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August 2011 Archives

August 1, 2011

Enquiry based learning and Hendra


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Associate Professor Les Kirkup spoke to Ian Woolf about how to make lab classes more interesting,
James Bourne, Mic Cavazzini and Ian Woolf discuss the Hendra virus news.
Presented by James Bourne,
Produced by Ian Woolf

Inquiry-oriented learning in science: transforming practice through forging new partnerships and perspectives

August 8, 2011

Lizard babies and exploding stars


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Dr Julie-Anne Popple interviews Brigid Murphy about her discovery that lizards live births illuminate the evolution of cancer,
Ian Woolf speaks to Dr Martin van Kerkwijk about his research in new types of supernovas and neutron stars,
News by Therese Chen, Victoria Bond, Mic Cavazzini and Ian Woolf
Glassing research for better forsensics,
Gasland film showing in Sydney,
Synthetic Biology lecture in Sydney,
Live Futures Festival in Sydney,
Robot Wars in Sydney
Presented by Mic Cavazzini,
Produced by Ian Woolf

August 15, 2011

Bones, Devils and Mind Control


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Ian Woolf talks to Professor Bruce Milthorpe about tissue engineering using coral,
Mic Cavazzini chats with Dr Janine Deakin about immunity in Tasmanian devils, and James Bourne takes a look at the latest news on the mind controlling parastie, Toxoplasma gondii.

Presented by Dr Julianne Popple
Produced by James Bourne

August 22, 2011

A Social Experiment


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Mic Cavazzini chats with Professor Simon Gaechter from the University of Nottingham about why we humans just can't co-operate with one another- before putting our panelists through Gaechter's Public Goods Game to see just how selfish we all are.
Dr Julie-Anne Popple brings you the latest on morphing moths.
Presented by Victoria Bond
Produced by James Bourne

August 29, 2011

Hormoned beef and fracked farming


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Patrick Rubie chimes in with this week's news: bacteria as a solution to dengue fever, and harnessing kinetic energy to power up your mobile phone.
Victoria Bond and Martin Facini discuss the potential and hazards in coal seam gas mining.
Finally, Brigid Mullane interviews Ian Lean about hormones in beef: why do we use them?

Hosted, paneled, and produced by Victoria Bond


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