Rare opalised fossil remains have led to the discovery of three new genera of egg laying mammals, the monotremes.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

We’ve polluted the surface of a whole planet. Now we’re working on space.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Lynette Russell and Ian J McNiven have written about innovation of first nations people in Australia in book seven of the First Knowledges series of books.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Karthish Manthiram’s lab at Caltech is developing chemical processes based on renewable energy, using basic ingredients, such as water and nitrogen, producing products, such as ammonia, with no waste.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Exposure to moderate traffic noise impacts zebra finch as embryos and across life stages until adulthood.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Kovi Rose has discovered an ultracool brown dwarf star which rotate every two hours.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

In his book The Forest Wars, Professor of Ecology David Lindenmayer slays 37 myths about native forests. The best economic and ecological outcome is to end the loss-making logging of native tall trees.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

In addition to being a resource for academic pursuit, the spaces are used for a range of surprising activities aimed at raising awareness and providing important social environments for students and for people beyond the university.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

V and I talk about this cool brewery in San Marcos, CA that we visited recently. Love the Birria!By Grubthusiast Grubcast

Up to 20% of fuel burnt by ships, and emissions generated could be saved by making route changes which consider small ocean currents.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Part of a podcast made by Zofia Witkowski-Blake and Clarisse Sawyer, students from Melbourne University who are obsessed with insects.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Adrian Horridge was an Australian neurobiologist at the Australian National University. His research interests included the role of the nervous system in behaviour and the history of traditional canoes and sailing boats of the Pacific region. He died in April 2024 at age 96.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Hannah Druckenmiller is comparing images from countries in Africa, southeast Asia and the Caribbean with images taken today.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Fragments of charcoal reveal a sophisticated people who used fire and grinding to prepare a range of plants as food.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

How do our brains decide what to keep and what to forget as we are swamped with information and facts?By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Thoughts That Bug Me is a podcast where you too can learn to love insects.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

How to Save the Whole Blinkin' Planet is a resource for teachers bringing fun to a serious topic.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Smoke from forest fires can produce a spike in ozone levels.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Reese Halter describes precarious fire conditions across two continents which point to an ominous future.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Sarah Tolbert’s lab at UCLA is looking at increasing the capacity and lowering the cost of energy storage using batteries and new materials which will increase the viability of renewable energy.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Science Gallery Melbourne hopes to appeal to 15-25-year-olds by presenting challenging scientific ideas through art.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian team came away with prizes including top team in Oceania and second prize worldwide.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Today we have a range of accessories such as phones, glasses and various aids. In ten years, Chiara says these devices will be built into our clothing.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Proposed changes have seen scientists protest in Adelaide.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Peter Hadfield joins scientists in northern Tasmania studying devils and their tumours, trying to understand the genetics that allows some devils to survive.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Chrom V is Yunchul Kim’s installation based on dark matter. It featured in Science Gallery’s DARK MATTERS exhibition and continues as part of NOT NATURAL.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Queenslander Grace Lawrence is using supercomputer simulations of the formation of galaxies hoping to track dark matter. Her hope is for dark matter to be detected from Earth.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Eric Hudson’s lab is using a trapped ion system where an electric field in a vacuum traps and holds an ion in space.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

There is insufficient time for many species to recover as fires in southwest US become more frequent.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Center for Science, Society, and Public Policy will look at areas including climate and sustainability, bio and medical ethics and ethics of artificial intelligence.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Claire Saxby and illustrator Jess Racklyeft take readers young and old into the hidden world amongst a giant tree’s roots, trunk, branches and upper leaves where all sorts of animals and other plants thrive.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The herbarium houses plants from the wide range of environments found in Colorado from the mountains, canyons, plateaux, grasslands and high alpine.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

As The Bee Babette Kit Prendergast presents a show delving into the anatomy and behaviour of our many species of wild bees.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Anita Hafner at CSIRO Marsfield in Sydney is working on the science commissioning of a new receiver for the 64m radio telescope at Parkes in NSW.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Author Deb Fitzpatrick has written her second book which explores the life of a young girl who fell in love with the ocean and became an archaeologist dedicated to studying shipwrecks.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Physicist Brian Greene discusses some of the ideas explored in his book, Until the End of Time.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Friendship is an important area of scientific study to understand human evolution and successBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The esteemed primatologist died in March 2024 at the age of 75. We hear him discussing the origins of morality and how reconciliation is widespread in primates and found in many other animals.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Len Fisher argues that compassion is a high value yet under valued aspect of human interaction. It can lead to trust and cooperation and allow us to solve problems to benefit society.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Jak Kelly Award is awarded to encourage excellence in postgraduate physics research. It's given annually in honour of Professor Jak Kelly - the Head of Physics at University of NSW from 1985 to 1989. In 2023, the winner was Dr Jaime Andrés Alvarado-Montes from Macquarie University, who studies planets. He specialises in Hot Jupiters (featured i…

The Ocean Photographer of the Year exhibition highlights more than 100 captivating photographs captured by some of the globe's most talented ocean photographers. These images offer a glimpse into the diverse world of ocean life, featuring a collection of drone, terrestrial and underwater shots. Among them are portrayals of wildlife encounters, seas…

Botanists who work in the high country of Colorado, including Mount Goliath, are studying plants and trees that must survive deep snow and ferocious winds. Amy Schneider works at the Denver Botanic Gardens and helps manage and grow plants and trees in all sorts of weather. So how do both plants and scientists cope? Guest: Amy Schneider, Denver Bota…

We all need plants to survive — but what kind of life do plants need to live? Dr Andrew Wilson from Denver Botanic Gardens says the answer is fungi! Dr Wilson is dedicated to building up the fungal herbarium's collections, where they study their taxonomy and build up a DNA database. So what's the fungal diversity like in the Southern Rockies? And w…

It sounds like one of the best jobs there is — travelling around Colorado from mountains to deserts collecting seeds. Alex Seglias from the Denver Botanic Gardens studies seed germination of native species and how seeds relate to their environment. She says she's particularly interested in how germination might change in a changing climate and how …

Why do botanists seem determined to search and find every last shrub or shrinking violet on Earth? Professor Peter Bernhardt of Missouri describes the thrill when the seven millionth species was revealed and listed at his own formidable herbarium.Guest: Professor Peter BernhardtBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Cyclones and intense rain events can be shown to impact climate.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Dakotah Tyler describes how hot Jupiters form and the process where some lose their gas.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Troy Carter says we may have a fusion reactor using lasers in about 10 years.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

A Museums Victoria fossil shows whales became large in the Southern Hemisphere 20 million years ago.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Ichthyornis held a transitional position between modern birds and other dinosaurs.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation