The Science Show - Full Program Podcast

The first European honeybees arrived in Australia on 20th May 1822. Four bee experts recount the effects on Australia's native bees, on honey production, on ecology and farming. And a new $2 coin is being released featuring bees, golden honeycomb and Eucalyptus flowers.

* Environmental laws for today, not tomorrow

* Hobart - Australian city of science * New ways of thinking about pain * Getting the cameras right to count feral cats * Boab nuts used to reflect on archaeology

* Primary students present E=mc2 The Musical * Giant strides in energy storage and plastic recycling * Seaweeds – thousands of species many with untapped potential * Giant kelp in massive drastic decline * UV light reveals rare fossilised spiders * Tasmania home to 2,499 species of beetles

* Black hole images allow theories to be tested * Journals slow to act despite evidence of scientific fraud or misconduct * Parrots and humans – extreme species with shared behaviours * New technology brings new life to exhibits at Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery * Vale Caroline Jones

* Science needs to develop trust for links to grow * Kids space adventure combines human fight for survival with planetary science * Where did the universe come from? * There’s more to geoscience than mining

* A call for more controls over possible brain manipulation and monitoring * Global risks require new approach to governance * Consumption linked to biodiversity and extinction risk * Missouri Botanical Gardens moves its annual orchid show online * Australian sea lions in an ongoing decline

* Thankyou Australia and goodbye * Lyrebird song a possible indication of population health * Twelve experiments that changed our world – the story of how we came to understand the universe * Science Media Centres – linking the media to scientists

Celebrating Gregor Mendel the father of genetics

* University plays a key role as Wollongong transforms * New ideas about evolution and spread of monotremes * Space missions excite school students for STEM * High anxiety remains after Tongan tsunami

* New idea explains the enormous heat of the Sun’s corona * All environmental problems traced to immense human impact * This teenager loves science * Centre for the Digital Child studies impact of technology on children

* Election hopes for science * Carbon – the element with a nice voice * Secondary science – more analysis, less rote learning, not so much time for history * Catastrophe – higher risk than most people might think

* The end of astronauts? * The First Astronomers * Kiama students' hopes for International Youth Science Forum * Derek Denton – working and publishing science at age 97

* Soviet scientists locked up or killed for accepting Mendelian genetics * E-boats bigger and stronger * Birds – today’s link to dinosaurs * David Stewart – 40 years recording bird calls

* Scientific collaborations in doubt following Russia's attack on Ukraine * Warnings on climate and flooding seen in today’s massive property losses * Parkinson's Disease – it’s like walking through honey * New approach for those with OCD to cope with unwanted mental images * Creswell Eastman discovers iodine deficiency disorder, then helps millions of children * Sea stars and urchins move south with warmer waters changing ecosystems * George Ivanoff helps us survive the supernatural

Horridus to help answer questions about Triceratops and other dinos Charlotte McConaghy’s compelling novels built on complex characters in a fast-changing natural world Vale Richard Leakey

Artificial intelligence – promises and threats Drone helps control invasive species on Norfolk Island Triceratops comes to Melbourne Hydrogen coming for Cape York communities Pandemic – how we were warned

Human population the driver of greenhouse emissions and all environmental wows Meg Lowman - a voice for trees Flying foxes crashing

Politicians unfairly maligned – Robin Batterham Risk of tsunami on east Australian coast Submerged mats could dissipate energy of tsunami Despite all we know, biodiversity loss is at an all-time high WA to end logging in native forests

Scientists: don’t feed the doubt machine Mysterious object in our galaxy sends pulses every 18 minutes Fred Watson – celebrating 25 years on ABC radio IQ tests, genes and environment - views from 1984 and today