The Science Show - Separate stories podcast

Alexandra De Blas takes us from Tasmania’s Huon Valley to farms in Western Australia to explore what’s possible in a ‘grounded’ way of living with the land.

In the 1800s, it was hunted for its beautiful feathers and thought to be extinct. Jared Diamond describes how he rediscovered the Golden-fronted Bowerbird on a survey trip in the Foja Mountains of New Guinea.

David Sweeney is investigating how massive stars end their lives in fiery supernovas, leaving behind neutron stars and black holes.

Len Fisher argues that compassion is a high value yet undervalued aspect of human interaction. It can foster trust and cooperation and lead us to solutions benefiting society.

Hearts, kidneys and now livers — over the past couple of years, surgeons have taken all these from gene-edited pigs and put them in people.

The world’s greatest physicist was also passionate about human rights, education, and disarmament.

Jared Diamond says nodules of concentrated metals found on the ocean floor should be mined and replace terrestrial mining.

Nick Rowley reviews how we are sitting on the road to net zero by 2050, what is possible given the politics, and what is necessary given the science.

As far as planets go, they don't get much more iconic than Saturn. A huge golden ball encircled by gigantic rings. But those distinctive rings — the very things that give Saturn its pizzazz — have seemingly disappeared. So what’s going on, and when will they be back?

Shelby Traynor takes us to Samoa where unreliable rainfall and aging infrastructure mean the supply of fresh water cannot be guaranteed. She joins students from Samoa University testing water quality.