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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.

The Science Show

Meat ants don't sound like the most endearing Australian animals. These purple-red insects are super territorial, swarming and biting anything that threatens their nest. 

But it turns out they're not just aggressive, flesh-tearing fighters. They're also farmers, architects, and — best of all — cane toad exterminators.

Lab Notes: The native ants that take down cane toads

Is the US shooting itself in the foot, or shooting itself in the head? As Donald Trump removes funding for medical research, climate research and more, Matthew England reflects on how science will help us cope with a changing world.

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 all around us, how can we minimise our exposure to tiny plastic fragments without resorting to living in a cave?

Lab Notes: How do I avoid eating and breathing microplastics?

A 100-yr flood is now a more regular occurrence in the German town of Passau, bringing widespread destruction, another local impact of a planet getting hotter.

Climatic changes everywhere as the world’s oceans become hotter

It feels like you can't go a week without hearing about some new quantum technology which promises to change our lives for the better. 

But quantum mechanics is already well and truly present in our daily life — and you don't even have to be a physicist to be using it.

Lab Notes: What's quantum mechanics ever done for me?

There was a famous debate. And truly weird ideas about how the universe works at a subatomic level. Shelby Traynor traces the history of quantum mechanics.

Tracing the 100-year history of quantum mechanics

If you've given birth to three daughters, what are the odds that your next child will also be a girl?

One in two, right? Well … maybe not.

The odds of having a fourth girl could be a fair bit higher than 50 per cent, according to a new study into families with single-sex sets of siblings.

Lab Notes: Why some mums have all boys or all girls

Discover the story of a pair of brothers who invented an early electric scooter, humidicrib, fax machine, Olympic scoreboard — and much more! — in their South Australian workshop from the 1930s to the 60s.

We also learn about a trial that's generated energy from the waves, and unearth two rare photographs of a long-lost bandicoot species.

Australia's forgotten inventor brothers

A huge net, weighed down by heavy chains, swiftly sweeps across the ocean floor, scooping up everything in its path. 

This type of fishing, called bottom trawling, was illuminated in a new documentary, Ocean with David Attenborough. 

Bottom trawling is known for indiscriminately gathering all sorts of marine species, as well as damaging the sea floor. 

But with the practice producing around a quarter of the world’s wild-caught seafood, are there ways to make it more sustainable?

Lab Notes: Can bottom trawling be a sustainable way to fish?

In an electrifying episode of the Science Show, find out how getting struck by a bolt from the heavens can help at least one species of tall tree not only survive, but thrive. 

Then step back in time to solve a tool-making mystery in Samoa and discover hidden treasures in centuries-old books — including a bubonic plague flea.

The trees that harness lightning to kill their rivals

Unlike other deserts, Australian deserts experience occasional high rainfall. It supports a unique ecology.

The wonder of Australia’s deserts

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