught, she was awarded doctorates from Cambridge and Oxford.
Human impact on and response to changing climate
By mid-century, human activity will have doubled atmospheric greenhouse gases compared to the pre-industrial level.
Smart cameras watch for anomalies, Prime Minister’s awards for top science teachers and DNA reveals the history of disease
DNA analysis suggests tuberculosis may have jumped to humans from seals.
PM’s Prizes for Science, koalas, COP27 and Catherine the Great
PM’s Prizes for Science, koalas, COP and Catherine the Great
Recovering aluminium from tailings, aluminium formate to absorb carbon dioxide from power station exhausts, and a Neanderthal family like us
The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate.
Best Australian Science Writing winners and prospects for computing
Subconsciously humans learn from their experiences. Giving this same information to computers is a big challenge.
New technology brings added value to museum collections
More than 5 million specimens have been digitised at London's Natural History Museum. Just 75 million to go. It’s a slow journey, but the benefits will be immense.
How crows use deception, saving freshwater turtles and the history of horses
Around 4,200 years ago, horses began accepting humans. Greger Larson describes the change in a species which changed the course of human history.
Storms changing our coasts, plastic in the ocean, and a call for geoengineering
The Science Show presents unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate.
How carbon is our friend and unravelling the mystery of communication in plants
The Science Show presents unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate.
Grid batteries made in Australia and pumped hydro using abandoned underground mines
The Science Show presents unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate.
Nobel Prizes, climate extremes and how science can help save us
The Science Show presents unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate.
Vanillin from plastic, battery trailers for EVs, and UK fossils rewriting the story of life
The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate.
Cheap solar, materials to capture carbon dioxide and a cancer test based on breath
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