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What is music?
The different elements of music and what they mean.
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‘Music, Mind and Medicine’, May 2009
An ear for music
How the different parts of the ear work.
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‘Music, Mind and Medicine’, May 2009
Ailing musicians
Musicians experience a range of maladies, including carpal tunnel syndrome, musculoskeletal complaints and allergic reactions.
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‘Music, Mind and Medicine’, May 2009
Music and autism
Is there a special relationship between autism and music?
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‘Music, Mind and Medicine’, May 2009
Musicians’ dreams
Can musical inspiration strike in dreams?
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‘Music, Mind and Medicine’, May 2009
Backwards messages
Are bands corrupting young people by burying subliminal messages in music, audible only when played backwards?
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‘Music, Mind and Medicine’, May 2009
Musical scientists
In the YouTube era, scientists are increasingly turning to music and dance…
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‘Music, Mind and Medicine’, May 2009
A climate change primer: changes to environment and ecosystems
Climate changes are profoundly affecting the Earth’s environment and ecosystems.
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‘Health and Climate Change’, January 2009
Scientific and political processes
Climate change has seen parallel scientific and political processes.
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‘Health and Climate Change’, January 2009
Connecting climate change
The Earth’s physical, chemical, biological and social systems are interlinked. Change one thing and the results can be far-reaching - and not easy to predict.
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‘Health and Climate Change’, January 2009
The known impact of climate change
There is now widespread documented evidence of the biological impact of climate change.
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‘Health and Climate Change’, January 2009
A maverick view? Challenging the consensus
Can science cope with those who rock the boat?
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‘Health and Climate Change’, January 2009
Cutting carbon
Cutting carbon emissions would reduce the amounts of greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere. It may also be possible to remove carbon from the atmosphere - by a process known as carbon sequestration.
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‘Health and Climate Change’, January 2009
Stabilising greenhouse gas emissions
How likely is it that greenhouse gas emissions will be curbed?
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‘Health and Climate Change’, January 2009
Climate change and human conflict
There are fears that a lack of resources - particularly water - will fuel social strife. This could amount to local conflicts, or escalate to inter-ethnic or even national wars.
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‘Health and Climate Change’, January 2009
Food for thought: reducing methane emissions
George Wilson of the Australian Wildlife Services has suggested Australians switch from beef to kangaroo steaks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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‘Health and Climate Change’, January 2009
Climate and civilisation
Have changes in climate had a hand in the collapse of civilisations?
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‘Health and Climate Change’, January 2009