1044 - How bird brains help us understand human brains, and how eugenics had as much hand in the birth control movement as did feminism
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1044 - How bird brains help us understand human brains, and how eugenics had as much hand in the birth control movement as did feminism
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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.
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Udgivet27 jun. 2026
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1044-
How bird brains help us understand human brains, and how eugenics had as much hand in the birth control movement as did feminism
Lyttet
27 jun. 2026
1043-
Lab Notes: The bird flu risk for Aussie wildlife
Lyttet
24 jun. 2026
1042-
Insects and pain and The Selfish Gene turns 50
Lyttet
20 jun. 2026
1041-
Lab Notes: What happens when a whale dies?
Lyttet
17 jun. 2026
1040-
Kris sword with an intriguing history, echidnas, tropical forests and Australia’s energy potential
Lyttet
13 jun. 2026
1039-
Lab Notes: Tallest tree in East Asia
Lyttet
11 jun. 2026
1038-
The First Inventors
Lyttet
06 jun. 2026
1037-
Lab Notes: Plants can hear you
Lyttet
03 jun. 2026
1036-
AI tools in ocean research and a tribute to Dame Bridget Ogilvie
Lyttet
30 maj 2026
1035-
Lab Notes: Lead may be hiding in your clothing
Lyttet
28 maj 2026
1034-
Sex testing at the Olympics: beware the exceptions
Lyttet
23 maj 2026
1033-
Lab Notes: Giant dino discovery fulfils a childhood dream
Lyttet
21 maj 2026
1032-
Science and the budget, bird flu closer to Australia and a guide to pollination
Lyttet
16 maj 2026
1031-
Lab Notes: Can AI chatbots make you delusional?
Lyttet
14 maj 2026
1030-
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines
Lyttet
08 maj 2026
1029-
Lab Notes: What happens if a major ocean current … stops?
Lyttet
07 maj 2026
1028-
Australian science under strain
Lyttet
02 maj 2026
1027-
Lab Notes: AI data centres are coming to remote Australia
Lyttet
30 apr. 2026
1025-
Response to Australia’s ESO rejection
Lyttet
25 apr. 2026
1024-
Lab Notes: Aussies loved Artemis II — and they want more
Lyttet
23 apr. 2026
1023-
Lab Notes: Is measles back?
Lyttet
16 apr. 2026
1022-
Australia says no to European Southern Observatory collaboration, applications of quantum mechanics and testing trees’ response to rising carbon dioxide
Lyttet
11 apr. 2026
1021-
Lab Notes: What can we grow on the Moon?
Lyttet
09 apr. 2026
1020-
Australian and New Zealand research presented at Falling Walls Berlin
Lyttet
04 apr. 2026
1019-
Lab Notes: Can we replace lab animals?
Lyttet
02 apr. 2026
1018-
Saving Australia’s R&D, robot for cleaning up oil, and quantum physics with Paul Davies
Lyttet
28 mar. 2026
1017-
Lab Notes: NASA's mission to the Moon
Lyttet
26 mar. 2026
1016-
Possums thought to be extinct found in Papua, early Indigenous ingenuity, and how we adjust to ultra-processed food
Lyttet
21 mar. 2026
1015-
Lab Notes: Super-K flu is here … but it's not our biggest problem
Lyttet
19 mar. 2026
1014-
New idea for the origin of language
Lyttet
14 mar. 2026
1013-
Lab Notes: Slip! Slop! Slap! SUCCESS!
Lyttet
12 mar. 2026
1012-
Astronomy and toxicology converge at Caltech
Lyttet
07 mar. 2026
1011-
Lab Notes: Why air traffic won’t return to normal for months
Lyttet
06 mar. 2026
1010-
How the US came close to losing half its science funding
Lyttet
28 feb. 2026
1009-
Lab Notes: The surprising history of the backyard sprinkler
Lyttet
26 feb. 2026
1008-
Stories told by feet
Lyttet
21 feb. 2026
1007-
Lab Notes: Why buying a star name is nonsense
Lyttet
20 feb. 2026
1006-
Ancient humans lived in an Indonesian cave until Homo sapiens arrived
Lyttet
14 feb. 2026
1005-
Lab Notes: Skincare, pregnancy and a minefield of mixed messages
Lyttet
13 feb. 2026
1004-
Social media ban impacts political knowledge of young Australians
Lyttet
07 feb. 2026
1003-
Lab Notes: Can we tap the brakes on energy-hungry AI?
Lyttet
06 feb. 2026
1002-
Humpbacks threat, green cities and EVs, and origins of life
Lyttet
31 jan. 2026
1001-
Lab Notes: What's behind the rising tree death rates?
Lyttet
30 jan. 2026
1000-
Mysterious stellar object discovered
Lyttet
24 jan. 2026
999-
Lab Notes: The oldest rock art in the world…that we know of
Lyttet
23 jan. 2026
998-
Getting more from fertiliser, viral DNA's vital role and help from hookworms!
Lyttet
18 apr. 2026
997-
Lab Notes: The Treaty of the Metre: how the metre came to be
Lyttet
07 jan. 2026
996-
Lab Notes: Why UV levels are so high in Australia
Lyttet
13 jan. 2026
995-
A portrait of Dame Miriam Rothschild
Lyttet
10 jan. 2026
994-
Mary Somerville — Brilliant polymath, scientific genius