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28th Sep 2009

The Eels Massive Migration


Ben Valsler
23 September 2009 MODIS Terra satellite image of dust storm over the eastern Australia.

This week, we find out how alcohol effects perception of risk vs reward in the adolescent brain and discover how scientists are studying the enormous migration of eels.  Plus, Chris fills us in on his adventures in Australia, including waking up to an incredible dust storm...

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Alcohol and Risk in the Adolescent Brain

For a long time, we’ve known that people who abuse alcohol tend to be very bad at making decisions and particularly gambling-type decisions weighing up options:  “Should I take the gamble and go for a big possible win or should I take a sure fire smaller win?” Research published in the Journal ...

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The Mighty Eel Migration

There are two really interesting papers this week on migration; one of which looks at eels. Eels are a hot topic because, as well being the thing that you put in jellied eels and which many people find very, very tasty, eels are in decline.  Their numbers have gone down enormously in recent yea...

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Caught in a Dust Storm

For this week's news, we caught up with Chris Smith shortly after his return from Australia... Chris -   I was in Australia because I went there to give a talk in Brisbane which is at the conference and that which it’s about halfway up the east coast of Australia.  And then I flew down to ...




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