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How dangerous is radiation?; Understanding stuttering; Fishing for Devonian fossils; Fat free food that's tasty; Fungi that thrive on radiation!; and Explosive chemical passion.RADIATION 101What exactly is radiation? How and why does this invisible menace poison people and the environment? In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear incident many questions are being asked about the risks of exposure to radiation and if Australians should be concerned. Graham Phillips explains radiation from the atomic level up and clarifies some of the implications of the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl 25 years ago. MEG STUTTERINGStuttering is a disorder of the neural processing that underpins speech. It typically emerges in children aged two to four years, often as they move from using individual words to constructing sentences. For the vast majority of cases, brain development catches up and stuttering disappears. For a minority however, stuttering persists, causing severe and ongoing distress. Maryanne Demasi examines the world-first child safe brain scanning technology being used to identify the causes of stuttering.BIGGEST DEVONIAN FISHKnown as the 'Age of the Fishes', the Devonian Period also marks the time the first vertebrate animals crawled onto land. Paul Willis goes fishing on the south east coast of Australia, where researchers have discovered the fossilised remains of what could be the biggest Devonian fish ever recorded. SUPERTASTERSWhen it comes to the taste of foods everyone has their personal likes and dislikes, but to the CSIRO's Future Food Flagship Labs, understanding how we taste can contribute to the development of tasty foods that are better for us. Imagine a salt and sugar and fat free snack that's as satisfying as pie and chips! Mark Horstman agreed to salivate in the name of science.MOLTEN STEELHow does a professor make a lesson on thermodynamics more interesting? By incorporating explosive theatrics of course! Ruben Meerman is a willing student for Associate Professor Adam Bridgman as he extracts molten iron from iron oxide. NUCLEAR FUNGUSAccording to popular myth, cockroaches would survive a nuclear disaster and inherit our world. But it looks like the real winners might actually be fungi! In 1999 a fungi was found to be thriving in highly radioactive conditions - inside the Chernobyl reactor! |
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Broadcast 2011-09-01 at 20:00:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Food -- Sensory evaluation.
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Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (Japan : 2011)
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Fungi -- Growth.
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Nuclear power plants -- Natural disaster effects.
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Radiation -- Health aspects.
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Japan -- Fukushima-ken.
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Streaming video
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Bridgeman, Adam, contributor
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Delahunty, Conor, contributor
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Demasi, Maryanne, reporter
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Frank, Damian, contributor
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Horstman, Mark, reporter
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Johnson, B. (Blake), contributor
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Karamoskos, Peter, contributor
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Muller, Derek, reporter
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Phillips, Graham, host
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Senden, Tim, contributor
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Sowman, Paul, contributor
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Tinker, Rick, contributor
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Willis, Paul, reporter
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Young, Gavin, contributor
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