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1068 - The big cats that stalked early humans and why ancient concrete outlasts the modern stuff

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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1068 - The big cats that stalked early humans and why ancient concrete outlasts the modern stuff

Sat, 19 Sep 2026
1067 - Lab Notes: The AI maths wars

Tue, 15 Sep 2026
1066 - AI boost for people with dyslexia and how algorithms shape what we read

Sat, 12 Sep 2026
1065 - Lab Notes: Where could bird flu go next?

Wed, 09 Sep 2026
1064 - As fire ravages the Northern Hemisphere, is Australia ready for a record-breaking El Niño? And why optimists live longer than pessimists

Sat, 05 Sep 2026
1063 - Lab Notes: Why are we ticklish?

Wed, 02 Sep 2026
1062 - A moon beyond our Solar System, dust storms on Mars and questioning of reality

Sat, 29 Aug 2026
1061 - Lab Notes: The redback sex-death somersault

Wed, 26 Aug 2026
1060 - The debate over who should be in the genus Homo, and the trailblazing botanical illustrators, Harriet and Helena Scott

Sat, 22 Aug 2026
1059 - Lab Notes: The 'Hail Mary' effort to rescue a telescope

Wed, 19 Aug 2026
1058 - How nematodes love smelly feet, plants that trap insects, Australians at CERN and vale Peter Raven

Sat, 15 Aug 2026
1057 - Lab Notes: How do flowers know when to bloom?

Wed, 12 Aug 2026
1056 - Dark Matter search from inner Melbourne, Gelion update, Bach and maths and vale Bill Oddie

Sat, 08 Aug 2026
1055 - Lab Notes: In an era of AI hacking, how safe is the census?

Wed, 05 Aug 2026
1054 - Looking inside cells, and how seals hear so well underwater

Sat, 01 Aug 2026
1053 - Lab Notes: What will we see in a 10-year movie of the universe?

Wed, 29 Jul 2026
1052 - Pioneers past and present, and fiddling with life brings a heavy caution

Sat, 25 Jul 2026
1051 - Lab Notes: How do we predict the snow season?

Wed, 22 Jul 2026
1050 - Fossil graveyards an archive of past climate and ecology

Sat, 18 Jul 2026
1049 - Lab Notes: What's it like to be in a clinical trial?

Wed, 15 Jul 2026
1048 - Monitoring Antarctic glaciers and the science of gluten-free baking

Sat, 11 Jul 2026
1047 - Lab Notes: Is AI taking over mathematics?

Wed, 08 Jul 2026
1046 - As bird flu arrives in Australia, an endangered species is being quarantined

Sat, 04 Jul 2026
1045 - Lab Notes: Is space junk destroying the ozone layer?

Wed, 01 Jul 2026
1044 - How bird brains help us understand human brains, and how eugenics had as much hand in the birth control movement as did feminism

Sat, 27 Jun 2026
1043 - Lab Notes: The bird flu risk for Aussie wildlife

Wed, 24 Jun 2026
1042 - Insects and pain and The Selfish Gene turns 50

Sat, 20 Jun 2026
1041 - Lab Notes: What happens when a whale dies?

Wed, 17 Jun 2026
1040 - Kris sword with an intriguing history, echidnas, tropical forests and Australia’s energy potential

Sat, 13 Jun 2026
1039 - Lab Notes: Tallest tree in East Asia

Thu, 11 Jun 2026
1038 - The First Inventors

Sat, 06 Jun 2026
1037 - Lab Notes: Plants can hear you

Wed, 03 Jun 2026
1036 - AI tools in ocean research and a tribute to Dame Bridget Ogilvie

Sat, 30 May 2026
1035 - Lab Notes: Lead may be hiding in your clothing

Thu, 28 May 2026
1034 - Sex testing at the Olympics: beware the exceptions

Sat, 23 May 2026
1033 - Lab Notes: Giant dino discovery fulfils a childhood dream

Thu, 21 May 2026
1032 - Science and the budget, bird flu closer to Australia and a guide to pollination

Sat, 16 May 2026
1031 - Lab Notes: Can AI chatbots make you delusional?

Thu, 14 May 2026
1030 - Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

Fri, 08 May 2026
1029 - Lab Notes: What happens if a major ocean current … stops?

Thu, 07 May 2026
1028 - Australian science under strain

Sat, 02 May 2026
1027 - Lab Notes: AI data centres are coming to remote Australia

Thu, 30 Apr 2026
1025 - Response to Australia’s ESO rejection

Sat, 25 Apr 2026
1024 - Lab Notes: Aussies loved Artemis II — and they want more

Thu, 23 Apr 2026
1023 - Lab Notes: Is measles back?

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

Sat, 11 Apr 2026
1021 - Lab Notes: What can we grow on the Moon?

Thu, 09 Apr 2026
1020 - Australian and New Zealand research presented at Falling Walls Berlin

Sat, 04 Apr 2026
1019 - Lab Notes: Can we replace lab animals?

Thu, 02 Apr 2026
1018 - Saving Australia’s R&D, robot for cleaning up oil, and quantum physics with Paul Davies

Sat, 28 Mar 2026

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