Science Updates is a weekly email alert from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
== CRUDE ==
We're paying record prices for oil at the bowser, but how much do you know about the fossil fuel we rely on to power our homes and cars. Where does it come from and how long will it last. Watch the incredible journey of oil.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/2013/0/
== FLOOD PHOTOS WANTED ==
Swollen rivers, lightning strikes, fallen trees – if you've got a great photo of a recent storm then send it in for our summer storms photo gallery.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/1758/0/
== TOP STORIES FROM NEWS IN SCIENCE == http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/1759/0/
ROW OVER G SPOT NEARS CLIMAX
After more than half a century of debate and bedroom exploration, a row about the location of the fabled G spot may be settled at last, research suggests. http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/2014/0/
'DEVIL' FROG ATE DINOS FOR BREAKFAST
Scientists have announced the discovery in north western Madagascar of a bulky amphibian dubbed the 'devil frog' that lived 65-70 million years ago and was so nasty it may have eaten newborn dinosaurs.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/2015/0/
STINGRAY BEATS BURGERS ANY DAY
Aboriginal teenagers are turning community perceptions on their head by saying traditional tucker such as stingray and bush plums are their favourite foods, an Australian study says.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/2016/0/
MARS TOO SALTY TO SUSTAIN LIFE
Life on Mars may have been snuffed out early on because the water there was too salty, a biologist involved in exploring the red planet says.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/2017/0/
== IN THE SKY THIS WEEK == http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/1764/0/
The Full Moon is Thursday February 21. The evening sky is to the north is still dominated by bright Mars. Mars forms a delightful broad triangle with the bright red stars Alderbaran and Betelgeuse, and is close to the bright star Elnath. With the Pleiades cluster and Orion's belt nearby, the evening sky is particularly beautiful now. In the late evening sky, Saturn can be seen in the north-east near the bright star Regulus. Saturn is at its largest and brightest this week, so now is an excellent opportunity to observe the ringed world in a small telescope. Mercury and Venus start the week close together, and during the week come even closer. This is the best time to see Mercury in the morning this year.
== ABC HEALTH & WELLBEING == http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/1765/0/
== THE PULSE: CANNABIS: A LUNG CANCER RISK ==
Smoking marijuana drastically increases lung cancer risk, say New Zealand researchers. http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/2018/0/
== FACT BUSTER: Does sunlight kill dust mites? ==
Read the answer and have your say.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/2019/0/
== TRANSCRIPTS NOW ONLINE
TIME TRAVEL - IS IT POSSIBLE? (Catalyst: 14/02/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/2020/0/
'THE PERFECT WAVE' (Catalyst: 14/02/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/2021/0/
UNDERSEA VENTS IN THE PACIFIC RING OF FIRE (Catalyst: 14/02/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/2022/0/
THE OTHER WALL STREET BOMBING (In Conversation: 14/02/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/2023/0/
GREENING THE PSYCHE (All In The Mind: 16/02/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/2024/0/
CENSUS OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIFE (Science Show: 16/02/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/2025/0/
MESOTHELIOMA DIARY 4 (Science Show: 16/02/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/2026/0/
NEW METHODS OF REFRIGERATION (Science Show: 16/02/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/2027/0/
BALANCING NATURE 4 - NEW ZEALAND (Science Show: 16/02/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/2028/0/
ANTARCTIC ROUTE REVEALS CLIMATE CHANGE (PM: 18/02/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/2029/0/
== COMING UP ON ABC RADIO == http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/1773/0/
SCIENCE SHOW - Where do we go from here?
Saturday 23 February, 12.05pm & Monday 25 February, 7.05pm RN
American science is at a crossroads. This week the president of the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) condemned restrictions on research and free speech imposed by GW Bush. Nobel laureate Dr David Baltimore indicates how America can regain the high ground in an increasingly competitive international scene. Charles Elachi, director of JPL (Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena) shows how the Phoenix mission to Mars can land on the planet to the minute of its scheduled arrival time in May - and engineering genius Ray Kurzweil predicts the doubling speed of innovation in energy technology and communication.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/902/0/
ALL IN THE MIND – Women offenders: confronting the confronting
Saturday 23 February, 1.05pm, & Monday 25 February, 1.05pm RN
Cases of filicide and infanticide confront us to our core – but what leads women to kill their own children? And, from cognitive therapy to chemical castration - most treatments for sexual offenders target men. Do women offenders require a different approach? Three female forensic specialists join Natasha Mitchell with a rare glimpse into a world riddled with taboo and revulsion.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/903/0/
OCKHAM'S RAZOR - Wretched or contented? The politics of past lives
Sunday 24 February, 8.45am RN
Richard Eckersley, visiting fellow at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the ANU and founding director of Australia 21 asks whether we really do have a better life than our hunter/gatherer ancestors 30,000 years ago? We are a prosperous country and modern medicine has given us a longer and healthier life but are we really happy?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/910/0/
INNOVATIONS
Sunday 24 February (0830hrs UT), Monday 25 February (1330 & 1705hrs UT), Wednesday 27 February (0430hrs UT), Radio Australia
An emergency nurse's device to open glass ampoules easily and safely; making your heart better by making your own decisions and, we find you a plum to give you a healthy future.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/1775/0/
HEALTH REPORT - Lung transplant
Monday 25 February, 8.30am and 8.05pm RN
Australia has one of the highest success rates in organ and tissue transplantation, but it also has one of the world's lowest donation rates. About 3,000 Australians are on the official organ and tissue transplant waiting list and 20% of the people waiting for a heart, lung or liver transplant will die before they receive one. ABC journalist Phil Ashley-Brown met a patient 20 minutes after she received the good news that she would get new lungs and follows her progress through the transplant and recovery.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/920/0/
IN CONVERSATION -Thirsty seniors?
Thursday 28 February, 7.35pm RN
Do we drink enough water as we age? Many of the deaths during a 2003 European heat wave were linked to dehydration. Now Prof Derek Denton, founding director of the Florey Institute in Melbourne, has conducted experiments to see whether water deficit is common in older people. He has published his results in the Proceedings of the Academy of Science in the USA. The results are compelling and show how deeply wired is our thirst instinct.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/1468/0/
== HIGHLIGHTS ON ABC TV == http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/1773/0/
CATALYST
ABC 1, Thursday 28 February, 8pm
Astrophysicist Dr Graham Phillips visits the world's most powerful atom smasher where scientists will recreate "the big bang" deep underground; Paul Willis fights off sea sickness on the Southern Surveyor, to see what Australia's only national marine research vessel gets up to. And Surfing Scientist Ruben Meerman investigates the beach's 'fingerprint'.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/92841/686964/834/0/
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