| The Science Show | There are two big problems with wind turbines. One is cost, the other is the variable nature of wind. Seamus Garvey has been working on these problems and speaks to Annette Langbehn on the matter. The Science Show | Daniel Keogh reviews Jon Amiel's film Creation. The story of Charles Darwin's life during the time he wrote his famous work,The Origin of Species. The Science Show | David Attenborough laments the demise of birds that fly to remote islands and colonise them, then lose their powers of flight and eventually become extinct because of introduced predators. All in the Mind | (Repeat) Part 1 of 3: As old as the state of Queensland itself, Goodna Mental Hospital became Australia's largest and oldest asylum, housing 50,000 people over its lifetime. All in the Mind shares stories from people who lived and worked there. Ockham's Razor | Associate Professor James Rabeau from Macquarie University in Sydney takes a look at diamonds, particularly the synthetic diamond. The Health Report | The Science Unit's Daniel Keogh investigates the hygiene of hand drying in order to find out which method of drying is best. Are hand dryers better for you than paper towels or is it all just a lot of hot air? The Health Report | HeaD-ON is a research study using cognitive behaviour therapy for the treatment of chronic headache/migraine and depression. RN Breakfast | We all know about the concept of vaccines. The tricky part has been working out how to disable the bug. But now some scientists have come up with the ingenious idea of going to the Arctic to find bacteria.
Catalyst | While its critics dismiss transcendental meditation as quasi-religious nonsense, its advocates insist it can enhance wellbeing. Dr Maryanne Demasi examines the science to find out if this form of meditation really does offer health benefits. Catalyst | It's not a question we ask ourselves daily, but Bernie Hobbs would like to know why we don't burst into flames when we burn energy. It's all a matter of slow-burning enzymes. Catalyst | Astrophysicists predict the universe will get more and more disordered, until it fades away to nothing. Dr Graham Phillips visits Professor Charley Lineweaver to find out about entropy, and why the end might come sooner than we once thought.
Innovations | Dr Alexander Johnson at the University of Melbourne is using biotechnology to generate new cereal varieties that load increased concentrations of iron into white rice, an approach known as biofortification.
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