Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDark energy – not necessarily constant
After more than twenty years of observations, Tamara Davis has revealed that dark energy, the mysterious force driving the expansion of the universe …
2 years, 1 month ago
The Extremely Large Telescope - under construction in Chile’s Atacama Desert.
It might be the largest telescope humans will ever build. We visit the site in Chile’s high dry Atacama Desert.
2 years, 1 month ago
The Huxleys – a scientific dynasty
Richard Fidler speaks to author Alison Bashford who has written about a hundred years of modern science and culture, told through a one family histor…
2 years, 1 month ago
Seabirds have stomachs full of plastic
Plastic is being eaten by seabirds. Some migratory birds can no longer fly. And micro amounts are entering the cells of other creatures. Including us.
2 years, 1 month ago
The Science Show celebrates 49 years
The first Science Show was broadcast on 30th August 1975. This week’s program takes a suitably cosmic view of Australia, its origins and its future.
2 years, 2 months ago
New chemical reaction promises to slash price of some pharmaceuticals
A new chemical reaction eliminates 6 steps in the manufacture of some drugs promising big savings of time and money.
2 years, 2 months ago
Merlin meets Dr Crispy
CRISPR is the most powerful means of gene editing ever developed. It led to Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier being awarded the Nobel Prize …
2 years, 2 months ago
Fire destroying the Amazon, northern hemisphere forests and a tropical island suffers drought.
Drought in the Amazon has left the forest tinder dry and now burning out of control. Wilderness areas and national parks across north America are on …
2 years, 2 months ago
Biodiversity crucial on land, in rivers and in our guts
We go to the Scottish Highlands where biodiversity is being reintroduced to cleared fields, and a comic book explores biodiversity in our guts where …
2 years, 3 months ago
One billion people at risk as temperatures rise, sex genes, Shackleton VR and tennis
As temperatures rise, it is estimated one billion people will be displaced from their land.
2 years, 3 months ago