Science Updates is a weekly email alert from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
== ASK AN EXPERT: IS THERE A SALTY FRESH FRUIT? ==
All of us have tasted fresh fruits plucked direct from trees or plants: sweet oranges, bitter gourds, sour plums, piquant chillies; you name the rest. But is there a salty fresh fruit?
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== DR KARL: WAGGING THE DOG ==
It's seems pretty easy to read the emotions of the dog, but what about those occasional cases when the dog still bites, even though the tail was wagging?
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== TOP STORIES FROM NEWS IN SCIENCE == http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/1759/0/
PATCH PUTS A STOP TO MONTEZUMA'S REVENGE
Tales of being holed-up in an overseas bathroom with 'Delhi belly' or 'Montezuma's revenge' may be a thing of the past, after a trial of a needle-free vaccine showed a significant reduction in traveller's diarrhoea.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/3694/0/
DINOSAURS 'ROAMED FREELY' ACROSS GONDWANA
Fossilised remains of a dinosaur with a big elbow could rewrite our understanding of how Australian dinosaurs evolved.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/3695/0/
CANNIBALISM DRIVES LOCUST SWARMS
Locust swarms are formed because the insect is desperate to literally stay a step ahead of its cannibalistic neighbour, an international research team says.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/3696/0/
SATELLITE NETWORK TO PREDICT EARTHQUAKES
A future network of satellites orbiting the earth may be able to detect an impending earthquake by monitoring our planet's ionosphere.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/3697/0/
== IN THE SKY THIS WEEK ==
Full Moon Thursday 19 June. Mars and Saturn are above the north-west horizon in the early evening. Saturn can be seen near the bright star Regulus. During the week Mars moves towards Saturn and Regulus and by the end of the week the three form a shallow triangle. Jupiter can be seen as the brightest object above the eastern horizon in the evening and its moons look great in binoculars. Comet Boattini can be seen in the early evening sky through binoculars as a distinct fuzzy ball. Boattini leaves the constellation of Canis Major heading for Orion, but becomes increasingly difficult to see as it gets closer to the horizon and as the Moon brightens.
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== ABC HEALTH & WELLBEING == http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/1765/0/
FACT BUSTER: Do head lice only like clean hair?
Head lice are universally reviled, but many of us take some comfort in the knowledge that they only like to nest in clean hair. Find out if it's true, and have your say about nits.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/3648/0/
== GREEN AT WORK == http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/2581/0/
GREENING THE ABC: RECYCLING CDS
An organisation that goes through as many CDs, batteries and mobile phones as the ABC does was in dire need of a recycling system for all three. But one week after their arrival, Sydney's new recycling bins have shown how tricky behavioural change can be.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/3698/0/
== TRANSCRIPTS NOW ONLINE
MIDGET SUBS (Catalyst: 05/06/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/3699/0/
VORTEX RINGS (Catalyst: 05/06/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/3700/0/
WORLD'S OLDEST MUM (Catalyst: 05/06/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/3701/0/
MEET DALE BAILEY (Catalyst: 05/06/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/3702/0/
SPREADING THE LIGHT (In Conversation: 05/06/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/3703/0/
COURAGE: GUTS, GRIT, SPINE, HEART, AND VERVE. (All In The Mind: 07/06/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/3672/0/
SAVING THE WESTERN SWAMP TORTOISE (Science Show: 07/06/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/3704/0/
FORD'S MODEL T – 100 YEARS OLD (Science Show: 07/06/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/3705/0/
BUSINESS LEADERS DISCUSS CLIMATE (Science Show: 07/06/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/3706/0/
BANKING ON GAS (Background Briefing: 08/06/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/3707/0/
CARROTS AND STICKS (In Conversation: 12/06/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/3708/0/
== COMING UP ON ABC RADIO == http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/1773/0/
