The Science Show - Separate stories podcast

Mar 07 2025 250 ep. 10 mins 838
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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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Why the big cuts in US science and research?

Mar 07 2025 13 mins  
Neal Baer speaks about the intense hostility from Washington DC to certain research and gender related therapy. His answers are startling.

The Improbable Research Show

Mar 07 2025 8 mins  
Highlights from the Improbable Research Show held at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Boston.

The Island of Dr. Moreau

Mar 07 2025 9 mins  
It is a book, a film and now a play, complete with blood packs.

High alert as deep cuts expected for US scientific research

Mar 07 2025 11 mins  
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore receives $3.2 billion in grant money. Its fellowship programs and research are under threat.

A photo of a black hole?

Mar 07 2025 10 mins  
Professor Lia Medeiros from the Event Horizon Telescope Team who took the pictures in 2019 describes the team’s reaction and the response from around the world as the stunning image, the first of a black hole was revealed.

Lab Notes: How Ozempic stops food cravings

Mar 03 2025
A weekly injection that stops that hankering for hot chips and donuts? Many people on Ozempic and similar medications report this phenomenon, saying they no longer have incessant thoughts about sweets and fried food. So how do these drugs, known as GLP-1 agonists, work in the brain to dial down "food noise" and help people lose weight?

Eye popping applications of applied mathematics

Feb 28 2025 5 mins  
Applied mathematician Mason Porter says applied maths is extremely cool.

New theory on the origin of black holes

Feb 28 2025 10 mins  
Astrophysicists at UCLA suggest decaying dark matter may drive processes leading to the formation supermassive black holes.

Engineering inspired by nature

Feb 28 2025 16 mins  
John Dabiri’s team at the California Institute of Technology is working on engineering based on solutions found in nature.

Deep cuts in US education and research

Feb 28 2025 5 mins  
The incoming Trump presidency has seen swift cuts to education and research, with threats of whole departments being abolished. Editor-in-chief of the journal Science describes the damage.