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The Science Show - Separate stories podcast

The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate, from the physics of cricket to prime ministerial biorhythms.

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0:11:32

Rocks from space!

The Science Show - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/16

This week a meteorite went through a roof in the USA and proved to be older than our 4.5 billion-year-old planet. Sara Russell describes how these precious relics are tracked and retrieved.

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0:07:33

CRISPR gene editing cleans up the dust

The Science Show - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/16

Targeting small atomic groups around genes shows promise in the treatment of genetic blood diseases.

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0:08:24

Tracing the history of the Solar System

The Science Show - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/09

Sara Russell leads a team interested in the formation of the Solar System and the formation and evolution of moons of the terrestrial planets.

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0:13:33

The Skeptic becomes online only publication

The Science Show - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/09

Former editor Tim Mendham comments and give a history of scepticism in modern Australia.

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0:06:30

Hawks keep tourist sites free of pigeons

The Science Show - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/09

Harris's hawks are used at sporting events and major tourist sites such as Venice to keep pigeons away.

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0:10:57

Is the scientific chaos being echoed in modern America?

The Science Show - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/09

Cuts are widespread across US science and research impacting climate monitoring. Understanding how climate is changing is vital if we are to have any hope in reducing our impact and preparing for a changing world.

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0:09:25

The Monkey Trial centenary

The Science Show - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/09

Peter Bernhardt takes us back in time to the trial as told by Brenda Wineapple in her book Keeping the Faith – God, Democracy and the trial that riveted a nation.

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0:13:25

How physics consols

The Science Show - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/02

In this 50th year of The Science Show we celebrate yet another of the program’s idols and regular guests, science writer Tim Radford.

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0:09:35

Physical evidence for dark matter remains elusive

The Science Show - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/02

Zac Picker is searching for physical impacts of dark matter as evidence of its existence.

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0:08:31

Hush!

The Science Show - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/02

Music is being used at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital to bring serenity and a sense of calm to patients, family, and medical staff.

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0:09:44

Passau in Southern Germany – the town with three rivers

The Science Show - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/02

With no flood plain, river water in Passau can rise high and quickly threatening people and property. And when the water rises, students in the university town come together for swift community action.

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0:09:17

Oceans are becoming hotter, long-term trends show

The Science Show - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/02

Matthew England is studying global changes in ocean heat and circulation. The AMOC - the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is showing signs of slowing, and as it does, impacts are being felt across the globe.

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0:08:45

Peter Rose, editor of Australian Book Review retires

The Science Show - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/26

Peter Rose has been editor of Australian Book Review for 24 years. As he retires, a scientific writing fellowship at ABR has been launched.

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0:25:44

The centenary of quantum mechanics

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2025/07/26

Shelby Traynor traces the birth and irresistible growth of the quantum revolution.

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0:12:37

Jeremy Leggett wins US$500,000 Blue Planet Prize

The Science Show - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/26

The Blue Planet Prize is presented by the Asahi Glass Foundation of Japan for outstanding achievement in helping provide solutions to global environmental problems.

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0:05:32

Canada burns again

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2025/07/26

Animals play crucial roles in ecosystems and are being lost to fire on a massive scale. Resse Halter reports on Canada’s wildfires.

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0:10:33

The bandicoot with a butterfly on its back

The Science Show - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/19

The Nullarbor barred bandicoot (Perameles papillon) was identified as a new species in 2018, despite being extinct for nearly a century. Until recently, all scientists had of the bandicoots were a handful of museum specimens and one black and white glass slide. Now two photographs of the species have been discovered at the University of Melbourne, revealing details about how the animals looked when they were alive.

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0:11:06

The Australian brothers who made everything from EVs...

The Science Show - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/19

Electric scooter, humidicrib, fax machine, Olympic scoreboard — versions of all these inventions (and hundreds more) were created by a pair of brothers, Donald and Edward Both, in their South Australian workshop from the 1930s.

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0:13:00

Power from the motion of the ocean

The Science Show - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/19

A wave energy generator trial has been running at Albany on WA's south coast. Researchers say these offshore devices, if scaled up, could be a useful source of renewable power.

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0:05:51

Not all seaweeds will suffer under climate change

The Science Show - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/19

We know that the warming world is devastating ecosystems, but it's not always because organisms are struggling. This is especially the case in the ocean, where different seaweed species can have very different reactions to changing conditions.

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