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Retiring Vice Chancellor of the University of South Australia David Lloyd awarded Pratchett two honorary degrees. In exchange, the author honoured the university with a special scholarship – to be offered every year forever. This week David Lloyd explains his enthusiasms for the Discworld author in front of a packed audience at the Hawke Centre in Adelaide.
Previous episodes
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987 - Author Terry Pratchett’s links to science and AdelaideSat, 13 Dec 2025
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986 - Lab Notes: How maths explains nature's weirdnessTue, 09 Dec 2025
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985 - Evidence shows no link between pain relief drugs and autismSat, 06 Dec 2025
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984 - Lab Notes: Are bioplastics the future of packaging?Tue, 02 Dec 2025
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983 - 3 young high achievers in science, and Sydney hosts space conferenceSat, 29 Nov 2025
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982 - Lab Notes: Why aurora season isn't over yetTue, 25 Nov 2025
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981 - Rare earth minerals – we’ll need geologists to find themSat, 22 Nov 2025
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980 - Lab Notes: How are long-range weather forecasts made?Tue, 18 Nov 2025
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979 - Bragg winners for science writing, more from the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science and water droplets used for geoengineeringSat, 15 Nov 2025
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978 - Lab Notes: How breastfeeding can protect against cancerTue, 11 Nov 2025
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977 - The Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science and a dilemma over the appropriate use of artefacts from a Roman shipwreckSat, 08 Nov 2025
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976 - Lab Notes: How your brain chooses your next snackTue, 04 Nov 2025
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975 - The history of life on Earth may be very different to what we thinkSat, 01 Nov 2025
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974 - Lab Notes: Times we thought we found aliensTue, 28 Oct 2025
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973 - Paint additive boosts plant growth in greenhousesSat, 25 Oct 2025
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972 - Lab Notes: The extinct ape-like human relative that made toolsTue, 21 Oct 2025
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971 - Teenagers encounter their challengesSat, 18 Oct 2025
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970 - Lab Notes: How solar eclipses trick birds into singingTue, 14 Oct 2025
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969 - 2025 Nobel Prizes plus more from the British Science FestivalSat, 11 Oct 2025
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968 - Lab Notes: How humpback whales bounced backTue, 07 Oct 2025
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967 - Reports from The British Science Festival in Liverpool EnglandSat, 04 Oct 2025
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966 - Lab Notes: Why CO2 peaks at this time of yearTue, 30 Sep 2025
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965 - Climate change and pollution effects seen on PalauSat, 27 Sep 2025
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964 - Lab Notes: These high-tech mouthguards predict concussionsTue, 23 Sep 2025
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963 - Uncovering the mystery of Palau’s ancient terracesSat, 20 Sep 2025
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962 - Lab Notes: After the SPF scandal — how is sunscreen tested?Tue, 16 Sep 2025
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961 - Quantum biology, two botanic gardens, and the importance of archaeologySat, 13 Sep 2025
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960 - Lab Notes: Move over, NASA — Australia's heading back into spaceTue, 09 Sep 2025
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959 - Bird navigation, reducing food waste and a tribute to John ClarkeSat, 06 Sep 2025
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958 - Lab Notes: Why your hay fever will get worse with climate changeTue, 02 Sep 2025
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957 - The Science Show celebrates 50 yearsFri, 29 Aug 2025
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956 - Lab Notes: Why do whales beach themselves?Tue, 26 Aug 2025
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955 - Complex molecules in space – how they formed and how they got hereSat, 23 Aug 2025
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954 - Lab Notes: The fall of the food pyramidTue, 19 Aug 2025
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953 - Gene editing brings promise for genetic blood disordersSat, 16 Aug 2025
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952 - Lab Notes: The native ants that take down cane toadsTue, 12 Aug 2025
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951 - Back to the dark ages for American research?Sat, 09 Aug 2025
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950 - Lab Notes: How do I avoid eating and breathing microplastics?Tue, 05 Aug 2025
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949 - Climatic changes everywhere as the world’s oceans become hotterSat, 02 Aug 2025
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948 - Lab Notes: What's quantum mechanics ever done for me?Tue, 29 Jul 2025
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947 - Tracing the 100-year history of quantum mechanicsSat, 26 Jul 2025
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946 - Lab Notes: Why some mums have all boys or all girlsTue, 22 Jul 2025
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945 - Australia's forgotten inventor brothersSat, 19 Jul 2025
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944 - Lab Notes: Can bottom trawling be a sustainable way to fish?Tue, 15 Jul 2025
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943 - The trees that harness lightning to kill their rivalsSat, 12 Jul 2025
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942 - Lab Notes: The telescope redefining the UniverseTue, 08 Jul 2025
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941 - What does it take to bring back an extinct animal?Sat, 05 Jul 2025
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940 - Lab Notes: What we can learn from the world’s cleanest airTue, 01 Jul 2025
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939 - A portrait of philosopher Karl PopperSat, 28 Jun 2025
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938 - Lab Notes: How Ozempic stops food cravingsTue, 24 Jun 2025
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