The first European honeybees arrived in Australia on 20th May 1822. Four bee experts recount the effects on Australia's native bees, on honey production, on ecology and farming. And a new $2 coin is being released featuring

Environmental laws fail future generations and the history of Antarctic exploration

Jun 18th, 2022 54m 3s

* Environmental laws for today, not tomorrow

Cameras used to count feral cats, and how much of pain is in the mind

Jun 11th, 2022 54m 4s

* Hobart - Australian city of science* New ways of thinking about pain* Getting the cameras right to count feral cats* Boab nuts used to reflect on archaeology

Goodbye giant kelp – 95% lost in fifty years

Jun 4th, 2022 54m 7s

* Primary students present E=mc2 The Musical* Giant strides in energy storage and plastic recycling* Seaweeds – thousands of species many with untapped potential* Giant kelp in massive drastic decline* UV light reveals

Parrots and humans – extreme species with shared behaviours and first image of the black hole at the centre of our galaxy

May 28th, 2022 54m 6s

* Black hole images allow theories to be tested* Journals slow to act despite evidence of scientific fraud or misconduct* Parrots and humans – extreme species with shared behaviours* New technology brings new life to exh

Where did the Universe come from?

May 21st, 2022 54m 6s

* Science needs to develop trust for links to grow* Kids space adventure combines human fight for survival with planetary science* Where did the universe come from?* There’s more to geoscience than mining

Musk promises brain implants for spinal injuries and AI and help for Australian sea lions

May 14th, 2022 54m 7s

* A call for more controls over possible brain manipulation and monitoring* Global risks require new approach to governance* Consumption linked to biodiversity and extinction risk* Missouri Botanical Gardens moves its an

Young scientists forced abroad for work and the twelve experiments that helped make the modern world

May 7th, 2022 54m 7s

* Thankyou Australia and goodbye* Lyrebird song a possible indication of population health* Twelve experiments that changed our world – the story of how we came to understand the universe* Science Media Centres – linking

Celebrating Gregor Mendel the father of genetics

Apr 30th, 2022 53m 57s

Celebrating Gregor Mendel the father of genetics

Wollongong transformed, secrets of monotremes revealed, and help for Tonga

Apr 23rd, 2022 54m 3s

* University plays a key role as Wollongong transforms* New ideas about evolution and spread of monotremes* Space missions excite school students for STEM* High anxiety remains after Tongan tsunami

How our biggest threat is us

Apr 16th, 2022 54m 6s

* New idea explains the enormous heat of the Sun’s corona* All environmental problems traced to immense human impact* This teenager loves science* Centre for the Digital Child studies impact of technology on children

Carbon movie explores the misunderstood element which has allowed life to happen

Apr 9th, 2022 54m 5s

* Election hopes for science* Carbon – the element with a nice voice* Secondary science – more analysis, less rote learning, not so much time for history* Catastrophe – higher risk than most people might think

The end of astronauts?

Apr 2nd, 2022 54m 7s

* The end of astronauts?* The First Astronomers* Kiama students' hopes for International Youth Science Forum* Derek Denton – working and publishing science at age 97

Electric outboards making a splash and David Stewart celebrates 40 years recording bird calls

Mar 26th, 2022 54m 6s

* Soviet scientists locked up or killed for accepting Mendelian genetics* E-boats bigger and stronger* Birds – today’s link to dinosaurs* David Stewart – 40 years recording bird calls

The future of scientific collaborations in doubt following Russia's attack on Ukraine, and warnings of dire climate impacts made years ago.

Mar 19th, 2022 54m 4s

* Scientific collaborations in doubt following Russia's attack on Ukraine* Warnings on climate and flooding seen in today’s massive property losses* Parkinson's Disease – it’s like walking through honey* New approach for

Compelling novels highlight ecosystems under pressure and vale Richard Leakey

Mar 12th, 2022 54m 5s

Horridus to help answer questions about Triceratops and other dinosCharlotte McConaghy’s compelling novels built on complex characters in a fast-changing natural worldVale Richard Leakey

We were warned of pandemic in 1994, and hydrogen for far north Queensland

Mar 5th, 2022 54m 7s

Artificial intelligence – promises and threatsDrone helps control invasive species on Norfolk IslandTriceratops comes to MelbourneHydrogen coming for Cape York communitiesPandemic – how we were warned

How trees are gold – when alive

Feb 26th, 2022 53m 57s

Human population the driver of greenhouse emissions and all environmental wowsMeg Lowman - a voice for treesFlying foxes crashing

How tsunami have impacted Australia’s east coast and a new approach to limit the threat

Feb 19th, 2022 54m 6s

Politicians unfairly maligned – Robin BatterhamRisk of tsunami on east Australian coastSubmerged mats could dissipate energy of tsunamiDespite all we know, biodiversity loss is at an all-time highWA to end logging in na

Advice for scientists confronting doubters and the mysterious pulsing object in space

Feb 12th, 2022 54m 9s

Scientists: don’t feed the doubt machineMysterious object in our galaxy sends pulses every 18 minutesFred Watson – celebrating 25 years on ABC radioIQ tests, genes and environment - views from 1984 and today

Genes help us love nature, geothermal on the cusp, and vale E. O. Wilson

Feb 5th, 2022 54m 5s

Connection with nature linked to genesVale E. O. WilsonGeothermal on the cusp in Australia?Ancient Serbian settlement changes the view of early human society in Europe

HG Wells – father of science fiction with hopes and fears for how science will shape our future

Jan 29th, 2022 54m 23s

He imagined the atomic bomb, he believed in a world government, he wrote books about science and science fiction and was the first popular communicator of scientific ideas. Today we commemorate the life and achievements of

University geology depts becoming smaller or closing

Jan 22nd, 2022 54m 24s

Geology departments becoming smaller or closingWhitley Awards celebrate 50 yearsNorfolk Island – food bowl for Australia’s first European settlers

Science Extra: Climate compromise, slime in the city and do fish feel pain?

Jan 15th, 2022 49m 7s

Do fish and crabs feel pain, what went down at COP26, and how might climate change dampen the spirits of homeowners in low-lying areas? Plus and environmental scientist explains his theory that the earth has a spirit and we