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1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 min. 58 sec.) ; 169041998 bytes |
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Mark Horstman witnesses the discovery of the biggest dinosaur footprint ever found and reports on the threat to the security of the dinosaur tracks posed by a massive industrial development.KIMBERLEY DINOSAURSWritten in the sandstone, along the rocky platforms of the pristine Dampier Peninsula north of Broome, is a dinosaur story from 130 million years ago. Here, palaeontologists have recorded the track types of more than sixteen different dinosaurs including the biggest to ever walk the earth. The tracks are also culturally significant in that they are woven into the Aboriginal songlines and creation stories. Mark Horstman witnesses the discovery of the biggest dinosaur footprint ever found and reports on the threat to the security of the dinosaur tracks posed by a massive industrial development.DIAGNOSING MENTAL ILLNESSDespite all the advances made in psychiatry over the last century, accurately diagnosing mental illness still remains elusive. However, the list of all the known psychiatric disorders is growing. Is our society becoming sicker or are psychiatrists just more knowledgeable about the range of mental disorders that afflict our 21st century minds? Dr Maryanne Demasi opens "the psychiatrists' bible" (also known as the DSM) and unpacks the controversy behind the classification of criteria for mental disorders.PHYSICS ENGINEHave you ever wondered how they make computer games feel real? This feeling is produced by a special piece of software called a physics engine. It can create the way a bird is launched in Angry Birds or the way a soldier falls in Call of Duty - it all adds to how successfully we are immersed in the fantasy of the game. Mathematician Simon Pampena delves into how the laws of physics are created in the artificial world of games.DNAHow big is our DNA and how much does each person have? It may surprise you just how much is packed into each of our cells |
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Broadcast 2012-10-04 at 20:00:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Artificial intelligence -- Methodology.
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Computer games -- Design.
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Dinosaur tracks.
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Industries -- Environmental aspects.
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Mental illness -- Diagnosis.
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Psychiatry -- Research.
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Australia.
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Western Australia -- Kimberley.
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Streaming video
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Phillips, Graham, host
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Demasi, Maryanne, reporter
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Horstman, Mark, reporter
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Pampena, Simon, reporter
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Hardwick, Kevin, contributor
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Hunter, Richard, contributor
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Kulkarni, Jayashri, contributor
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McGorry, Patrick, contributor
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Middleton, Louise, contributor
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O'Donnell, Steven, contributor
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Parker, Gordon, contributor
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Sachdev, Perminder, contributor
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Salisbury, Steve, contributor
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Wigham, Wayne, contributor
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