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The Science Show - Full Program Podcast

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast

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

ABC Australia

288 episodesEN

Show overview

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 288 episodes. That works out to roughly 200 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 14 min and 54 min — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Science show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 67 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 104 episodes published. Published by ABC Australia.

Episodes
288
Running
2022–2026 · 4y
Median length
54 min
Cadence
Weekly

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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.

Latest Episodes

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The debate over who should be in the genus Homo, and the trailblazing botanical illustrators, Harriet and Helena Scott

Aug 21, 202654 min

Lab Notes: The 'Hail Mary' effort to rescue a telescope

Aug 19, 202610 min

How nematodes love smelly feet, plants that trap insects, Australians at CERN and vale Peter Raven

Aug 14, 202654 min

Lab Notes: How do flowers know when to bloom?

Aug 12, 202610 min

Dark Matter search from inner Melbourne, Gelion update, Bach and maths and vale Bill Oddie

Aug 7, 202654 min

Lab Notes: In an era of AI hacking, how safe is the census?

Aug 5, 202610 min

Looking inside cells, and how seals hear so well underwater

Jul 31, 202654 min

Lab Notes: What will we see in a 10-year movie of the universe?

Jul 29, 202610 min

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

Jul 24, 202654 min

Lab Notes: How do we predict the snow season?

Jul 22, 202610 min

Fossil graveyards an archive of past climate and ecology

Jul 17, 202652 min

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

Jul 15, 202610 min

Monitoring Antarctic glaciers and the science of gluten-free baking

Jul 10, 202654 min

Lab Notes: Is AI taking over mathematics?

Jul 8, 202610 min

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

Jul 3, 202653 min

Lab Notes: Is space junk destroying the ozone layer?

Jul 1, 202610 min

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

Jun 26, 202654 min

Lab Notes: The bird flu risk for Aussie wildlife

Jun 24, 202613 min

Insects and pain and The Selfish Gene turns 50

Jun 19, 202654 min

Lab Notes: What happens when a whale dies?

Jun 17, 202610 min
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