1042 - Insects and pain and The Selfish Gene turns 50
The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate, from the physics of cricket to prime ministerial biorhythms.
1042 - Insects and pain and The Selfish Gene turns 50
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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
1042-
Insects and pain and The Selfish Gene turns 50
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Sat, 20 Jun 2026
1041-
Lab Notes: What happens when a whale dies?
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Wed, 17 Jun 2026
1040-
Kris sword with an intriguing history, echidnas, tropical forests and Australia’s energy potential
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Sat, 13 Jun 2026
1039-
Lab Notes: Tallest tree in East Asia
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Thu, 11 Jun 2026
1038-
The First Inventors
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Sat, 06 Jun 2026
1037-
Lab Notes: Plants can hear you
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Wed, 03 Jun 2026
1036-
AI tools in ocean research and a tribute to Dame Bridget Ogilvie
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Sat, 30 May 2026
1035-
Lab Notes: Lead may be hiding in your clothing
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Thu, 28 May 2026
1034-
Sex testing at the Olympics: beware the exceptions
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Sat, 23 May 2026
1033-
Lab Notes: Giant dino discovery fulfils a childhood dream
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Thu, 21 May 2026
1032-
Science and the budget, bird flu closer to Australia and a guide to pollination
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Sat, 16 May 2026
1031-
Lab Notes: Can AI chatbots make you delusional?
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Thu, 14 May 2026
1030-
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines
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Fri, 08 May 2026
1029-
Lab Notes: What happens if a major ocean current … stops?
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Thu, 07 May 2026
1028-
Australian science under strain
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Sat, 02 May 2026
1027-
Lab Notes: AI data centres are coming to remote Australia
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Thu, 30 Apr 2026
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