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RN's science flagship: your essential source of what's making news in the complex world of scientific research, scandal and discovery. The Science Show with Robyn Williams is one of the longest running programs on Australian radio.
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Science Show - 2009-11-21
Author: ABC Radio National
Sat, Nov 21, 2009
Spacesuits for Mars
A possible future Mars habitat has been constructed in the desert in Utah. It contains rooms and workshops, as well as an airlock with simulation spacesuits. James Waldie designs spacesuits. Current suits are big body shaped balloons filled with gas from the Earth´s atmosphere. The new approach is to use a skinsuit. Pressurisation is attained by way of physical compression. It´s like thermal underwear. This kind of suit may be used on missions to Mars. But what happens if there´s a tear? And a bigger problem is bone loss in zero gravity in space. The skinsuit is being designed to simulate gravity and hopefully prevent or reduce bone loss. James Waldie explains.
Tanya Ha - Gadgets garbage and gorillas
Tanya Ha explains the link between our love affair with mobile phones and other electronic devices and the gorillas of the Congo.
Brasenose College Oxford celebrates 500 years
Brasenose College is 500 years old. The foundation stone was laid in 1509. Roger Cashmore describes the college´s history, including its curious name. Brasenose is famous for the study of law, as well as classics, philosophy, politics and economics. Notable students include author William Golding. Australians having studied at Brasenose include Prime Minister John Gorton and Malcolm Turnbull. Roger Cashmore is actually a physicist and once ran the CERN particle accelerator. He discusses prospects for the large hadron collider.
Time, physics and science in the world of movies and TV
Movies and TV programs contain increasingly more science. Sean Carroll describes the connection between scientists and movie makers and a new body, the Science and Entertainment Exchange, which links move makers with scientists. Sean Carroll researches time. He´s trying to understand what the early universe was like. He´s even considering what was going on before the Big Bang.
The Diamond Synchrotron
Naomi Fowler visits a new synchrotron just opened near Oxford in England. The apparatus can be used to study the microscopic detail of ancient artefacts such as those from the Mary Rose, the favourite ship of Henry VIII which sank 500 years ago.
Galapagos Islands
Arturo Izurieta was director of the Galapagos Park Authority when he was just 27 years old. He brought in a decentralised structure allowing local people to deal with environmental problems. He restricted the number of boats visiting islands. Neil Collier worked on the islands as a biologist and employed a model assisting local people to work with scientists in improving the environment and saving threatened species.
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Science Show - 2009-11-14
Author: ABC Radio National
Sat, Nov 14, 2009
Chemistry improves brown coal
In the third part of our Coal: beyond burning series, Nicky Phillips talks to Len Humphries, the CEO of Ignite Energy Resources, about a chemical technique his company has developed that can improve the efficiency of brown coal by more than 30%.
Scientists at World Economic Forum meeting
In 2007 The World Economic Forum launched its Annual Meeting of the New Champions. The aim is for business leaders from developing economies to meet with those from developed economies. Young global leaders are invited, as well as technology pioneers and, from 2008, scientists. So how did scientists get invited to a global meeting on business and the economy? Does the mix work? David Fisher reports from the 2009 meeting in Dalian China.
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Science Show - 2009-11-07
Author: ABC Radio National
Sat, Nov 07, 2009
Catch up on Coal
In the second part of our series Coal: beyond burning, Nicky Phillips presents your responses to last week´s piece on alternative uses for coal. We also hear from Len Humphries, CEO of Ignite Energy and George Domazetis from La Trobe University about their ideas for the future.
Multisensory dining and driving
Professor Charles Spence from the Department of Experimental Psychology in Oxford explains why we should stimulate all the senses to maximise our dining experience (what colour should snail porridge be?). He´s been working with Heston Blumenthal at the Fat Duck in Berkshire on his molecular gastronomy menu. He also believes we should use multisensory stimulation to help direct our attention when driving to avoid accidents.
Studying Top End biodiversity
Australian flora and fauna is poorly understood, partly because of the huge distances involved in studying them, especially up in the Top End. Drs Danielle Warfe and Erica Garcia from Charles Darwin University are studying river ecosystems and food webs there to try and understand the interactions between species a bit better.
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Science Show - 2009-10-31
Author: ABC Radio National
Sat, Oct 31, 2009
The Prime Minister's prizes for science
Electrical engineer Dr John O´Sullivan, the inventor of high-speed networking known as WiFi, was the recipient of the Prime Minister´s Prize for Science for 2009. Other winners included Amanda Barnard for her work in nanotechnology and Michael Cowley for his research into metabolism and obesity. The prizes were present by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at a ceremony in Canberra this week.
Alternative uses of coal
Could our vast supplies of Australian coal be used other than for running power stations? In this special Science Show series, Coal: beyond burning, we´ll review the options and ask for your input on the possibilities.
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Science Show - 2009-10-24
Author: ABC Radio National
Sat, Oct 24, 2009
Coastal erosion and king tides
Coastal erosion is a significant problem in Australia, as with many other nations, and it's set to get worse. Reinhard Flick is studying the problem at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California. But he's also an expert on king tides. He says they can be predicted well into the future, which is pretty useful to know if you live on the coast.
Business tackles Copenhagen
How to deal with science-driven upheavals in board rooms around the world? Why not ask the A-Team for help? The Smith School of Environment and Enterprise in Oxford has an international team especially equipped to explain what´s involved to cope with climate, sustainability, and all the other headings demanded by looming legislation. They include Sir David King, former Chief Scientist in the UK, as well as experts from many nations. In the lead-up to the UN's Climate Change Conference in December, we meet some of the school´s key people and hear about their big plans for our future.
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