Bees need flowers but flowers need bees, so who came first?

Bees need flowers but flowers need bees, so who came first?

Author: ABC April 21, 2021 Duration: 11:00
Dr Eliza Middleton on the history of insects

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Bushrangers Of The Sydney Region [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 12:05
The Sydney region was absolutely plagued with bushrangers, as well as cattle thieves, illegal distillers and even a few pirates, right up to the 1840s.
The wonderful world of the waratah [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 9:41
It's the iconic flower that has attracted attention since it was first observed by Aboriginal people thousands of years ago. Take a dip into the inner workings of the waratah with Dr Brett Summerell.
What is a trojan asteroid? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 11:27
Professor Fred Watson explains how asteroids can cluster near planets in a gravity-neutral space
Checking the pulse of the environment - how do we measure it? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:11
Just like a visit to a GP, there are ways to test the health of the environment. Richard Kingsford is professor of Ecosystem Science at UNSW and explains how the stethoscope is applied to an ecosystem.
The wonderful world of the waratah [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 9:41
It's the iconic flower that has attracted attention since it was first observed by Aboriginal people thousands of years ago. Dr Brett Summerell takes a dip into the inner workings of the waratah.
The fascinating life of the leaf-curling spider [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:35
If you've ever seen a spider wrapped up in a leaf on its web, that's the leaf-curling spider. Learn more from Dr Jess Marsh, an arachnologist at Murdoch University.
Do you know the story of Jesus' birth? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 12:21
When you think of the story of Jesus' birth, you might be confused with the different stories you've heard about how it all happened. The Reverend Professor Dorothy Lee from the University of Divinity unpacks the two ver…