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Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Lucas Randall.
Topics covered:
- Mars rover: Wind sensor damaged on Nasa’s Curiosity
- Curiosity Rover Fires First Laser Beam at Martian Rock
- Mars Lander Wins Out for 2016 Mission Over Titan Boat and Comet Hopper
- Sight for sore eyes: optical prosthetic mimics retina functionality
- Report card shows Australia’s oceans are changing
- Scientists Discover How Brains Keep Clean
- New Light Shed On Important Metabolite in Bacteria
Watch Sheila Nirenberg’s TED talk about the prosthetic retina:

Two-photon imaging shows how the brain flushes out wastes via a system of water channels (purple) in cells (green) wrapped tightly around blood vessels. Image: J. Iliff and M. Nedergaard. Via Wired Science
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