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Scientists fear research will be hit in proposed changes at the South Australian Museum
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Two inspirational books for younger readers show an intruiging world and the thrill of chasing a dream.
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Friendship led ancient humans to cooperate and gain an edge over predators. Compassion is seen among 25 primates and other animals. Today we explore these qualities and meet scientists investigating the role of friendship in our evolution and our lives in the modern world.
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Today we meet the people at the forefront of studying alpine plants - including how trees and plants survive in deep snow and ferocious winds. We visit the mushroom lab to discovery why fungi are essential to life on earth and find out what seed collection in the Colorado mountains is teaching us how to adapt in a changing climate. And while we're talking plants - Professor Peter Bernhardt of Missouri describes the thrill when the seventh millionth species was revealed and listed at his own formidable herbarium. All that, plus meeting the winner of the 2023 Jak Kelly Award for his fascinating research on how stars are tearing apart planets - could this have been the history of our own planet Earth?
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Sir Mark Oliphant of Adelaide was the main person missing from the film Oppenheimer.
It was Sir Mark who carried the letter from European scientists to New York to convince the American President that Hitler was trying to make an atomic bomb and needed to be beaten to the chilling quest. It led to the Manhattan Project.
Mark also gave us microwave power, initially to equip planes, later to give us microwave ovens; he helped establish the ANU; was the first President of the Australian Academy of Science and became governor of South Australia.
He was the 'right hand man' of Sir Ernest Rutherford of NZ who revealed the atomic nucleus and won the Nobel Prize in 1916.
It is often reported that they "split the atom" and so enabled the incredible power therein to be released.
It was this, as well as the Manhattan Project, that made Sir Mark Oliphant such a voice for peace and tolerance, as this Science Show from 1986 remembers.
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The Iter Tokamak nuclear fusion reactor is due for completion next year. In the US, a smaller cheaper reactor is also gearing up.
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Join Robyn Williams and meet scientists at one of the world’s centres for the study of climate and weather.
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A supernova has been observed in great detail just 3.5 light years from Earth… and that’s close!
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They’ve lived since the time of the dinosaurs. But the outlook is grim for Tasmania’s Maugean skate.
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A great range of scientific and technical achievements were made in China hundreds of years earlier than in Europe.
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More efficient molecules inside plants could bring a big increase in crop yields.
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Failing crops and dwindling water supply are forcing change to the traditional lifestyles of PNG highlanders.
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People know their sports stars, and their rock stars. Why don’t they know the stars of science who have helped shape our world? The Science Show’s Top 100 Australian Scientists hopes to generate discussion and raise the profile of Australia’s world class scientists.
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Aspects of mental health and psychology.
Diagnoses of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) doubled over the past year, and the cost of doing that increased substantially too.
And why do parents take so readily to singing to their babies—especially when it's time to change the nappy?
With Presenter of All in the Mind Sana Qadar
and Investigative Journalist Ange Lavoipierre
Hosted by Science Editor Jonathan Webb
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He imagined the atomic bomb, believed in a world government, wrote books about science and science fiction and was the first popular communicator of scientific ideas. Today we commemorate the life and achievements of Herbert George Wells.
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Clearly, there's no such thing as too much AI, you can't escape it; and we can't ignore avian 'flu, or 2023 being the hottest year on record; But, meanwhile ... CERN measured the dynamics of falling antimatter; primatologists measured menopause in chimps; Jupiter got new moons, Beethoven's hair gave up genetic intel, and the James Webb telescope filled in some knowledge gaps.
We're with Science Journalist Genelle Weule and Science Reporter Belinda Smith
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He developed laws of motion, gravitation and mathematical calculus. But with his genius came myths and legends. Sharon Carleton presents a portrait of Isaac Newton.
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If there’s one medication that’s got everyone talking it’s the antidiabetic medication semaglutide. The drug is often better known by one of its brand names, Ozempic, and it’s exploded in popularity mainly because of its weight loss effects. So what’s happened due to the popularity and what could be coming next?
Also, while COVID has become less relevant in everyday discussions it certainly hasn’t gone away. We haven’t seen the rise of a major new variant, but SARS-CoV-2 hasn’t been sitting still.
This week we’re joined by health reporters Tegan Taylor and Paige Cockburn.
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Tim Flannery and Robyn Williams discuss how to communicate in a world of denialism, disinformation, and deep fakes.
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