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Sunday 29 August 2010

Why 24 April matters: the story of the Armenian genocide

Clinical Associate Professor Robert Kaplan is a forensic psychiatrist and historian from the University of Wollongong. Today he tells the story of the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians by the Turks, which is commemorated on April 24.  Read Transcript

Sunday 22 August 2010

No Ockham's Razor program today because of post-election coverage

Because of post-election coverage this morning Radio National will not broadcast an Ockham's Razor talk. However there will be a podcast on our website of a talk given by Emeritus Professor Sol Encel on 4 July 2004, talking about working well into old age. Professor Encel passed away on 23 July this year.

Sunday 15 August 2010

Carbon offsets, ecosystems, climate change and bad politics

Today we hear from Penny van Oosterzee, an ecologist working with Regional Bodies across Australia to aggregate terrestrial carbon offsets across the landscape through the aggregation of good land management activities like avoided clearing and ecosystem restoration.  Read Transcript

Sunday 08 August 2010

Critical thinking

Queensland teacher Peter Ellerton laments the fact that few educational institutions actively and explicitly teach the skills of critical thinking.  Read Transcript

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