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Sunday 11 May 2008

Secrets of the immune system

To mark World Day of Immunology, which is held on April 29 each year, Professor Alan Baxter, President of the Australasian Society for Immunology, explains how our immune system works.  Read Transcript

Sunday 04 May 2008

A challenge to global warming orthodoxies - part two

In part two of his talk about global warming Professor Don Aitkin explores why the issue of global warming is such a difficult one.  Read Transcript

Sunday 27 April 2008

A challenge to global warming orthodoxies - part one

Professor Don Aitkin, former Vice Chancellor at the University of Canberra, delves into the question of global warming to see what's at the heart of it.  Read Transcript

Sunday 20 April 2008

Ventriloquism, lip reading and left and right

As a young child Professor John Bradshaw from the Department of Psychology at Monash University, was fascinated by the Punch and Judy puppet plays and the very convincing ventriloquistic effects. This later led him to research how we hear - is it the left side of the brain or the right side that dominates our auditory signals? And do mouth movement asymmetries impact on our ability to lip read?  Read Transcript

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