The Australian Bite
Archive for the ‘ Science’ Category
Pine trees, polling and sleep-deprived teens
19 August 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, Australian teenagers – are they getting enough sleep, and if not, why? We travel to the remote Northern Territory community of Gunbalanya, as a mobile polling booth comes to visit. And we’ll meet a Tasmanian botanist who has been travelling the world collecting the seeds of endangered conifers.
A shed, an opera & a tame impala
5 August 2010
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This week on the Bite, we drop in on the Dubbo Men’s shed, where men from all walks of life get together for a yarn and a cup of tea. We meet some teenagers who are writing and staging their very own operas. And we travel to Cape Grim in Tasmania, where samples of air are collected and sent all around the world.
Solar, Nuclear and Little Piggies
29 July 2010
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Solar power tower in construction. SOURCE: Torresol
On The Australian Bite this week, Nadia Hume investigates claims that Australia could operate on 100% renewable energy in ten years. Also, indigenous groups protest over plans to build a nuclear waste dump in their backyard. And pregnant pigs set for more luxurious digs under sweeping changes to the pig industry.
Whales do their bit for carbon reduction
17 June 2010
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On the Australian Bite this week, we’ll hear how a small group of refugees and migrants are blazing a new trail in rural Australia – learning to be jackaroos, or stockmen. Author Robyn Catchlove will tell us about her adventurous life that’s seen her go from professional barramundi fisher to something very different. And we’ll find out how whales in the Southern Ocean are doing their bit for the environment, by reducing carbon emissions.
