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1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 min. 17 sec.) ; 169559546 bytes |
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Catalyst returns to our screens with three new stories: mobile phones cancer risk; curiosity lands on Mars; how sitting down can be deadly.MOBILE PHONES AND CANCERDebate about the impact of mobile phones on our health has been raging since mobiles were the size of house bricks. Based on evidence from the Interphone Study, which examined the history of 14,000 mobile users across thirteen countries, half with brain tumours and half without, the International Agency for Cancer Research listed radiation from mobiles as a possible human carcinogen. But what do we need to know to be certain about the level of risk? Mark Horstman investigates the latest research taking place into the effects of mobile phones on our brains and, in one particular study, sperm.MARS CURIOSITYSince the 1960s, NASA has sent space craft to Mars - fly-bys, orbiters, landers and rovers - looking for evidence of water and life on the red planet. Space Rover Curiosity, a laboratory on wheels, will be landing on Mars on the evening of August 5 2012, after a 567 million kilometre journey from Earth. Graham Phillips goes into the NASA control room to get all the action as the rover parachutes, and via sky crane, lands on its new home.SITTING IS DEADLYOne of the deadliest habits we indulge in is sitting down. Researchers at the ANU and Sydney University have put a figure to how sitting for long periods can contribute to our demise. Even regular exercise does not necessarily counteract the effects of sitting for prolonged periods. Anja Taylor looks at what is so bad about a good sit down and how businesses are responding to improve the health and productivity of office workers by redesigning the working environment |
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Broadcast 2012-08-16 at 20:00:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Carcinogens -- Analysis.
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Sitting position -- Health aspects.
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Exploration of Mars (Planet)
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Cell phones.
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Streaming video
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Phillips, Graham, host
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Hobbs, Bernie, reporter
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Horstman, Mark, reporter
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Taylor, Anja, reporter
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Banks, Emily, contributor
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Craig, David, contributor
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Davies, Paul, contributor
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De Iuliis, Geoffrey, contributor
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Drummond, Kate, contributor
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Dunstan, David, contributor
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Evans, Jordan, contributor
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Lineweaver, Charley, contributor
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Martin, Lindsay, contributor
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Schuz, Joachim, contributor
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Teo, Charles, contributor
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Thompson, Art, contributor
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Wood, Andrew, contributor
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