This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about shock absorbing woodpeckers; polluted perfume; off-the-shelf blood vessels; telling lies; and more …
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How bugs control our lives, fish parasites, and single-bladed helicopters
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about how bugs control our lives; how “now” is three seconds long; fish parasites; single-bladed helicopters; and more …
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Bird flu, GM chickens, and cradle-snatching crickets…
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about the impact of the floods on the Reef; fighting bird flu …
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Frog pee, eating arsenic, and swine flu
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about arsenic-eating microbes; vegetarian pandas; frog pee; the swine flu wash-up; and more …
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Obese pets, reverse ageing and heat stress…
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about obese pets; reversing ageing; how your mother is to blame for your sense of taste; the peril of heat stress; and more… …
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How do we kill rogue cells?
Assassin’s tricks revealed in Nature A team of Melbourne and London researchers have shown how a protein called perforin punches holes in, and kills, rogue cells in our bodies. Their discovery of the …