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What’s the secret to lasting friendships? How does queer community show up through the ebbs and flows of life? And what’s the REAL story behind the “YMCA” song? In the first episode of Silver Linings, The Old Gays dive into an essential part of queer life: chosen family. They discuss the vital love, support, and sense of belonging that community provides, especially during life's toughest moments. They open up about what “queer” means to them, how chosen family has impacted their lives, and how to maintain close bonds over time–including their love for each other! “We’ve come a long way, baby.” Family isn’t just what you’re born with; it’s the people who show up, shape you, and stick around. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate, from the physics of cricket to prime ministerial biorhythms.

246 episodes

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Lab Notes: AI that outperforms humans is coming 14:41

2 days ago14:41

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If you were impressed by generative AI such as ChatGPT, then artificial general intelligence or AGI promises to really knock your socks off. Over the past couple of decades, tech companies have been racing to build AGI systems that can match or surpass human capabilities across a whole bunch of tasks. So will AGI save the world — or will it spell the beginning of the end for humanity?…

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Mary Somerville - Brilliant polymath, scientific genius triumphed against the odds 54:51

5 days ago54:51

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She could only read and write from age 10. She reared children and had a first unsupportive husband. But Mary Somerville was able to correct the work of Isaac Newton, help discover Neptune, and write a science book which became a university text.

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Lab Notes: Why a metre is a metre long 13:03

9 days ago13:03

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The next time you pick up a bag of spuds from the supermarket or fill up the car with petrol, you can thank the Treaty of the Metre for the metric system that underpins daily life. The treaty was signed exactly 150 years ago, when delegates from 17 countries gathered on a Parisian spring day to establish a new and standardised way of measuring the world around us. But the metre's inception predates the treaty that bears its name by nearly 100 years. So how did it come about, and how has its definition changed over the centuries?…

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Evidence of oldest reptiles found in Victoria 53:03

12 days ago53:03

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Amateur fossil hunters make a major discovery. And Marilyn Renfree describes the sophisticated reproduction of marsupials.

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Lab Notes: The plight of the southern right whales 13:46

16 days ago13:46

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Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) were named by whalers because their high oil content made them the "right" ones to kill. In the decades since whaling was banned, southern right numbers increased — but a new study shows that population growth stalled, and might've dropped a bit, despite current numbers still far below what they were in pre-whaling times. So what's going on with the southern rights?…

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Aging halted in fruit flies. How about humans? 53:02

19 days ago53:02

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David Walker at UCLA says he can halt aging in fruit flies. Can the same concepts be applied to humans? And two tertiary students and an artist describe combining science and artistic pursuits.

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Lab Notes: Why one man let deadly snakes bite him 200 times 14:05

23 days ago14:05

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Cobras, taipans, black mambas — Tim Friede's been intentionally bitten more than 200 times by some of the most venomous snakes on Earth. And he survived, mostly because years of self-injecting venom let him develop immunity to them. (Please do not try this yourself!) Now his blood's been used to make a broad-spectrum antivenom that researchers say may protect against nearly 20 deadly snakes. But this is not how antivenom is usually made. So how are snake antivenoms produced, and where are we with a "universal" version?…

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A happy 99th birthday to a friend of The Science Show 54:05

26 days ago54:05

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Mansi Kasliwal describes how she detects supernovae – the massive stellar explosions where elements are formed. We learn how dung beetles saved the Australian environment from the big problem, and David Attenborough shares his love for Birds-of-paradise.

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Lab Notes: Where's my needle-free vaccine? 14:01

30 days ago14:01

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Hate getting needles? You're in good company — one in five people in Australia have needle fear.

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The wonder of sharks surviving for 500 million years 53:50

5 weeks ago53:50

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Sharks have survived 500 million years while mass extinctions have wiped out other species. Now, sharks are under threat.

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Lab Notes: Why did NASA spend a billion bucks on Lucy? 13:00

5 weeks ago13:00

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Somewhere out past Mars in the early hours of Easter Monday, a space probe called Lucy whizzed by an asteroid named Donaldjohanson. Lucy then sent back images showing Donaldjohanson is about five kilometres wide and shaped like a peanut. It's one of a handful of asteroids on Lucy's 12-year itinerary. So what does the billion-dollar mission hope to achieve?…

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The power of palaeontology 52:38

6 weeks ago52:38

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Palaeontology helps reveal why some animals are in desperate need of help while others thrive.

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Lab Notes: Why sprinting sensation Gout Gout is so fast 12:49

6 weeks ago12:49

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Gout Gout is fast becoming the face of Australian athletics, regularly clocking blisteringly quick times over 100- and 200-metre sprints. And he's only 17. Many think the best is yet to come. So what is it about Gout that makes him such an impressive sprinter at such a young age?

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New findings show how genetic mutations drive autoimmunity. 54:05

7 weeks ago54:05

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A protein in the immune system, DECTIN-1 - primarily responsible for defending the body against fungal infections, has been found to control the severity of autoimmune diseases such as irritable bowel disease (IBS), type 1 diabetes, eczema, and other chronic disorders.

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Lab Notes: How to decommission a nuclear power plant 13:47

7 weeks ago13:47