app_store_button

google_play_button

DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst 

ABC Australia

The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate, from the physics of cricket to prime ministerial biorhythms.

The Science Show

* Celebrating Charles Todd, father of the overland telegraph* Diverse background ideal for leader in pioneering science* Mirror life risks catastrophe* Future Right Now reveals concerns of young people* Botany courses becoming an endangered species

Pioneers past and present, and fiddling with life brings a heavy caution

This year has been one of the worst starts to the snow season since records began. And it's a trend that researchers say will only continue in the years to come. 

But what's causing this change? What's the outlook for the rest of this ski season, and should we all just be booking a holiday to Japan? 

Jonathan Webb goes off-piste with climate reporter Romy Stephens about what this all means. 

You can binge more episodes of the Lab Notes podcast with science editor and presenter Jonathan Webb on the ABC Listen app (Australia). You'll find episodes on animal behaviour, human health, space exploration and so much more.

Get in touch with us: labnotes@abc.net.au

Featuring:

 • Romy Stephens, climate reporter

Further information:

How snow machines have become the key ingredient for ski seasons

This episode of Lab Notes was produced on the lands of the Gadigal, Ngunnawal and Ngambri people.

Lab Notes: How do we predict the snow season?

* Gillard tribute to Ogilvie* The future of sleep* Fossil graveyards an archive of climate and ecology* How bacteria behave in the body* White possums in peril

Fossil graveyards an archive of past climate and ecology

Before any new therapy or medicine is placed on the shelves of a pharmacy, it needs to be tested in humans first.

What does that process look like? And who are the people testing these new drugs?

Jonathan Webb goes behind the curtain of clinical trials with health reporter Lauren Roberts to take a look at what happens in Australia.

You can binge more episodes of the Lab Notes podcast with science editor and presenter Jonathan Webb on the ABC Listen app (Australia). You'll find episodes on animal behaviour, human health, space exploration and so much more.

Get in touch with us: labnotes@abc.net.au

Featuring:

 • Lauren Roberts, health reporter

Further information:

Richard Scolyer encouraged Australians to enrol in research. Here's how to get involved

Australian Clinical Trials

This episode of Lab Notes was produced on the lands of the Gadigal, Ngunnawal and Ngambri people.

Lab Notes: What's it like to be in a clinical trial?

A team from Caltech is using ultrasound to reveal processes at work one kilometre under Antarctic ice.

Monitoring Antarctic glaciers and the science of gluten-free baking

AI chatbots are helping to crack long-standing mathematical problems, including some of the famous Paul Erdős conjectures that have remained unsolved for nearly 80 years. It's not just researchers finding these solutions, either: it's also amateur mathematicians armed with off-the-shelf ChatGPT.Jonathan Webb wheels out the chalkboard with Dr Melissa Lee to discuss how AI is shaping the field of mathematics, and if anyone can be a mathematician these days.

You can binge more episodes of the Lab Notes podcast with science editor and presenter Jonathan Webb on the ABC Listen app (Australia). You'll find episodes on animal behaviour, human health, space exploration and so much more.

Get in touch with us: labnotes@abc.net.au

Featuring:

 • Dr Melissa Lee, Senior Lecturer Monash University

Further information:

An AI solution to an 80‑year‑old problem has shocked mathematicians

Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics

This episode of Lab Notes was produced on the lands of the Gadigal, Ngunnawal and Ngambri people.

Lab Notes: Is AI taking over mathematics?

We visit a wildlife sanctuary north of Canberra where enclosures are being built to quarantine the eastern quoll, a species already endangered. Will it work and is this a long-term solution?

As bird flu arrives in Australia, an endangered species is being quarantined

Old satellites and bits of space junk regularly fall back to Earth, burning up as they pass through the atmosphere.

All this burning metal causes a chain reaction and ultimately destroys ozone molecules, which keep us safe from most of the Sun's harmful UVB rays. Could a new era of satellite "megaconstellations", like the one run by SpaceX's internet company Starlink, undo humanity's hard work repairing the ozone layer?

‌Jonathan Webb launches into this issue with Dr Alice Gorman (AKA Dr Space Junk), taking stock of just how many satellites are burning up and what can be done to solve the problem.

You can binge more episodes of the Lab Notes podcast with science editor and presenter Jonathan Webb on the ABC Listen app (Australia). You'll find episodes on animal behaviour, human health, space exploration and so much more.

Get in touch with us: labnotes@abc.net.au

Featuring:

 • Dr Alice Gorman, Flinders University

This episode of Lab Notes was produced on the lands of the Gadigal, Ngunnawal and Ngambri people.

Lab Notes: Is space junk destroying the ozone layer?

We also celebrate mathematician Terence Tao’s King’s birthday honour, and go in search of subatomic particles, 2Km underground.

How bird brains help us understand human brains, and how eugenics had as much hand in the birth control movement as did feminism

A deadly variant of H5N1 avian influenza has finally reached mainland Australia: the last continent without it. Although the risk to human health remains low, this virus has spread through many different species overseas — and not just birds. So are our animals vulnerable? Jonathan Webb speaks with Dr Tiggy Grillo about which animals could be at risk, and what is being done to protect them.

You can binge more episodes of the Lab Notes podcast with science editor and presenter Jonathan Webb on the ABC Listen app (Australia). You'll find episodes on animal behaviour, human health, space exploration and so much more.

Get in touch with us: labnotes@abc.net.au

Featuring:

 • Dr Tiggy Grillo, Chief Operating Officer of Wildlife Health Australia

Further information:

Animal disease hotline: 1800 675 888

What we know about how H5N1 bird flu got here and where it may appear next

Why bird flu poses a high risk to many Australian native mammals

For more on avian influenza and humans, have a listen to the latest Health Report bonus episode.

This episode of Lab Notes was produced on the lands of the Gadigal, Ngunnawal and Ngambri people.

Pioneers past and present, and fiddling with life brings a heavy caution

Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Other podcasts you might like ...