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26 May 2012 - 3:21 am NZ time
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Talking Heads
The Royal Society Science 2011 Lecture Series Inside Out: the chemistry of food, sex and ageing, in association with Radio New Zealand
- 16:06 Part 1 - Inside Out: The Chemistry of Food, Sex and Ageing
Kim Hill talks to best-selling author and TV personality, Professor Joe Schwarcz from McGill University, Canada. (52′26″)
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- 16:06 Part 2 - Inside Out: The Chemistry of Food, Sex and Ageing
Kim Hill sits down with eminent chemists Professor Ian Shaw, Dr Michael Edmonds and Associate Professor Margreet Vissers in front of a live Christchurch audience to chew on the matter of things that sustain us - both good and bad. Vitamins, fats, sugars, estrogen-like chemicals and soy; breast milk and how the French keep heart disease at bay while supping on brie. (52′38″)
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- 16:06 Part 3 - Inside Out: The Chemistry of Food, Sex and Ageing
Kim Hill joins Professor Kate McGrath, Professor Wayne Cutfield and Dr Maurice Curtis to discuss the chemistry of brains, genetics and aging, and they don't stop there. You really are what you eat but you're also what your granddad ate. (53′29″)
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The role that chemistry plays in our everyday lives is enormous, but generally goes unnoticed. At the close of 2011 and the International Year of Chemistry, The Royal Society of New Zealand’s annual ‘Talking Heads’ series turns its attention to the way chemistry underpins our lives.
In three Sunday Feature programmes, Kim Hill talks to chemists to examine some of life’s complex questions. What exactly are free radicals? How does UV light affect our skin? Is there a chemical difference between males and females? And is the saying “you are what you eat” correct?
The 2011 Talking Heads series was recorded at public events in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, and produced by the Royal Society of New Zealand in association with Radio New Zealand and the MacDiarmid Institute.
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