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Thursday 21 August 2008

Tropical brains

The relatively new vice-chancellor at James Cook University in Townsville is a scientist-turned-to-business. Professor Sandra Harding reminds us that over one third of Australia is tropical and yet only one major university in this country, apart from Charles Darwin in the NT, is properly equipped to handle the range of topics so important to the north of our region. And, unlike some, they also have a successful campus in Singapore.  Read Transcript

Thursday 14 August 2008

Pole to Pole: A vet on the ice with seals

In this polar year many initiatives are offering new insights into changes in Antarctica. Dr Phil Tucak from Perth has spent several months exploring sites where Weddell seals are found. His studies of their behaviour and biology at a time of change are both illuminating and exciting.  Read Transcript

Thursday 07 August 2008

Climate Code Red

Australia could move entirely to renewable energy systems and transform our economy in ten years. It's a bold idea but one that co-author of Climate Code Red, Philip Sutton, believes is doable and absolutely necessary. Alexandra de Blas is in conversation with Philip Sutton about how he thinks we can rescue our climate from its state of emergency...in a decade.  Read Transcript

Thursday 31 July 2008

Snoring kills

The quiet hero of snoring therapy has just received a Clunies Ross Award, yet another recognition for physiologist Professor Colin Sullivan of Sydney University. His work began over thirty years ago and has led to a global, multibillion dollar industry based on masks directing airflows over the user's face. But is it true that apnoea, when people stop breathing as they snore, is behind most of today's vascular disease? And what next in this immensely important research?  Read Transcript

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