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November 3, 2008

Vampire moth, ghosts, and vasty deeps

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Halloween special!

Android Amy Bullen hunts the ghost-hunters,
Lycanthrope Ian Woolf explores Immortal radiation-eating bacteria,
Murderous Marc West warns us about Vampire Moths,
UTS Geologist Greg Skilbeck explains to Ian Woolf how sediment from the sea floor tells the tale of climates long past, and may give clues to our future.
Presented by Murderous Marc West,
produced by Lyncanthrope Ian Woolf.

November 10, 2008

Forest water, PhD dances, bird flu

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Associate Professor Kendal McGuffie from the Physics department at UTS, tells Ian Woolf about tracking the movement of water by weight to find out how forests use water and effect the climate.
Marc West phones Dr Christopher Pettigrew from Cork University in Ireland to find out how to apply for the American Association for the Advancement of Science PhD interprative dance competition.
Kalvin Ng bring us the latest news about bird flu.
Presented by Kalvin Ng and produced by Ian Woolf.

November 17, 2008

Censorship, broken and fixed hearts

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Ian Woolf interviews Crikey tech writer Stilgherrian about the Australian Government's plan to censor the internet.
Patrick Rubie tells about heart-powered pacemakers, and why looks matter more at speed dating sessions,
Caitlin Howlett pleads the case of whales versus the US Navy,
Presented by Monica Sharma and produced by Ian Woolf.

Read Stilgherrian's blog: Stilgherrian or follow him on twitter
Electronic Frontiers Australia: No Clean Feed
Electronic Frontiers Australia: Protecting and promoting online civil liberties
Digital Liberty Coalition: No Censorship
Twitter hastags: #nocleanfeed
Laurel Papwoth: No Clean Feeds video
Irene Graham: The Net Labelling Delusion Saviour or Devil
OverClockers Australia:Wiki page collating media articles & other info on the debate
New Matilda: Conroy's Web ABC Unleashed: PG Nation
ABC Unleashed: How the cold creeps as the fire dies at length
Get UP: Save The Net
Paul Sheehan SMH: A piddling offence and much worse
Syd Walker: Clive Hamilton & I: Getting Personal about Sex, Lies, Hate & Censorship
Richard Baker & Nick Mackenzie SMH: Police hire private spies to snoop online
Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre UNSW: Forum: Internet filtering and censorship proposals
Glenn Milne, in The Sunday Times: Rudd will need a stiff upper lip
Liam Tung, ZDNet.com.au: NSW calls Conroy on Euro filter fudge

November 24, 2008

Cells, Cycling, and fake holograms

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PhD student Phoebe Peters is conducting research at the Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases, she speaks to Ian Woolf about the role of proteins in the surprisingly complex mechanism of bacterial cell division.

Cyling scientist Chris Lauf describes his 7 month science education adventure around Queensland to Caitlin Howlett,
Cart washes with Kalvin Ng,
Spiders and butterflys in space by Monica Sharma,
Global warming prevents an Ice Age by Patrick Rubie,
and CNN and Telstra "holograms" with Ian Woolf,
Presented by Caitlin Howlett, and produced by Ian Woolf.

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