SoT 17: Google Sensibly

Published: July 20, 2011, 1:16 p.m.

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Hosts:\\xa0Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Lucas Randall and Dr. Krystal Evans.

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We find out about Dr. Krystal\'s work developing a live malaria vaccine. The internet and search engines are changing how our memory works, a study sheds new light on the effectiveness of carbon sinks, but parks and gardens in cities are often overlooked carbon sinks. Genome-wide association studies lack racial diversity, a \'Roundup Ready\' GM lawn could make stronger weeds, and the crops Greenpeace destroyed were of negligible risk. Also scientists have now mapped the complicated genome of the potato and a Great Barrier Reef coral.

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Dr. Krystal Evans is a regular panellist on 102.7FM Triple R\'s science program Einstein a Go Go, she\'s a malaria researcher working at the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute and was instrumental in the Discoveries Need Dollars campaign that we talked about a few weeks ago when science funding was looking like it would be slashed in the Federal Budget.

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Our theme music, Step On It, kindly provided by\\xa0The Upstanding Members.

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Duration:0:48:45

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