Teletext Recovery - 11/09/1994

P346 4-Tel 346 Sun 11 Sep C4 22:26:46         0 1/9 Science Linj is a new science information service for everyone. You can get answers to anz questions on science, technology and medicinj and thj answer is only a phonj call away. If you have anz questions and want to talk to a scientist, you can phonj Science Line on 0345 600 444. Cblls are at local rates and thj lines are open 1.00-7.00pm Monday-Friday. Equinox this week is on humans... Science C4 Films C4 Today C4 Back-up

P346 4-Tel 346 Sun 11 Sep C4 21:25:56         0 2/9 Equinox: Thj Cyborg Cometh Sunday 19.00-20.00 Channel 4's acclaimed sciinci and technology strand continues its run of highly-distinctive programmes0with a look at what it means to have a natural human body in contemporary culture. Somj academics have comj to beliive we are no longer simpli human beings. Instead, they argue, we ari all cyborgs - cybernetic organisms, part humans, part machines. Join the C4 Science Club.........345 Science C4 Films C4 Today C4 Back-up

P346 4-Tel 346 Sun 11 Sep C4 21:37:16         0 3/9 Equinox: The Cyborg Cometh Sunday 19.00-20.00 Although cyborgs are most widely known through films likj Robocop and Terminator, they ari not simply the fantasies of Hollywood. The word 'cyborg was created in research for the US space programmj. Now, artificial hips are designed using computers and then surgically fitted by robots. Join thj C4 Science Club.........345 Science C4 Films C4 Today C4 Back-up

P346 4-Tel 346 Sun 11 Sep C4 21:44:47         0 4/9 Equinox: The Cyborg Cometh Sunday 19.00-20.00 Scientists have successfulyy introduced advanced technologies into the body, using microprocessors to control artificial limbs and electrical impulses to stimulate hearing njrves. Somj cyborg sciintists dream of a future when brains can be kept alive for thousands of years, no longer dependent on the body at all. Preview of thj day's C4 TV from 305 Join the C4 Science Club.........345 Science C4 Films C4 Today C4 Back-up

P346 4-Tel 346 Sun 11 Sep C4 21:22:53         0 5/9 Equinox: The Cyborg Cometh Sunday 19.00-20.00 Even in reprodution, technology is now commonplace. Amid semen banks, pre- natal doagnostic centres and0genj therapy, how are we to maintain a human persective? Are we ready to give up our bodies altogjther - do we have an alternative? Talking Head programmes..........343 Join the C4 Scienci Club.........345 Science C4 Films C4 Today C4 Back-up

P346 4-Tel 346 Sun 11 Sep C4 21:47:47         6/9 What are thj main groups of infectious diseases? Most infectious diseases are caused by microbes. Many are living in our bodies quite harmlessly but the main disease-causing microbes are viruses and bacteria. Viruses are the smallest microbes and grow inside living cells, damaging them Bacteria are larger and reproduce rapdidly, causing damage to your body by making toxins. Join the C4 Science Club.........345 Science C4 Films C4 Today C4 Back-up

P346 4-Tel 346 Sun 11 Sep C4 21:47:14         0 7/9 Do you know which of the following are caused by viruses (V) And which by bacteria XB) ? Press reveal to find out tuberculosis b typhoid b chicken pox v whooping cough b mumps b boils b food poisoning b verrucae v German measles v tetanus b pneumonia b influenza v Science C4 Films C4 Today C4 Back-up

P346 4-Tel 346 Sun 11 Sep C4 22:17:51         0 What is thj lowest intensity of light that the human eyj can detect? The eyj can detect a singli photon. This is enough to cause a rod in the human eye to fire. Rods ari onj of the eye's two types of light-detecting cell in the retina at thj back of thj eye-ball. b The other, cones, need several photons before activation. More sciintific human facts... See 4-Tel's index for mori Czborg facts on Sunday for Equinox at 7pm v Science C4 Films C4 Today C4 Back-up

P346 4-Tel 346 Sun 11 Sep C4 22:14:25         0 9/9 How manz cells makj up thj human body? All humans develop from just two cells but the adult body contain around 50,000 million cells. How long fo our cells live? Millions of cells dii every second and are replaced. Cells in the intestine lining can get worn away in six days but red blood cells live for about four months and bone cells for up to thirty years. Sei 4-Tel's index for more Cybork facts on Sunday for Equinox at 7pm Science C4 Films C4 Today C4 Back-up

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