The Science Show

Retiring Vice Chancellor of the University of South Australia David Lloyd awarded Pratchet... more

A huge cold blob of air above Antarctica and bushfires spreading along ridgelines don't ap... more

In her book Prove It! Elizabeth Finkel presents the evidence showing no link between pain ... more

Step into the supermarket and there's plastic around just about everything, even mangoes —... more

The International Astronautical Congress held in Sydney showed how space science is vital ... more

Astrophotographers have had another great month, with the aurora australis lighting up nig... more

University departments of geology and geophysics are getting smaller or closing. So how wi... more

It looks like most of Australia is in for a warmer-than-usual summer this year. That's acc... more

In just 75 years the Earth’s average temperature is predicted to be close to 3 degrees abo... more

Thanks in part to 18th-century nuns, we now know that having children and breastfeeding re... more

Robyn Williams reports from the 2025 Prime Minister's Prizes for Science ceremony in Parli... more

It's mid-afternoon and time for a treat! Do you choose a healthy piece of fruit, or do you... more

We’ve built a picture of the evolution of biodiversity based on a few accessible fossils. ... more

We have a mysterious visitor to our little patch of the cosmos this week: A comet called 3... more

An additive in paint converts ultraviolet light into red light allowing plants to grow mor... more

Around 1.5 million years ago, in what's now Kenya, a human-like figure walked across the s... more

Jonathan Porritt’ recent book, Love, Anger and Betrayal charts the lives of young British ... more

Few astronomical wonders are as spectacular as a total solar eclipse, when the Moon fully ... more

Richard Robson from the University of Melbourne has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemi... more

This has been a bumper year for whale-watching on Australia's east coast, with thousands o... more

The BA, as it was known, established in 1831, was set up to advance science in the interes... more

For decades, climate scientists have been tracking a curious phenomenon. Carbon dioxide le... more

Iconic jellyfish in saltwater lakes are disappearing.

If you've been watching the Women's Rugby World Cup, you may have noticed players have bee... more

Sophie Ly takes us to Palau to meet scientists and traditional knowledge custodians who ar... more

Australia’s known for having some of the world’s toughest sunscreen standards, but in June... more

Just as quantum physics is poised to launch computing into a new era of capability, resear... more

When you think of leaders in the space sector, big hitters like NASA and private companies... more

As The Science Show concludes its celebration of 50 years, we remember John Clarke’s contr... more

One in four Australians get hay fever, and as the planet warms, our seasonal sneezes and s... more