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Time travel, snake bites, charging batteries with wee.
Science on Mornings, on triplej Can you really charge batteries with urine? Why does milk help with hot chilies? Would aspirin help with blood clotting when you get snake bite?
How does the blood-brain barrier work?
Great Moments in Science Only select chemicals can cross the blood-brain barrier. Dr Karl explains how your brain's amazing border security system works.
Monster black hole galaxies stalk their neighbours
StarStuff Podcast Galaxies with the most active monster black holes close in on their neighbours. Also; a new moon around Neptune, and snowlines reveal where planets are born.
A backflip on a backflip, or sensible policy? - triple j hack
Will ditching the carbon tax to move to an ETS give Labor an election edge? And how does it help solve climate change?
Concerns as new organisms are developed in labs and kitchens - Science Show
Laurie Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health at the US Council on Foreign Relations explains the conundrum of dual-use research of concern (DURC), in which the same experiments that allow scientists to understand pandemics can also create dangerous pathogens. Combined with advances in synthetic biology and increasingly affordable technologies such as 3D printing, there is the possibility for a true biology revolution.
Deakin University: a hub for collaboration between industry and science - Science Show
The economy of Geelong in Victoria was depended on sheep and wool. Over time, wool was replaced by manufacturing. Now another transformation is emerging. Deakin University has built a technology precinct which focuses on the requirements of local industry. It is a space for collaboration between industry and researchers for the development and testing of new products. It is also a hub for development of new materials such as carbon fire. This approach has seen companies develop and an export industry take shape.
Archaeologist Mike Morewood dies - Science Show
He discovered an ancient dwarf-like species of pre-human, known as ‘the hobbit’, on the Indonesian island of Flores. Professor Morewood began his career studying Aboriginal rock art in the Kimberley, which led to an interest in the Asian origin of the first people to come to Australia. We hear an excerpt from Mike Morewood's appearance on The Science Show 14th April 2012.
Is there a strong link between depression and suicide? - Health Report
A new study from the Black Dog Institute in Sydney, shows that suicide outcomes may follow a different path than depression and respond to a range of intervention. Also, the opportunity to join a trial of online treatment for sleeplessness.
The light bulb goes Wi-Fi - RN Future Tense
The humble light-bulb has now entered the ‘smart’ technology zone. Australian inventor Phil Bosua has created a screw-in LED bulb that’s also a Wi-Fi enabled computer. His device could do for lighting what the smart-phone did for the mobile. And he’s not alone in his efforts to reinvent and re-interpret artificial illumination. Welcome to the age of personalised, hyper-connected lighting.
