Jacinta Bowler

Mon 8 Jun 2026 at 8:57pm Richard Scolyer, the renowned Australian pathologist who died on Sunday at the age of 59, was instrumental in lowering melanoma deaths across the country.

Thu 25 Jun 2026 at 5:30am With multiple migratory seabirds in Australia confirmed to have a deadly strain of bird flu, governments, agricultural

Quantum computers could be the next giant leap in technology — transforming how we heal people, how we grow food, how we get around our cities.So how close are we to the quantum future we've been promised?For Science Friction on ABC Radio National, Jacinta Bowler unpacks how the weird world of quantum physics could change everything.Hear about the surprising twists, the quantum cat-fights and the plucky heroes that have defined humanity's effort to build nature's most unpredictable machine.Dead and Alive is a four-part series from Science Friction on ABC Radio National. Episode 1 is out Wednesday July 8th.

Google announces it has achieved something game changing — quantum supremacy. But not everybody agrees.

Fri 10 Jul 2026 at 7:57am Anyone who has experienced a brown huntsman run at them knows these spiders are fast, but a new study says they may actually be one of the swiftest in the world.

It's 1994, and a mathematical algorithm puts a spotlight on quantum computing for the first time.

Wed 15 Jul 2026 at 9:00pm Imagine this. You're catching up on some emails. Verifying your identity with a passport picture. Paying an invoice with your bank details.

Thu 16 Jul 2026 at 8:00pm Astronomers say they are one step closer to finding a habitable, Earth-like planet beyond our Solar System, with the discovery of an atmosphere on a rocky planet.

You might not know it, but Australia is an unexpected frontrunner in the race to build a quantum computer.

Wed 22 Jul 2026 at 6:09am For thousands of years, GunaiKurnai ancestors burnt grasses inside a cave in Eastern Victoria, potentially to undertake magic, healing and other ritual practices.