The Science Show

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Sep 2, 2023 • 54min

Sir John Eccles, one of the big brains in neuroscience

Sharon Carleton takes a look at his decades of work in this 2003 feature, coinciding with this year's Eccles Institute seminar at ANU. 
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Aug 26, 2023 • 54min

Cyber hygiene, deep sea parasites and what weeds can teach us about cancer

Topics discussed include cybersecurity industry evolution, balance between protection and productivity, negative impacts of salmon pens on marine ecosystem, environmental conflicts in Tasmania, similarities and differences between Madagascar and Australia, integrated pest management in agriculture, parasites in clams and risks of eating raw
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Aug 19, 2023 • 54min

Big ideas at Beaker Street Festival

Some of the science on display at this year's Hobart-wide celebration of the big, small and occasionally glowy. 
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Aug 12, 2023 • 54min

What can we learn from five minutes of silence?

Sometimes we all need to sit in silence ... but is there ever really silence? Take a seat and let your ears provide the answer. 
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Aug 5, 2023 • 54min

The Oppenheimer who influenced our modern science centres

The Exploratorium in San Francisco opened in 1969, and went on to inspire our own science centres in Australia.
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Jul 29, 2023 • 54min

Pioneering particles, time-travelling molecules and outer space poets

Scientists are harnessing the very small to explore very big things — from faults in massive structures to time reversal at the molecular level.
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Jul 22, 2023 • 54min

There's no age limit to science

From a teenage enthusiast to a 100-year-old Nobel Prize winner, The Science Show explores the agelessness of wonder.
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Jul 15, 2023 • 54min

Protecting habitats and the creatures that dwell within

Climate change is already having far-reaching consequences, for our forests, our oceans and ourselves. 
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Jul 8, 2023 • 56min

Torres Strait VR, taming CERN's magnets and Fiji's fight against varroa mite

Testing magnets for CERN'S Large Hadron Collider is a high-stakes job, with serious consequences. 
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Jul 1, 2023 • 57min

Where science can lead: An isolated island, the slimy forest floor, and centre stage for stand-up

Come along for a midnight hunt at a secluded resort, and a dawn boat trip to the speck of land where Hollywood Blockbuster Castaway was filmed.

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