Science Updates is a weekly email alert from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
== INDEPTH: THE PRICE OF PEAK FUEL ==
Our need for fossil fuels is insatiable, but coal, oil, gas and uranium reserves are finite and some may even be in decline. How long will our energy resources last?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3583/0/
== PHOTOS: WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY ==
Take a photographic trip around the Earth as we celebrate the uniqueness and fragility of this planet we call home.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3584/0/
== DR KARL: MISSING LINK==
When it comes to matters of evolution, Dr Karl is no old fossil. He's always thrilled to hear about any newly unearthed find.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3585/0/
== TEACHER DEMO: MIND READER ==
Perform this cunning trick every day for a week and your students will believe you really can read their minds.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3041/0/
== TOP STORIES FROM NEWS IN SCIENCE == http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/1759/0/
ASTRONOMERS RESHAPE OUR MILKY WAY
A new survey of our galaxy suggests it has only two main arms, not four, as previously thought.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3586/0/
QUEEN BEES TOOK TIME TO PLAY THE FIELD
Queen bees only became polygamous once they were confident - evolutionarily speaking - that their offspring would be taken care of by the hive, say UK and Australian researchers
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3587/0/
PREMATURE GIRLS GET MORE FROM BREAST MILK
Premature baby girls appear to get greater benefit from breastfeeding compared than premature baby boys, according to new research.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3588/0/
HEAVY POT SMOKERS SHRINKING THEIR BRAINS
Australian researchers have found that long-term heavy use of marijuana may cause parts of the brain to shrink.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3589/0/
== IN THE SKY THIS WEEK ==
The First Quarter Moon is Tuesday 10 June. Saturn can be seen near the bright star Regulus high in the northern sky. During the week Mars moves towards Saturn and Regulus. On Sunday 8 June the Crescent Moon is near Mars. On Monday 9 June the Moon is close to Regulus and Saturn. 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 easily in the early evening sky through binoculars as a distinct fuzzy ball.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/1764/0/
== ABC HEALTH & WELLBEING == http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/1765/0/
== HEALTHY LIVING: STARTING LATE TO A HEALTHY LIFE ==
Forget your unhealthy past: you can change your ways now and there's still plenty to gain. Watch episode 2 of our new series of Healthy Living with Cathy Johnson to find out why.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3547/0/
== GAW: WATERLESS URINAL SPRINGS A LEAK ==
The 10 waterless urinals being trialled by the ABC are saving water all right. But when one of them ate a hole in the copper pipe behind it, the liquid concerns were not of the H2O variety.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3590/0/
== TRANSCRIPTS NOW ONLINE
ALAN FINKEL (Perspective: 28/05/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3591/0/
STARVED OF SCIENCE? AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA (In Conversation: 29/05/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3592/0/
POSITIVE THINKING (Catalyst: 29/05/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3581/0/
ANTARCTIC ALIENS (Catalyst: 29/05/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3593/0/
VESUVIUS (Catalyst: 29/05/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3594/0/
VITAMIN C SYNTHESIS (Science Show: 31/05/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3595/0/
WHEN WORDS AND SCIENCE MEET - ALL IN THE MIND AT THE SYDNEY WRITERS' FESTIVAL (All In The Mind: 31/05/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3580/0/
OLDEST FOSSIL VERTEBRATE EMBRYO (Science Show: 31/05/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3596/0/
THE HOBBIT – AN UPDATE (Science Show: 31/05/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3597/0/
MIDGES AS ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS (Science Show: 31/05/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3598/0/
NEW METHOD FOR MAKING COMPOSITE MATERIALS (Science Show: 31/05/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3599/0/
PHOENIX LANDS ON MARS (Science Show: 31/05/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/3600/0/
== COMING UP ON ABC RADIO == http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/1773/0/
SCIENCE SHOW - Climate: leading the change
Saturday 7 June, 12.05pm & Monday 9 June, 7.05pm RN
The Business Leaders' Forum held a climate summit at Parliament House in Canberra. They heard startling suggestions from Tim Flannery about shielding the sun with sulphates and about helping the poor from Tim Costello. The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, announced targets for government office to reach to save carbon emissions. Alexandra de Blas reports on the highlights of the forum. Also: with the centenary of the model T Ford approaching, what can we learn from the revolution in transport and manufacturing it brought?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/902/0/
ALL IN THE MIND – Courage - guts, grit, spine, heart, balls and verve
Saturday 7 June, 1.05pm, & Monday 9 June, 1.05pm RN
Polish-born Sabina Wolanski, now 80, was a teenager when her entire family was killed by Nazis, and was the sole Holocaust survivor to speak at the launch of the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. Russian-born Maria Tumarkin came to Australia as a teenager in the '80s. Her new book unearths courage in the crevices of everyday life, and she's defiantly not interested in heroes. They join Natasha Mitchell in an intimate exchange about brave minds.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/903/0/
THE PHILOSOPHER'S ZONE - Ethics in the public realm
Saturday 7 May, 1.30pm & Monday 9 June, 1.35pm RN
This week, the Philosopher's Zone looks at a couple of current, public ethical issues. It's said that the photographer Bill Henson, whose images were recently seized by the police, didn't intend to produce pornography. Does this mean that the images in question can't be pornography? What is it that makes art art? And the ethics of tuberculosis, with ethical messages for funding bodies, health care professionals and also for people with the disease.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/904/0/
OCKHAM'S RAZOR - Abrolhos birds.
Sunday 8 June, 8.45am RN
Discovered by Portuguese Commander de Houtman in 1619 the Abrolhos Islands are 60 kilometers off Geraldton on the Western Australian coast. This was where the second oldest shipwreck in Australia, the Batavia came to grief in 1629. Today author and keen birdwatcher Sue Taylor from Melbourne takes us on a tour of these islands in her quest to see nesting seabirds some of which she has never seen before.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/910/0/
INNOVATIONS
Sunday 8 June (0830hrs UT), Monday 9 June (1330 & 1705hrs UT), Wednesday 11 June (0430hrs UT), Radio Australia
How a small Tasmanian business supplies to some of the world's biggest airports. With oil on the rise--making hydrogen cheaper from algae and, the platypus genome sequenced.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/1775/0/
HEALTH REPORT – Gap kids
Monday 9 June, 8.30am and 8.05pm RN
This is a feature about children with a developmental language disorder. They struggle to create speech and interpret what is being said to them. These children often fall in the gap between state and federal health and education departments. However, good therapy would make a huge difference to their lives.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/920/0/
IN CONVERSATION - The father of radio astronomy
Thursday 12 June, 7.35pm
The late Grote Reber is recognised as both the father of radio astronomy and the first person to build a big dish telescope to explore the cosmos. The American moved from his home in the USA to Tasmania in the 1950s and assisted this country to establish a lead in the field. Now a museum has been opened by the University of Tasmania to commemorate his work and David Fisher takes us on a tour with astronomer Professor John Dickey.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/1468/0/
== HIGHLIGHTS ON ABC TV == http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/1773/0/
WILD CHINA – LAND OF THE PANDA
ABC 1, Sunday 8 June, 7.30pm
For the first time in a century, China is opening up to the world. This new six-part series gains unprecedented access into a most enigmatic country, to reveal a land of astonishing complexity. High definition cameras capture unique images of mysterious creatures and diverse human communities that live in China's varied landscapes.
CATALYST
ABC 1, Thursday 12 June, 8pm
A mystery killing leads to the most intensive forensic investigations in Irish archaeology; the Macleay Museum; and Dr Norman Swan asks how much alcohol is too much? http://abcmail.net.au/t/170245/686964/834/0/
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