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May 3, 2010

Pill's 50th twitter box office hits


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Jon Bale covers the news with water-recycling cacti
Marc West interviews Sitaram Asur about predicting box office hits on Twitter
Victoria Bond celebrates the Pill's very special 50th birthday

Produced and presented by Victoria Bond

May 10, 2010

Electric spaceships and domesticating dogs


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Marc West interviews Alan Wilton about the history of dog domestification.
Aaron Cooke reports
- how dementia caring puts carers at risk of dementia,
- how some countries will be uninhabitable by humans in 2100.
Jon Bale tells us about
- NASA's electric spaceships,
- how HIV immunity works,
- killer whales are actually three different species
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

May 17, 2010

Rising seas and the oil crises


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Ian Woolf interviews Melissa Neighbour about Project Survival Pacific and disappearing landmass in the Pacific islands
Aaron Cook talks about the link between singing and cricket balls
Jon Bale breathes new life in the science of sighs
Victoria Bond discusses the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and peak oil
Presented and produced by Victoria Bond



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May 24, 2010

Sexy Greys and Super-planes


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Ian Woolf, Dan Keogh and Aaron Cook examine:
- super planes that use 50% less fuel
- how male antelopes fake predator warnings to keep females nearby,
- the $100 tablet computer,
- choosing sexually attractive grey human body shapes for science at the UNSW online http://bodylab.biz
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

May 31, 2010

R.I.P. Martin Gardner and Rover Phoenix


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Diffusion remembers the wondrous Martin Gardner and his contribution to science education.
Aaron Cook commemorates Rover Phoenix after a long slog on Mars.
News by Aaron Cook, Marc West, and Victoria Bond.
Presented by Sarah Bartlett, produced by Victoria Bond.


About May 2010

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