The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate, from the physics of cricket to prime ministerial biorhythms.
1023 - Lab Notes: Is measles back?
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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
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-
Kiruna: The city that moved to make way for a mine
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Sat, 17 Jan 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
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Sat, 08 Nov 2025
976-
Lab Notes: How your brain chooses your next snack
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Tue, 04 Nov 2025
975-
The history of life on Earth may be very different to what we think