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	<title>Free Radicals - science and sustainability news from the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney</title>
	
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		<title>Exploding stars and the accelerating cosmos: Einstein’s blunder undone</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Williamson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interested in Cosmos, dark matter or dark energy, this talk may be for you.
Recent observations of exploding stars discovered halfway across the Universe reveal an astonishing fact: the expansion of the Universe is speeding up! Apparently, the Universe is dominated by a mysterious dark energy that drives cosmic acceleration. The dark energy may be a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What would you do about climate change?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Williamson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What would you do about climate change?
As part of the Powerhouse Museum Expert program you can have your say on the climate change options in the foyer of the Powerhouse on Sunday 22nd November.  To get you started, here are some details and the four most commonly discussed options for setting emissions targets:
Climate change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dark Science</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Williamson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ultimo science Festival may be over but the stories keep coming.  We got a lot of coverage for our dark science nights in August.  Here are just a few links to stories about the science of fear and pain;
1.  Natasha Mitchell &#8211; the host of Dark Science presents All in The Mind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil nuts will always get to the top of your muesli</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Williamson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wondered why the big pieces in your muesli come to the top when you shake it, or why when you try and shake things to mix them up some pieces clump together and just wont mix?  Well then the university of Nottingham will explain the answer.  Sixty Symbols is a series of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dark Science</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 05:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Williamson</dc:creator>
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As part of the Ultimo Science Festival this year the Powerhouse Museum will be hosting two nights of adults only Dark Science, or the science of dark things at least.  With the help of experts and practitioners from around Sydney we are going to investigate the science of tattoos, skin suspension, skin cancer, piercing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sydney Crochet Coral Reef</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Williamson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not long ago I wrote about the Museum presenting the Sydney Crochet Coral Reef as part of Ultimo Science Festival in August.

Well the In stitches Collective will be in the museum this Sunday March 29 from 3-5pm running a workshop.  Wether you are an experienced crocheter who wants to be part of this global [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Darwin in museums</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Williamson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last chance to see Darwin at the NMA, Canberra
Darwin’s original notebooks used on the Beagle and a reconstruction of his study share the stage with living plants and animals in the Darwin exhibition at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra. The exhibition, which is organised by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Could you be a CSI and identify blood spatters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Williamson</dc:creator>
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This just in from New scientist
Bloodstain analysts claim to be able to identify how a bloodstain was created &#8211; whether by dragging, dripping, or impact at close range &#8211; simply by looking at it. But no-one has tested the accuracy with which they can do this until now.
Brian Gestring of Cedar Crest College in Allentown, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian Solar Feed In Tariff Petition Tops 10,000</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Williamson</dc:creator>
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Melbourne, Victoria, 25 February 2009. A petition calling for the Federal Government to implement a national solar gross feed-in tariff program has already gathered over 10,000 signatures in support, less than a month after it was launched.
The FeedInTariff.com.au petition is backed by key lobby and industry groups, including the Australian Greens, the Alternative Technology Association, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do you combine multi dimensional mathematics, the great barrier reef and hand crafts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Williamson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ image from Institute For Figuring
The answer is the Sydney crochet coral reef.  An offspring of the crochet coral reef presented by Margaret and Christine Wertheim and initiated by The Institute For Figuring, originally inspired by geometric models of hyperbolic space developed by mathematician Dr Daina Taimina in 1997.
Hyperbolic space is intriguing on its [...]]]></description>
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