The Science Show

* The attraction of smelly feet  * Plants that trap insects * Pollen grains reveal Australia's first flowering plants * Vale botanist Peter Raven * Australians smashing it at CERN

The last days of winter are here and already you may be seeing flowers blooming around you. Why is that? How do flowers know when to bloom, and is it always around springtime? Jonathan Webb digs into these questions with Dr Greg Moore to try and uncover the mechanisms behind flowering plants. You can binge more episodes of the Lab Notes podcast with science editor and presente...

* Mathematics as the basis of western musical harmony and how J. S. Bach loved numbers * Victoria's first dark matter detector fires up * Hurdles for new battery technology * Vale Bill Oddie

It's census time, which means lots of us are about to submit personal information via the Internet. Whether it's the ABS or your favourite online shop — how safe is our data in an era when AI models have shown they can hack companies without even being asked to? Jonathan Webb opens a back door to this new normal of cybersecurity with Professor Toby Murray. You can binge more ...

* Fluorescent sensors bring cell contents to life * Plotting the Oceans: Stories of Powerful Maps and Their Makers * Animal senses that work as well in water as on land * Mushroom Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Fungal Lives * Descend two kilometres underground to the cleanest lab on Earth