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ABC Australia 1067 - Lab Notes: The AI maths wars

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

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Published 15 Sep 2026

Duration 12:35

Episodes

1067-

Lab Notes: The AI maths wars

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15 Sep 2026

1066-

AI boost for people with dyslexia and how algorithms shape what we read

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12 Sep 2026

1065-

Lab Notes: Where could bird flu go next?

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09 Sep 2026

1064-

As fire ravages the Northern Hemisphere, is Australia ready for a record-breaking El Niño? And why optimists live longer than pessimists

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05 Sep 2026

1063-

Lab Notes: Why are we ticklish?

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02 Sep 2026

1062-

A moon beyond our Solar System, dust storms on Mars and questioning of reality

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29 Aug 2026

1061-

Lab Notes: The redback sex-death somersault

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26 Aug 2026

1060-

The debate over who should be in the genus Homo, and the trailblazing botanical illustrators, Harriet and Helena Scott

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22 Aug 2026

1059-

Lab Notes: The 'Hail Mary' effort to rescue a telescope

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19 Aug 2026

1058-

How nematodes love smelly feet, plants that trap insects, Australians at CERN and vale Peter Raven

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15 Aug 2026

1057-

Lab Notes: How do flowers know when to bloom?

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12 Aug 2026

1056-

Dark Matter search from inner Melbourne, Gelion update, Bach and maths and vale Bill Oddie

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08 Aug 2026

1055-

Lab Notes: In an era of AI hacking, how safe is the census?

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05 Aug 2026

1054-

Looking inside cells, and how seals hear so well underwater

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01 Aug 2026

1053-

Lab Notes: What will we see in a 10-year movie of the universe?

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29 Jul 2026

1052-

Pioneers past and present, and fiddling with life brings a heavy caution

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25 Jul 2026

1051-

Lab Notes: How do we predict the snow season?

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22 Jul 2026

1050-

Fossil graveyards an archive of past climate and ecology

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18 Jul 2026

1049-

Lab Notes: What's it like to be in a clinical trial?

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15 Jul 2026

1048-

Monitoring Antarctic glaciers and the science of gluten-free baking

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11 Jul 2026

1047-

Lab Notes: Is AI taking over mathematics?

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08 Jul 2026

1046-

As bird flu arrives in Australia, an endangered species is being quarantined

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04 Jul 2026

1045-

Lab Notes: Is space junk destroying the ozone layer?

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01 Jul 2026

1044-

How bird brains help us understand human brains, and how eugenics had as much hand in the birth control movement as did feminism

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27 Jun 2026

1043-

Lab Notes: The bird flu risk for Aussie wildlife

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24 Jun 2026

1042-

Insects and pain and The Selfish Gene turns 50

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20 Jun 2026

1041-

Lab Notes: What happens when a whale dies?

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17 Jun 2026

1040-

Kris sword with an intriguing history, echidnas, tropical forests and Australia’s energy potential

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13 Jun 2026

1039-

Lab Notes: Tallest tree in East Asia

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11 Jun 2026

1038-

The First Inventors

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06 Jun 2026

1037-

Lab Notes: Plants can hear you

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03 Jun 2026

1036-

AI tools in ocean research and a tribute to Dame Bridget Ogilvie

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30 May 2026

1035-

Lab Notes: Lead may be hiding in your clothing

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28 May 2026

1034-

Sex testing at the Olympics: beware the exceptions

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23 May 2026

1033-

Lab Notes: Giant dino discovery fulfils a childhood dream

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21 May 2026

1032-

Science and the budget, bird flu closer to Australia and a guide to pollination

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16 May 2026

1031-

Lab Notes: Can AI chatbots make you delusional?

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14 May 2026

1030-

Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines

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08 May 2026

1029-

Lab Notes: What happens if a major ocean current … stops?

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07 May 2026

1028-

Australian science under strain

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02 May 2026

1027-

Lab Notes: AI data centres are coming to remote Australia

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30 Apr 2026

1025-

Response to Australia’s ESO rejection

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25 Apr 2026

1024-

Lab Notes: Aussies loved Artemis II — and they want more

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23 Apr 2026

1023-

Lab Notes: Is measles back?

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16 Apr 2026

1022-

Australia says no to European Southern Observatory collaboration, applications of quantum mechanics and testing trees’ response to rising carbon dioxide

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11 Apr 2026

1021-

Lab Notes: What can we grow on the Moon?

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09 Apr 2026

1020-

Australian and New Zealand research presented at Falling Walls Berlin

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04 Apr 2026

1019-

Lab Notes: Can we replace lab animals?

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02 Apr 2026

1018-

Saving Australia’s R&D, robot for cleaning up oil, and quantum physics with Paul Davies

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28 Mar 2026

1017-

Lab Notes: NASA's mission to the Moon

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26 Mar 2026

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