science friction

Despite being very different people, sisters Masha and Dasha spent their entire lives conjoined.

Two teams. Scientists and science journalists. And your quiz mistress with a whip. Let the mischief begin.

Blink and you'll miss it. Eyes wide open and you can't comprehend it. Life beats to all kinds of pulses.

Is the era of family secrets over? Is love deeper than DNA?

If a controversial river could speak, what would it say? Climb aboard and be prepared to get wet.

Frank, fearless stories of personal reinvention and career resuscitation. Are we giving young scientists false hope?

The Australian government wants to use technology to keep the fossil fuel dream alive. But will it work?

Crunch time at the COP26 Climate conference. Is Net Zero by 2050 a distraction? ABC Environment reporter Nick Kilvert joins Natasha and guests.

Sex is complicated. Oh yes indeed.

Science is way personal.

Is the key to a battery-powered future lying 4000 metres below the sea surface?

12 rabbits that turned a nation crazy. Cue: a plague, the founder of immunology, a famous actress, and ten million dollars.

A life and death mission. An extraordinary relationship.

They were pursuing their dreams, now they're running for their lives. Afghan scholars speak. Will the world listen?

This deadly pair of scientists are smashing ... barriers.

One, two, three ... and then ... more. When humans learnt how to count to more, then came mayhem and marvels. Bestselling science writer Dr Michael Brooks on The Art of More.

Raymond Schinazi has been fighting viruses his whole career, with some mighty wins against these molecular mischief makers. Can we learn from the past to treat this coronavirus?

Who will win? Spin and hope or raw, sobering reality?

Two baby teeth and a whole world of secrets. Meet the DNA detectives hunting for the ghosts of pandemics past.

Ouch, that hurts. But who will listen? Down on the farm, understanding the biology of pain could make a real difference.