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Universal Flu Vaccine
02 Jul 2009
The worldwide spread of Swine Flu in 2009 has seen scientists from around the world working overtime to develop an effective vaccine. The problem is that this vaccine may be effective for only one flu season. The program investigates the work of some Australian immunologists who are working around...
National Curriculum Year 9
Dr Craig Venter
27 May 2010
Dr Graham Phillips interviews Dr J Craig Venter just before he announced the first successful synthesis of a self-replicating bacterium. This process involved manufacturing a genome from scratch and then transferring it into a living bacterial cell. These custom-built organisms have the potential...
National Curriculum Year 10
Why is it cooler up in the mountains?
21 Aug 2008
Why is it cooler up in the mountains though it's closer to the sun and hot air rises? An excellent explanation that elicits discussion about solar radiation and heat energy and how energy is transferred and transformed.
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 9 and 10
Eco-friendly science with Bernie Hobbs
07 May 2009
What's better for the garden - rain or tap water?; how do you measure the distance to the horizon?; and why does my skin go wrinkly? A range of questions are explored and discussed. Quite often a range of variables influencing a phenomenon are identified, discussed and there is speculation about...
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 9 and 10
Sunfish seekers
17 Jul 2008
An interesting account of this highly unusual fish and the reason it is threatened, despite its enormous reproductive capacity. Issues with difficulty in tracking these animals and the need for further research are explained.
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 9 and 10
Samoan tsunami caused by 'shallow quake'
30 Sep 2009
Scientists say the tsunami that devastated the islands of Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga was the result of a shallow rupture in the earth's crust. Provides a case of how the impact of earthquakes effects the hydrosphere and how using modelling still has limitations when trying to predict the size...
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 11 and 12
