The Science Show - Separate stories podcast

As its journalists collect awards, the future for science magazine COSMOS is ominous.

The Nobel Prize winner says communicating scientific ideas to the public is becoming increasingly difficult.

Microplastics are everywhere and impacting ecosystems.

They are bacteria, viruses, archaea and more. We can’t see them, but their presence and roles are vital.

Penny van Oosterzee pays tribute to scientists who have worked in far north Queensland and the Northern Territory and presents her local suggestions to The Science Show’s Top 100 Scientists.

Bill Sherwin has developed and used computer-based teaching aids for both students and teachers.

168,000 years ago, a nearby star exploded becoming a supernova.

A total solar eclipse brings with it immense excitement from scientists and the general public. 

Sense about Science promotes the public interest in sound science and evidence.

Melanie Mitchell says teaching critical thinking is vital so young people can be safe online and detect machine-generated audio, images or text.

13 journalists based in the US are now writing for New Scientist.

Each year in Harvard, a night of organised mayhem celebrates research that makes people laugh and think.

What happens after our Sun expands and consumes the inner planets? Recent exoplanet discoveries suggest a possible future.

Early history of our galaxy, extracting carbon dioxide from air, and a new cancer treatment using an existing drug.

They’ve lived since the time of the dinosaurs. But the outlook is grim for Tasmania’s Maugean skate.

A great range of scientific and technical achievements were made in China hundreds of years earlier than in Europe.

Hotter sea water is inundation small Caribbean islands.

Sophie Andrews leads the Healthy Brain Ageing Research Program and describes some of the work of the Thompson Institute.

Found a Fossil is an essential guide for anyone who finds a fossil or artefact.

Experts put AI to the test.