Can You Tell Me How?

Can You Tell Me How?

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Can You Tell Me How? episodes

  • To see the world in a grain of sand

    How can a single grain of sand put a timeline on human evolution and rewrite the history of homo sapiens?


    Featured experts:

    • Professor Zenobia Jacobs, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, Centre for Archaeological Science, UOW
    • Distinguished Professor Richard 'Bert' Roberts, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, Director - Centre for Archaeological Science, UOW
      • 24 min
    • It's not about fish it's about people

      How can we work with Pacific Island communities and the UN to protect biodiversity in our oceans, ensure fish for life and secure the future of our planet?


      Featured experts:


      • Dr Aurelie Delisle, The Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources & Security (ANCORS), UOW
      • Quentin Hanich, The Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources & Security (ANCORS), UOW
      • Dr Harriet Harden-Davies, The Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources & Security (ANCORS), UOW
        • 23 min
      • Curing disease without drugs

        How do we treat illness without drugs? Researchers are working on a revolutionary fibre that will allow us to listen to never-before-heard conversations between our vital organs.


        Featured experts:

        • Distinguished Professor Gordon Wallace, Director of the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI), UOW
        • Kezhong 'Sean' Wang, PhD student, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI), UOW
          • 16 min
        • The serious business of child's play

          How do we teach the fundamental skill of self-regulation, something even adults struggle with - to preschool aged children in order to set them up for life?


          Featured experts:

          • Professor Marc de Rosnay , Academic Director of Early Start, Faculty of Social Sciences, UOW
          • Associate Professor Steven Howard, School of Education, School of Psychology (Adjunct), Early Start Research, UOW
          • Dr Cathrine Neilsen-Hewett, Director of Pedagogical Leadership Early Start, Director of The Early Years, UOW School of Education
            • 25 min
          • Salt and the energy storage revolution

            How can one of our most widely available natural resources - salt, be used to make batteries and help combat climate change?


            Featured experts:

            • Dr Yunxiao Wang, Research Fellow, Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials (ISEM)
            • Dr Jonathan Knott, Research Fellow, Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials (ISEM)
              • 19 min
            • Seeing is believing

              How can we use some of the world's most powerful microscopes and brightest minds, to develop new ways to detect and attack diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s and motor neurone disease?


              Featured experts:

              • Distinguished Professor Antoine van Oijen, Director of the Centre for Molecular and Life Sciences, UOW
              • Dr Yee Lian Chew, UOW School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, Illawarra Health & Medical Research Institute (IHMRI)
                • 28 min

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