The far side of the moon, prostate cancer, and one-way light
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about the far side of the moon; prostate cancer, one-way light; a […]
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Australia’s big twist, slipped discs, poisonous rats and hungry bats
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about Australia’s big twist; slipped discs; poisonous rats; hungry bats; and more…
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Hacking the genome, how diamonds aren’t forever, and anemones with personality
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about hacking the genome; rebooting the heart; anemones with personality; how diamonds
Fresh Science
A planet going the wrong way
By travelling backwards it’s pushing knowledge forwards
All planets move around their stars in the same direction as the star spins—at least that’s what we thought.
But now Australian National University astronomer Dr Daniel Bayliss and his colleagues have found that some planets break the mould.
Using one of the world’s largest telescopes in Chile, Daniel and […]
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Wayward whales, battling sea monsters, possums in packs, and space junk
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about wayward whales; possums in packs; battling sea monsters; space junk; and
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Backward stars, bionic ears and the day after tomorrow
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about marijuana without the high; bionic ears with no strings; backward stars;
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Predicting asthma attacks, cyberstalking, and ancient Egyptian prostheses
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about predicting asthma attacks; black hole spin; cyberstalking; ancient Egyptian prostheses; and
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Galactic voting, lethal injections and nutritious bat dung…
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about galactic voting; what playing on-line games reveals about you; executions by
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Twitter dialects, dazzling pirates, and new urban birds
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about Twitter dialects; dazzling pirates; smart contact lenses; new urban bird species;
Australian Institute of Physics, Australian Institute of Physics Congress, Media releases
Tomorrow’s technology pioneers; diamond in your eyes and your blood and other stories
Wednesday 8 December 2010 Today’s stories from the physics conference in Melbourne include: Tomorrow’s technology pioneers recognised today From the