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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.
For more than 70 years, Sir David Attenborough has shown audiences awe-inspiring moments in nature. In this tribute we reflect on the immens...
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a vast current that helps move water and energy right around our planet, from top...
Australia’s research potential is not matched by funding. Belinda Smith speaks to scientists impacted and science minister Tim Ayres respond...
The Kimberley region is more than 2000 kilometres north of Western Australia's capital city, Perth. The area is both extremely remote and ex...
Despite the many benefits from a multi-country collaboration on a major astronomy project, Australia will not be part of the European Southe...
Australians were captivated by the recent Artemis II mission — and they’re hungry for more. New YouGov polling reveals surging national inte...
Secretions from hookworms are being used to develop treatments for autoimmune diseases which include food allergies.
In 2024, measles claimed an estimated 95,000 lives around the world – despite the fact that we have an effective, affordable vaccine. In Aus...
The biggest science infrastructure requires collaboration. Australia has said no to joining the European Southern Observatory and will not s...
The main aim of NASA's Artemis program is to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon — so what will we eat? And can food be actuall...
Carl Smith reports from Falling Walls 2025 and speaks to presenters from Australia and New Zealand who were there sharing their research wit...
Humans have done experiments on animals for thousands of years — but animal testing has always been controversial because of the concerns fo...
Paul Davies explains some of the weirdness that is quantum physics
It's more than 50 years since humans went anywhere near the Moon — but that's about to change. After a series of delays, NASA's Artemis II m...
Two ancient Australian possums, thought to be extinct, are now known to survive in Indonesian Papua
A fast-moving strain of influenza known as "Super-K" is circulating in Australia and has been driving up flu numbers around the world. Virol...
Conventional explanations for how humans became ‘the language animal’ focus on our need to cooperate to hunt, fight or make tools. Now, evol...
Australia has the highest melanoma rates in the world — but there's some good news for Aussie kids. The presence of moles is a strong predic...
When raised lead levels were noticed in Los Angeles last year, a chemist — who usually examines asteroids — quickly saw that the fires that...
Major international airports in the Middle East have been closed this week due to the war with Iran, leaving hundreds of thousands of passen...
Robyn Williams reports from the 2026 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Backyard sprinklers have transformed the Aussie urban landscape. But their path to domination of our suburbs was haphazard — and hinged on t...
An ancient human may be a new species, and extinct giant kangaroos - could they hop?
A quick online search reveals multiple paid services for naming stars as commemorative gifts. You'll be provided with a certificate and a ma...
A cave in Sulawesi was home to our ancestors for tens of thousands of years. Archaeologists are piecing together the story.
Retinoids are big business for reducing wrinkles and treating acne — but there's conflicting advice on their safety for pregnant women. Shou...
Australia’s social media ban aims to protect young people from online threats, but it may also restrict their access to discussion of democr...
AI seems to be absolutely everywhere at the moment. While we're still waiting for the productivity revolution — or the jobs apocalypse — the...
How did life begin? It may not have been on Earth, with asteroids carrying a range of organic molecules
Fire, insects and disease all pose a threat to Australia's forests but scientists are now seeing a rise in natural tree deaths right across...
Natasha Hurley-Walker considers what might explain a mysterious stellar object which shines every 18 minutes.
A faint orange hand stencil on the wall of a cave in Indonesia just became the oldest art known to science. The art, made by splattering och...
In the Swedish city of Kiruna, an entire community is being relocated to accommodate the expansion of the world's largest underground iron o...
Australia's summer UV levels are high enough to cause sunburn in as little as 11 minutes. Yet the summer sun in the Northern Hemisphere rare...
She became an expert on fleas and despite no formal education received honorary doctorates from both Oxford and Cambridge was elected a fell...
The next time you pick up a bag of spuds from the supermarket or fill up the car with petrol, you can thank the Treaty of the Metre for the...
She could only read and write from age 10. She reared children and had a first unsupportive husband. But Mary Somerville was able to correct...
Every now and again, dozens or even hundreds of perfectly healthy looking whales strand themselves on a beach. And despite people's best eff...
Norman Swan, Fiona Stanley and Lorin Clarke describe their involvement with Robyn Williams and The Science Show with MC Richard Glover at a...
It's impossible to escape microplastics. They're in our food and water, and the air around us is teeming with them. So considering they're a...
She battled rigidities of 18th century Europe. But with writer and philosopher Voltaire, Émilie du Châtelet led the Enlightenment.
Australia's known for having some of the world's toughest sunscreen standards, but in June, that reputation was rocked. Independent testing...
Retiring Vice Chancellor of the University of South Australia David Lloyd awarded Pratchett two honorary degrees. In exchange, the author ho...
A huge cold blob of air above Antarctica and bushfires spreading along ridgelines don't appear to have anything in common, yet the strange b...
In her book Prove It! Elizabeth Finkel presents the evidence showing no link between pain relief drugs and autism
Step into the supermarket and there's plastic around just about everything, even mangoes — and not all that packaging will be properly dispo...
The International Astronautical Congress held in Sydney showed how space science is vital to our modern world.
Astrophotographers have had another great month, with the aurora australis lighting up night skies as far north as southern Queensland. And...
University departments of geology and geophysics are getting smaller or closing. So how will we find new mineral deposits?
It looks like most of Australia is in for a warmer-than-usual summer this year. That's according to the Bureau of Meteorology's long-range f...