SCIENCE SHOW - A voyage to Antarctica
Saturday 14 June, 12.05pm & Monday 16 June, 7.05pm RN
This week on The Science Show Margot Foster takes us on a voyage aboard the Aurora Australis, Australia's research vessel which works in Antarctica. We travel from Hobart to the deep Southern Ocean. On board we join scientists as they sample plants, animals and ocean water. Very little is known about the biodiversity of these vast areas – and the race is on to learn more as atmospheric carbon dioxide dissolves into ocean water.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/902/0/
ALL IN THE MIND – Brave New Mind: Smart drugs and the ethics of neuro-enhancement
Saturday 14 June, 1.05pm, & Monday 16 June, 1.05pm RN
An April Fools prank saw the launch of the World Anti-Brain Doping Authority this year. But jokes aside, drugs like Ritalin for ADHD and Modafinil for sleeping disorders are now being popped by people who want to be weller than well. Does the spectre of 'smart drugs' pose a challenge to our authentic selves? And what about the long term risks?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/903/0/
THE PHILOSOPHER'S ZONE - The only good philosopher is a dead one
Saturday 14 May, 1.30pm & Monday 16 June, 1.35pm RN
Or the only truly tested philosophy is that of a dead philosopher. When the philosopher dies, the philosophy is put to the test. Does is still seem valid? Or does it fade into irrelevance in the face of eternity? From the Sydney Writers' Festival, a conversation with Simon Critchley, author of 'The Book of Dead Philosophers'.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/904/0/
OCKHAM'S RAZOR - Public perception of potable water
Sunday 15 June, 8.45am RN
Emma Pratt is a science student at the University of NSW and her passion is water and how we're running out of it. She has two beakers of water – one from Sydney's Warragamba catchment area, the other beaker contains recycled effluent that has undergone a series of purification steps – which one would you drink? In 2006 the residents of Toowoomba were asked to vote on a proposal to have treated recycled water released into the Cooby dam. They returned a resounding 'no' vote but why? The science is there but obviously public support is not.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/910/0/
INNOVATIONS
Sunday 15 June (0830hrs UT), Monday 16 June (1330 & 1705hrs UT), Wednesday 18 June (0430hrs UT), Radio Australia
Putting Australia back on top as the world's leading producer of opium-based drugs; aircraft cargo security to show exactly what's beneath our seats and, could an extract from crab shell be a new surgical glue?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/1775/0/
HEALTH REPORT – ABC Radio National's weekly health roundup
Monday 16 June, 8.30am and 8.05pm RN
Join Dr Norman Swan for news of the latest issues and developments in the world of health and medicine on this week's Health Report.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/920/0/
IN CONVERSATION - The principals of animal training
Thursday 19 June, 7.35pm
These days the carrot and stick approach can be applied to parenting or prison inmates or even employees but its origins are, of course, in trying to get a horse or donkey to comply with human commands. Does it depend on whether your training is intended to teach them to perform for humans or to simply not urinate on the lounge? Associate Professor of Veterinary Science at Sydney University Paul McGreevy, a previous winner of the international Prince Laurent Prize for his work on animal welfare has co-written Carrot and Stick – Principals of Animal Training and is In Conversation with Robyn Williams.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/1468/0/
== HIGHLIGHTS ON ABC TV == http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/1773/0/
WILD CHINA: BEYOND THE GREAT WALL (PART 5)
ABC 1, Sunday 15 June, 7.30pm
Discover some of China's most rugged and fascinating people and wildlife.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/3709/0/
ENOUGH ROPE: DAVID ATTENBOROUGH
ABC 1, Monday 16 June, 9.30pm
Sir David Attenborough has been getting up close and personal with the environment for 50 years.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/3710/0/
CATALYST
ABC 1, Thursday 19 June, 8pm
THE MYSTERY OF NARRABEEN MAN
In 2005, when contractors were digging a trench north of Sydney, they made a gruesome discovery. Dr Paul Willis follows the forensic path of a brutal killing some 4,000 years ago.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/175157/686964/834/0/
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