Human population the driver of greenhouse emissions and all environmental wows Meg Lowman - a voice for trees Flying foxes crashing

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How trees are gold – when alive

Politicians unfairly maligned – Robin Batterham Risk of tsunami on east Australian coast Submerged mats could dissipate energy of tsunami Despite all we know, biodiversity loss is at an all-time high WA to end logging in native forests

How tsunami have impacted Australia’s east coast and a new approach to limit the threat

Scientists: don’t feed the doubt machine Mysterious object in our galaxy sends pulses every 18 minutes Fred Watson – celebrating 25 years on ABC radio IQ tests, genes and environment - views from 1984 and today

Advice for scientists confronting doubters and the mysterious pulsing object in space

Connection with nature linked to genes Vale E. O. Wilson Geothermal on the cusp in Australia? Ancient Serbian settlement changes the view of early human society in Europe

Genes help us love nature, geothermal on the cusp, and vale E. O. Wilson

He imagined the atomic bomb, he believed in a world government, he wrote books about science and science fiction and was the first popular communicator of scientific ideas. Today we commemorate the life and achievements of Herbert George Wells. (this program was first broadcast June 2016)

HG Wells – father of science fiction with hopes and fears for how science will shape our future

Geology departments becoming smaller or closing Whitley Awards celebrate 50 years Norfolk Island – food bowl for Australia’s first European settlers

University geology depts becoming smaller or closing

Do fish and crabs feel pain, what went down at COP26, and how might climate change dampen the spirits of homeowners in low-lying areas? Plus and environmental scientist explains his theory that the earth has a spirit and we meet a researcher with an unusual obsession with slime.

Science Extra: Climate compromise, slime in the city and do fish feel pain?

Time to take kids more seriously Norfolk Island once a convict hellhole Hedy Lamarr - actress, inventor, amateur engineer

Hedy Lemarr actress and inventor who helped develop the modern world

What can we learn from fake news, going electric and formerly Facebook's fate.

Science Extra: The facts on fake news, 3D printed body parts and will Meta be better?

Rare new fossil site gets palaeontologists excited The first computer – a product of Victorian England

New fossil site in NSW and the first computer

A look back at 2021 – a new malaria vaccine and an Alzheimer’s drug get the thumbs up, COVID vax facts and nutritional myth busting.

Science Extra: malaria vax breakthrough, surviving snake bite and, of course, COVID-19

Why was Mars making news so often in 2021, what sent out mystery interstellar radio signals, and who, if anyone, won the billionaire space race?

Science Extra: Cosmic explosions, bits and bobs from the Big Bang and space rocks on Earth

How will quantum computing change our lives, why do lucid dreams matter and why do cockies flip bin lids? We have the answers.

Science extra: Quantum computing, lucid dreams and bin-flipping cockatoos

Fears of new biosecurity threats Alan Finkel’s vision for Australia in 2030 Our chief scientist’s goals and hopes for science in 2030 Job insecurity makes science unattractive Cosmos Magazine - the science of everything Corey Tutt – it started with a book about snakes Carl Smith to Germany for six months journalism fellowship Chennupati Jagadish elected 20th president of Australian Academy of Science

Three scientific gift ideas and prospects for 2030

Sharon Carleton is our guide as we marvel at species all around us and see the efforts of scientists to understand the natural world.

Stunning capability, variety and beauty in the natural world

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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