Science Updates is a weekly email alert from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
== DR KARL: DIGGING DEEPER FOR SHOOTING STARS ==
You may have had the good luck to see a shooting star streak across the night sky. But Dr Karl knows what it's like to catch a falling star.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4919/0/
== SURFING SCIENTIST: MIND READER 2 ==
This classic mathematical trick always gives the same result but can be very surprising for the uninitiated.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4920/0/
== VIDEO: ACE DAY JOBS: AUDIOLOGIST ==
Jason Chew loves making a difference to people's lives by helping them overcome hearing problems. Watch Ace Day Jobs to find out how he became an audiologist.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4907/0/
== SPECIAL FEATURE: CATCHMENTS IN CRISIS ==
== INDEPTH: CHANNEL COUNTRY ==
Over ten years ago Cooper Creek escaped large-scale irrigation when scientists and graziers banded together to protest the plan. But has time and more research borne out that decision?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4918/0/
== WIN A TRIP TO THE KIMBERLEY==
The challenge is to manage a river catchment so that you have a healthy economy and a healthy environment. Give it a go and you could win a trip to the beautiful Lake Argyle in the Kimberley. Competition closes 5 September.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4630/0/
== TOP STORIES FROM NEWS IN SCIENCE == http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/1759/0/
S*X LIFE OF SEA SQUIRTS REVEALED
Sea squirts might not look too exciting hanging onto the bottom of boats or the edge of fishing piers, but new Australian research has found these marine creatures are able to control their fertility.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4921/0/
SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY CHILDHOOD CANCER GENE
Researchers in the US have identified the gene mutation that may be the cause of a deadly form of childhood cancer, opening the way to genetic tests for high-risk families.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4922/0/
TESTS CLEAR WAY FOR MINI 'BIG BANG'
Tests have cleared the way for an experiment to restage a mini-version of the "Big Bang" which created the universe 15 billion years ago, the project chief says.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4923/0/
NEMO'S NOSE HELPS FIND WAY HOME
The animated clownfish Nemo may have found his way home a lot sooner if he had trusted his nose, according to researchers.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4924/0/
== IN THE SKY THIS WEEK ==
The New Moon is Sunday 31 August. Venus and Mercury are easily seen together in the early evening sky, with dimmer Mars above them. As the week progresses Mercury, Venus and Mars draw closer and form a distinct triangle. On Monday September 1 and Tuesday September 2 the thin crescent Moon joins the three planets in a beautiful display. Jupiter is the brightest object above the eastern horizon in the evening, and its moons look great in binoculars. Comet A1 McNaught can be seen in binoculars near the Southern Cross.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/1764/0/
== STARSTUFF PODCAST: NEW CLUES POINT TO ORIGIN OF COMETS ==
On StarStuff, with Stuart Gary: stars as old as the universe itself; what's the origin of comets?; more hypersonic test failures for NASA; and did Iran really launch a satellite into Earth's orbit?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4567/0/
== ABC HEALTH & WELLBEING == http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/1765/0/
== YOUR STORY: LIFE OF THE MIND ==
Shiannon Corcoran had a brain tumour removed 11 years ago. Her physical health is still 'less than perfect', but she's discovered her own persistence and creativity.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4885/0/
== TRANSCRIPTS NOW ONLINE ==
TROPICAL BRAINS (In Conversation: 21/08/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4925/0/
BACKYARD SCIENTIST (Catalyst: 21/08/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4926/0/
THE SHINE DOME (Catalyst: 21/08/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4927/0/
AUSTRALIA'S TOP SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS (Catalyst: 21/08/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4928/0/
THE MIND OF THE MARKET – NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK FORUM (All In The Mind: 23/08/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4916/0/
HAGFISH (Science Show: 23/08/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4929/0/
EUREKA PRIZES 2008 (Science Show: 23/08/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4930/0/
THE RISK OF SEA LEVEL RISE (Science Show: 23/08/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4931/0/
LAURA MOLINO – MODERN MAN'S STRUGGLE WITH PRIMATE URGES (Science Show: 23/08/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4932/0/
LIVING WITH ASPERGERS (Science Show: 23/08/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4914/0/
== COMING UP ON ABC RADIO == http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/1773/0/
THE SCIENCE SHOW - Model Ts and Rocket Girl
Saturday 30 August, 12.05pm & Monday 1 September, 7.05pm RN
It's not a good time for the Ford Company in Australia. But we are now close to the 100th anniversary of the Model T launch, an event that changed America and Australia. Having heard about the car in a previous Science Show this week we meet Henry Ford himself: author Robert Lacey describes this singular, ruthless character. And Annabelle Hill from Manly on what happened when she attended the Rocket Camp in Alabama.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/902/0/
ALL IN THE MIND - Beyond coma - the plight of the persistent vegetative state
Saturday 30 August, 1.05pm & Monday 1 September, 1.05pm RN
A woman thought to be in a persistent vegetative state, unresponsive and unconscious, is asked to play a game of 'mental' tennis. Extraordinarily, brain scans reveal she can. In Australia, new ethical guidelines govern the care of people in this devastating situation. Besides new technologies and terminologies – what prospects for those living frozen lives?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/903/0/
THE PHILOSOPHER'S ZONE - Light from the north
Saturday 30 August, 1.30pm & Monday 1 September, 1.35pm RN
Much of the modern world was created in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. The Scottish Enlightenment was more than just the Scottish branch of that great eighteenth-century European movement of ideas known as the Enlightenment: it was essentially Scottish and wholly important. This week, we explore some tartan ideas with Arthur Herman, author of Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/904/0/
OCKHAM'S RAZOR - A sleeper in the climate change debate
Sunday 31 August, 8.45am RN
The CEO of Green Cross Australia, Mara Bun reports on what will happen if sea levels continue to rise. Historically vast populations have settled in coastal and river deltas because the land is fertile and fish and wildlife thrive in the wetlands; but the ocean's upper layers are warming and sea levels are rising. Science now tells us that we could experience an 88cm rise by the end of the century if greenhouse gas emissions keep increasing and this will have catastrophic effects on vast populations the world over.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/910/0/
INNOVATIONS
Sunday 31 August (0830hrs UT), Monday 1 September (1330 & 1705hrs UT), Wednesday 3 September (0430hrs UT), Radio Australia
A godsend for drought-stricken farmers as Australian students take on the drought and the world and win; a new drug gives hope to Alzheimer's patients and, creating a business by turning a duvet into lounge-about comfort clothing.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/1775/0/
THE HEALTH REPORT - Drug dependence - Part 2
Monday 1 September, 8.30am & 8.05pm RN
Drug addiction is a chronic relapsing condition and kicking the habit once and for all can be enormously challenging both physically and emotionally. According to research by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre in NSW the residential therapeutic community approach can be very effective, with around 80 per cent of residents remaining drug free three years after treatment. This week Lynne Malcolm visits two drug rehabilitation centres to speak with staff and residents about how therapeutic communities work.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/920/0/
IN CONVERSATION - Zoo Man
Thursday 4 September, 7.35pm RN
Just over two years ago Dr Chris West left London Zoo to come to Adelaide. Why give up the directorship of such a famous menagerie to come to South Australia? Dr West explains and describes some of their far-reaching experiments at Adelaide Zoo, including putting themselves in cages!
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/1468/0/
== HIGHLIGHTS ON ABC TV == http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/1773/0/
CATALYST
ABC1, 8:00pm Thursday, 4 September 2008
This episode explores body clocks; dissecting a giant squid; a semi-retired reverend discovers more super novae than anyone else in the world; and the surfing scientists explores a massive marine management project in WA.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/236963/686964/4511/0/
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