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== ASK AN EXPERT: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAIL AND SNOW? ==
What's the difference between hail and snow? Aren't they both frozen water?
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== DR KARL: MUDDY MYTHS SINK QUEEN OF THE NILE ==
Cleopatra is among the most identifiable people from the ancient world, but would you know her if you bumped into her in the street? Dr Karl has been reading hieroglyphics for a clearer picture.
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== TOP STORIES FROM NEWS IN SCIENCE == http://abcmail.net.au/t/258019/686964/1759/0/
PLASTIC CHEMICAL LINKED TO HEART DISEASE
Bisphenol A, a chemical commonly used in plastic food and beverage containers and in the coating of food cans has been linked to heart disease.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/258019/686964/5137/0/
MACHO WALKS APPEAR TO BE COMIN' ATCHA
If you see a person walking down a dark street and you think they're a male, you're more likely to think they're coming towards you, Australian researchers have found.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/258019/686964/5138/0/
GLOWING FISH HAVE SCIENTISTS SEEING RED
It was staring them in the face, but somehow generations of marine biologists have failed to notice that a lot of fish in the sea glow a fluorescent red, according to a new study.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/258019/686964/5139/0/
ASTRONOMERS SPOT PLANET ORBITING STAR
Scientists have snapped the first images of a planet outside our solar system that is orbiting a star very much like the sun.
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== IN THE SKY THIS WEEK ==
The Last Quarter Moon is Monday 22 September. Earth is at Spring Equinox on Tuesday 23 September. Venus and Mercury are easily seen together in the early evening sky, with dimmer Mars below them, and the bright star Spica above forming a distinct triangle with the two bright planets. On Saturday 20 September Spica forms a line with Venus and Mercury. Venus then heads even higher in the evening sky, leaving Mercury behind. 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 in the constellation of the Centaur. On the morning of Thursday 25 September Western Australians can see the Moon pass over the Beehive cluster from 5:00am onwards. This event is best seen in binoculars or a telescope.
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== STARSTUFF PODCAST: FIRST LIGHT FOR PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ==
Stuart Gary investigates how the Large Hadron Collider works; looks for the most distant object ever seen with the naked eye; and has a close encounter with an asteroid.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/258019/686964/4567/0/
== ABC HEALTH & WELLBEING == http://abcmail.net.au/t/258019/686964/1765/0/
== THE PULSE: SCENTS AND SENSITIVITY ==
Chemical fragrances found in air fresheners, laundry detergents and deodorants might be making you sick, says a US researcher.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/258019/686964/5141/0/
== TRANSCRIPTS NOW ONLINE ==
DR MARTIN WILLIAMS (In Conversation: 11/09/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/258019/686964/5142/0/
SPACE COMMUNICATIONS (Catalyst: 11/09/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/258019/686964/5143/0/
MILLENNIUM SEED (Catalyst: 11/09/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/258019/686964/5144/0/
GREG CHAMITOFF AND THE ISS (Catalyst: 11/09/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/258019/686964/5145/0/
SPACE RETROSPECTIVE (Catalyst: 11/09/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/258019/686964/5146/0/
LIVING WITH ASPERGER'S (Science Show: 13/09/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/258019/686964/5147/0/
PART 1 OF 2: THE POWER OF PLASTICITY (All In The Mind: 13/09/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/258019/686964/5148/0/
== COMING UP ON ABC RADIO == http://abcmail.net.au/t/258019/686964/1773/0/
THE SCIENCE SHOW - The Beatles and your special memories
Saturday 20 September, 12.05pm & Monday 22 September, 7.05pm RN
This week The Science Show comes from Liverpool and the British Festival of Science. We talk to Professor Martin Rees, President of The Royal Society, and Sir David King, former UK Chief Scientist, on the next 50 years and whether we shall survive them. Can we afford big basic scientific experiments such as the atom smasher in Geneva when research to solve huge environmental problems is so urgently needed? And we visit The Cavern Club where the Beatles began singing to see which songs are so essentially linked to your memories.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/258019/686964/902/0/
ALL IN THE MIND - The power of plasticity - Part 2
Saturday 20 September, 1.05pm & Monday 22 September, 1.05pm RN
The brain is more plastic than scientists once believed. But what does this mental malleability mean for humanity? More compelling stories from psychiatrist Dr Norman Doidge as he enters the labs and lives of the new 'neuroplasticians'. And, neuroplasticity on the couch - does psychotherapy physically change your brain?
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OCKHAM'S RAZOR - Commissural connectivity
Sunday 21 September, 8.45am RN
Emeritus Professor of Neuropsychology at Monash University, John Bradshaw, talks about the research he's done over the years. Today he describes the various experiments he undertook when investigating the brain's right and left hemispheres.
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INNOVATIONS
Sunday 21 September (0830hrs UT), Monday 22 September (1330 & 1705hrs UT), Wednesday 24 September (0430hrs UT), Radio Australia
A device to manage continence in the aged and disabled; architecture for local culture and philosophies; and what a cervical cancer vaccine can do for men.
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THE HEALTH REPORT - Drug use and mental health problems
Monday 22 September, 8.30am & 8.05pm RN
A large number of people who are drug users also experience mental health problems, and many people who suffer from mental illness are drug users. Treatment services for these people have been quite inadequate and there is a need to improve these services substantially. Also on the program: news from the Australasian Sexual Health Conference in Perth.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/258019/686964/920/0/
IN CONVERSATION - An odyssey against heroin
Thursday 25 September, 7.35pm RN
James Pitts comes from Detroit in the USA. He is an ex-heroin addict who has led the campaign in Australia to assist those trying to come off narcotics. He tells Lynne Malcolm the story of Odyssey House.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/258019/686964/1468/0/
== HIGHLIGHTS ON ABC TV == http://abcmail.net.au/t/258019/686964/1773/0/
CATALYST
ABC1, 8:00pm Thursday, 25 September 2008
The episode looks at methane, the forgotten greenhouse gas; the dissection of a giant squid; and Dr Norman Swan's Cholesterol Check.
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