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The Science Show - Full Program 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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Science Extra: Weight of the world

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast ·

2024/12/24

Once considered a problem for high-income countries, being overweight is now on the rise in low- and middle-income parts of the world. At least 2.5 billion adults are now overweight or obese. What’s causing this collective weight gain?And if 2023 was the year of hype about weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, 2024 felt like the year of acceptance. We find out why weight-loss drugs are here to stay.This week we’re joined by health journalist and Radio National presenter Tegan Taylor.

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0:53:39

A wire around the world

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast ·

2024/12/21

Paul Davies retraces one of the great engineering achievements of the 19th century – the construction of a telegraph wire from the UK to Australia.

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0:50:05

Science Extra: More auroras in store?

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast ·

2024/12/17

More than 30 years ago, astronomers came up with the bold idea to build the world’s biggest radio telescopes.One is now taking shape in the Western Australian outback, where scientists and engineers are installing more than 130,000 Christmas-tree-shaped antennas onto the red earth.And those stunning auroras over the past year? There’s a good chance we’ll see more colourful displays in 2025.All that and more with ABC Science digital executive producer Genelle Weule and University of

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0:53:23

Mysterious signal and a mysterious place

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast ·

2024/12/07

A signal that stumped seismologists for a year has finally been identified. And an author takes us to a distant location.

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0:53:58

PM’s Innovation Prize for childhood cancer drug

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast ·

2024/11/30

Momelotinib, a drug to help treat myelofibrosis has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, a rare achievement for an all-Australian team.

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0:54:06

Prime Minister’s teaching prizes, platypuses with...

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast ·

2024/11/16

Platypuses in NSW are carrying PFAS chemicals many times over accepted levels indicate widespread contamination

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0:54:06

The Science Show

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast ·

2024/11/16

Platypuses in NSW are carrying PFAS chemicals many times over accepted levels indicate widespread contamination

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0:52:20

Big astronomical flash imminent and gay behaviour...

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast ·

2024/11/09

Gay behaviour has been observed amongst at least 1,500 animal species.

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0:53:33

Bryde’s whales prolific in east coast Australian waters

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast ·

2024/10/19

Bryde’s whale seen year-round in Australian east coast waters and reports from the British Science Festival.

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The Science Show celebrates 49 years

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast ·

2024/08/31

The first Science Show was broadcast on 30th August 1975. This week’s program takes a suitably cosmic view of Australia, its origins and its future.

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54:06

Merlin meets Dr Crispy

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast ·

2024/08/17

CRISPR is the most powerful means of gene editing ever developed. It led to Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier being awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 2020. Jennifer Doudna speaks with Merlin Crossley about CRISPR, its capability, and the ethical questions which arise.

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54:05

Fire destroying the Amazon, northern hemisphere...

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast ·

2024/08/10

Drought in the Amazon has left the forest tinder dry and now burning out of control. Wilderness areas and national parks across north America are on fire. The effects of climate change are hitting hard with threats of major shifts to world weather patterns as shown by the tropical island of Yap in the western Pacific coming perilously close to running out of fresh water.

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54:13

One billion people at risk as temperatures rise, sex...

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast ·

2024/07/27

As temperatures rise, it is estimated one billion people will be displaced from their land.

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54:04

Stanford University: the great university with a dark...

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast ·

2024/07/19

The University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia are to be combined as one in 2026. So how do you start a new university? You could look at the most successful universities and see what makes them great. Stanford University, just south of San Francisco amid Silicon Valley in one of the great universities. Its graduates have created the high-tech companies which we all now rely on. But Stanford has a dark history with a veil of silence drawn over anyone speaking

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39:00

Molecules with their own fingerprint

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast ·

2024/06/15

Just as DNA is unique, it turns out other molecules may also be unique.

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54:06

Paul Ehrlich - memoir traces science, activism and...

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast ·

2024/06/08

Paul Ehrlich has released a memoir. It covers his decades of science and activism. There have been some improvements. But mostly his concerns are even stronger.

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54:06

Are our tall forests really being saved?

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast ·

2024/05/25

David Lindenmayer reveals the ugly truth and what’s really happening in our magnificent tall forests.

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54:06

Big savings possible for the world’s ships

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast ·

2024/05/18

Ships which hitch a ride on small ocean currents could make big savings on fuel and reduce emissions.

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54:05

Charcoal reveals secrets of first humans in Australia

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast ·

2024/05/11

There are no bone fragments or similar clues. But the structure of cells of ancient plants captured in charcoal is revealing the diet and lifestyle of the first Australians.

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54:07

Meet the man who changed the world forever

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast ·

2024/03/29

Sir Mark Oliphant of Adelaide was the main person missing from the film Oppenheimer. It was Sir Mark who carried the letter from European scientists to New York to convince the American President that Hitler was trying to make an atomic bomb and needed to be beaten to the chilling quest. It led to the Manhattan Project.Mark also gave us microwave power, initially to equip planes, later to give us microwave ovens; he helped establish the ANU; was the first President of the

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