EnhanceTV Science and Technology Highlights RSS Feed http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvhighlights/?category=62 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:57:27 1000 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/displaytv.php?RecordId=107019 Today our brains are no longer off limits to science. Neuroscientists strive to understand our deepest emotions, develop drugs to erase unwanted memories and ponder the possibilities of controlling the human mind from afar. This great leap forward into the mystery of the brain has been made possible thanks to this intelligent rodent, the rat. As animal models, they are at the forefront of neuroscience and its desire to crack the neural code of our behaviour. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/displaytv.php?RecordId=107314 It is predicted that by 2029 computer intelligence will equal the power of the human brain. Some believe this will revolutionise humanity - we will be able to download our minds to computers extending our lives indefinitely. Others fear this will lead to oblivion by giving rise to ultra intelligent machines. Human Version 2.0 hears from the scientific prophets who claim we are on the verge of creating a new type of human. A human 2.0. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/displaytv.php?RecordId=12667495 Battle of the Brains is a four-part documentary series following the journey of a group of Australian science students, as they prepare to compete at the International Science Olympiads. It tells the story of twenty four Australian teenagers as they work towards competing against the best science scholars in the world in the International Biology Olympiad. But only four will achieve their dream to compete in Beijing. (STUDY GUIDE AVAILABLE) http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/displaytv.php?RecordId=12667965 This week, Planet Earth takes a tour of the mightiest mountain ranges on the planet, beginning with the birth of a mountain at one of the lowest places on Earth and ending on the summit of Everest. (STUDY GUIDE AVAILABLE) http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/displaytv.php?RecordId=12668281 Rocks are complicated collections of mineral particles. Four silicate mineral groups make up 90% of the crustal rocks - mafic minerals, quartzes, feldspars and micas. Rocks come in three basic varieties - igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. These are the ingredients of the rock cycle.