The Science Show

ABC Australia
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Feb 18, 2023 • 60min

Autonomous minibus and predicting the behaviour of pedestrians

Carl Smith takes us to the Estonian capital Tallinn to ride an autonomous minibus.
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Feb 11, 2023 • 60min

Harry Butler honoured and how a scientist fell in love with a fossil

Murdoch University's Harry Butler Institute honours the well-known warrior for the environment.
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Feb 4, 2023 • 60min

A tour of the antimatter factory and John Wheeler remembered

Carl Smith takes us to the Antimatter factory.
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Jan 28, 2023 • 60min

Hope from COP27 and atmospheric research from Germany’s highest peak

Hope from COP27 and atmospheric research from Germany’s highest peak
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Jan 21, 2023 • 60min

The surprising Huxley family, certainty, and climate prospects for 2023

From T. H. Huxley - ‘Darwin’s Bulldog’ – to author Aldous Huxley to Nobel Prize winner Andrew Huxley, a new book tells the tale of this remarkable scientific family.
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Jan 14, 2023 • 60min

The evolution of galaxies and chasing the big cosmological questions

A cosmological Science Show and competition emerging for Haydn’s Creation! 
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Jan 7, 2023 • 60min

Celebrating Gregor Mendel the father of genetics

Following experiments with peas and other plants, Gregor Mendel proposed a theory of inheritance which became the basis of modern biology.
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Dec 31, 2022 • 60min

Celebrating Charles Todd and the overland telegraph

The overland telegraph connecting Australia to the world was completed 150 years ago. It was built due to the dedication of a public servant, Charles Todd.
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Dec 24, 2022 • 60min

A portrait of Dame Miriam Rothschild

She was a world expert on fleas. Despite being self-taught, she was awarded doctorates from Cambridge and Oxford.
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Dec 17, 2022 • 60min

Human impact on and response to changing climate

By mid-century, human activity will have doubled atmospheric greenhouse gases compared to the pre-industrial level.

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