ABC Environment
The Science Show and Ockham's Razor have always brought us commentary on the environment and climate change. Now Off Track takes us out to feel the breeze. Special features can also be found on Background Briefing and our other current affairs regulars: Breakfast, RN Drive, and the weekend Extras.
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Gathering for a food swap and rescue dogs sniff out truffles
Keen gardeners and home cooks meet for a neighbourhood food swap; pizza's on the menu at a Victorian cheese factory; girl guides make shopping bags; and a rescue dog sniffs out truffles
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Huge personality in a tiny package
Do individual birds have consistent, unique personalities? Zoologist Dr Michelle Hall is trying to find out.
This program has been selected from the Off Track archives for you listening pleasure.
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A Big Country 30 June 2018
Keen gardeners and home cooks meet for a neighbourhood food swap; pizza's on the menu at a Victorian cheese factory; girl guides make shopping bags; and a rescue dog sniffs out truffles
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Scleroderma: the disease no-one knows about
How do you battle a disease when it's not contagious, not infectious, not cancerous and is not malignant, but has the potential to damage you permanently and hasten the end of your life?
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Coalition MPs divided over National Energy Guarantee
Leaders from the business community met Coalition MPs today in Canberra to explain the policy.
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Plastic pollution
Eight million metric tonnes of plastic are ending up in our oceans every year. Where does it come from? Christian Schmidt has studied the phenomenon and explains why it's happening and what has to happen next.
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A 'wheelie' good nesting box trial and creating a backyard market garden
Volunteers make new homes for native wildlife; turn your backyard into an urban market garden; and kick up your heels at the Kooroorinya Races jive competition.
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Circus Oz take the big top to the Botanic Gardens
The circus has come to Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens, with the Circus Oz big top now standing among the gardens' stunning trees and historic buildings.
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When Jamie fell in love with the mountains
Distinguished Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick has been crawling across lawns for more than 70 years, it's just that this one is on the top of a mountain and is full of plants from the cretaceous.
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Elon Musk under pressure
What the growing controversies around entrepreneur Elon Musk might mean for his many futuristic projects.
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A Big Country 23 June 2018
Volunteers make new homes for native wildlife; turn your backyard into an urban market garden; and kick up your heels at the Kooroorinya Races jive competition.
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Carers who kill
One person with a disability is killed by their carer almost every three months in Australia. For the first time, Background Briefing has calculated this number by reviewing years of court documents and media reports.
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Carers who kill
One person with a disability is killed by their carer almost every three months in Australia. For the first time, Background Briefing has calculated this number by reviewing years of court documents and media reports.
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The rising tide of cli-fi
Cli-fi has been hailed as the new sci-fi, but could this new literary genre help save the world?
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Burning Question: alternatives to plastic bags
The major supermarkets' bans on single-use plastic bags are looming, but will they actually help the environment? And what are our alternative options?
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Messing about on the river and waltzing back to Winton
We go messing about on a river boat; tackle the thorny problem of picking finger limes; brussels sprouts get a new lease on life; and a Matilda collection waltzes back to Winton.
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Feral science or solution? Unleashing gene drives
MIT's Kevin Esvelt wants radical transparency for a radical new science. Why?
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Seasteading: could artificial floating cities be a lifeline for low-lying Pacific nations?
Is there any scientific merit to the idea of ‘seasteading’ - floating micro-nations on the sea?
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A Big Country 16 June 2018
We go messing about on a river boat; tackle the thorny issue of picking finger limes; brussels sprouts get a new lease on life; and a Matilda collection waltzes back to Winton.
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Changing habits: Regional city calls for drug and crime rethink
In this Background Briefing investigation reporter Bronwyn Adcock speaks to community leaders in the city of Dubbo who are fed up with drug addicts having no other option than to be sent to jail.
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