Podcasts Science Science On Top SoT 33: It's Russian For Dirt

SoT 33: It's Russian For Dirt

Published: Nov. 17, 2011, 9:37 p.m.

Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday, Lucas Randall, Vanessa Hill.

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NASA's next Mars rover, Curiosity, is about to launch - and a Russian Mars probe is in trouble. A new drug helps fat monkeys get slim, a new model explores the shape of continental plates. Autism could be caused by too many brain cells in a key area of the brain, the Spotted Horse may have existed 25,000 years ago, and a new approach to lung cancer treatment.

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Vanessa Hill is an education officer for CSIRO, Australia\u2019s national science organisation.