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Voyage To The Planets
13 May 2010
This Australian documentary series of six episodes draws on the most up-to-date information we have about the solar system, its constituent planets and other objects encountered between the planets. The story is presented largely as a travelogue but it includes narration by actual scientists, video...
National Curriculum Year 5
The Winners Guide To The Nobel Prize
27 Mar 2010
The film accompanies Australian scientists Barry Marshall and Robin Warren to Stockholm to collect the 2005 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology. The nature and significance of their discovery that stomach ulcers are caused by helicobacter pylori is discussed as well.
National Curriculum Year 9
Sea Urchins 'Bulldozing' Tasmanian Reef
08 Dec 2009
This article presents a report from a team of Australian scientists, which describes the impact on the (Tasmanian) reefs of the interaction between climate change and the decline in the number of lobster predators due to overfishing.
National Curriculum Year 8
Sea ice loss key to Arctic warming, study
29 Apr 2010
The story reports the conclusion made by two Australian scientists, Dr James Screen and Dr Ian Simmonds from the University of Melbourne, that the cause of the faster than expected temperature rises in the region are caused by the decline in sea ice. They explain this as due to the positive...
National Curriculum Year 10
Past Decade Set To Be Warmest On Record
09 Dec 2009
The article provides an overview of high temperatures over the last decade in Australia and some other countries. An Australian scientist discusses the influence of El Nino on temperatures in Australia.
National Curriculum Year 9
Mystery Mountain Range Explained
10 Dec 2009
This article presents the geological formation of the Petermann Ranges in central Australia from the viewpoint of a scientist solving a problem. It provides a solution put forward by an Australian geophysicist Dr Alan Aitken.
National Curriculum Year 10
Mixed Messages On Gene Patenting
23 Apr 2010
A US district court ruling that genes are a product of nature and not made or invented makes them ineligible to be patented. The article canvases a range of Australian opinions and possible implications for scientific research and the development of treatments for genetic diseases if the decision...
National Curriculum Year 10
'Genomic Zoo' To Unlock Vertebrate Secrets
05 Nov 2009
This article is a report by a journalist about the Genome 10K Project which plans to map the genomes of 10 000 vertebrates. Australian scientists believe that the project will provide better understanding of the role played by genes in disease. The project will collect samples from around the world...
National Curriculum Year 10
"Father Of Wi-Fi" Awarded PM Prize
28 Oct 2009
This article refers to the Prime Ministers awards in science for 2009 providing the name for the Science Prize of the Year, the Malcolm Macintosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year, the Science Minister's Prize for Life Scientist of the Year and the Prime Minister's Prizes for Excellence...
National Curriculum Year 7
Echidna Ancestors Swam With Platypuses
22 Sep 2009
This article is a report on the work of a number of Australian scientists related to the evolution of the Echidna and its genetic link to the Platypus. The scientists use DNA analysis to suggest that the Echidna was once an aquatic animal and is more closely linked to the Platypus than previously...
National Curriculum Year 10
