Science Updates is a weekly email alert from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
== TELL YOUR STORY ON TRIPLE J AND CATAPULT ==
Have you had an idea or invention so original that its taking the world by storm? Are you under 35? Catapult, ABC's website for young entrepreneurs, is auditioning for its 2009 Young Guns series. If you've got a unique idea you've turned into a business or not-for-profit, nominate yourself or someone else now, and you could find instant fame on triple j and Catapult next year.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5778/0/
== QUIZ: CLEAN ENERGY ==
We're always told we need to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and look for cleaner sources of energy, but how much do you really know about some of Australia's future energy options?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5779/0/
== DR KARL: MUSSEL MYTH AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE ==
The habits of people choosing mealtime molluscs stick as tightly as a barnacle. Dr Karl applies some muscle power of his own to wrench open the facts.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5760/0/
== TOP STORIES FROM NEWS IN SCIENCE == http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/1759/0/
MEAT CAN INCREASE GASTRO SUSCEPTIBILITY
Eating red meat and unpasteurised dairy products could make people more susceptible to bacteria that cause severe gastroenteritis and, in rare cases, fatal kidney failure, Australian research suggests.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5780/0/
OPALS ON MARS REVEAL PLANET'S WET PAST
Opal-like deposits spotted on Mars indicate the planet may have been wet for a billion years longer than previously thought, report US researchers.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5781/0/
T.REX WAS A STELLAR SMELLER
When it came to the sense of smell among meat-eating dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus nosed out the competition, researchers say.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5782/0/
TRANSSEXUAL STUDY REVEALS GENETIC LINK
The discovery of a genetic variation in male to female transsexuals adds weight to the view that transsexualism has a biological basis, the Australian researchers behind the find say.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5783/0/
GOLDEN OLDIES DISCOVER LOVE AT FIRST BYTE
Cybersex is not just for the young with older adults using internet technology to liberate their libidos, an Australian researcher says.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5784/0/
== ABC GREEN AT WORK == http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/2581/0/
== GREEN GURU: THE BATTLE OF THE BULB ==
Now that so many people are replacing old incandescent light bulbs with energy efficient compact fluorescents, what do you do with the old globes to keep them out of landfill?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5785/0/
== IN THE SKY THIS WEEK ==
The first quarter Moon is Thursday 6 November. Venus is easily seen high in the early evening sky in the constellation of the scorpion above the bright star Antares. Venus moves up through the scorpion heading towards Jupiter. By the end of the week Venus and Jupiter bracket the "teapot" of Sagittarius. On Saturday 1 November the Moon and Venus will be very close, forming a thin triangle with the bright red star Antares. Jupiter is high in the western evening sky above the constellation of the scorpion, the next brightest object in the sky after Venus. On Tuesday 4 November 4 the waxing Moon will be close to Jupiter. Saturn can be seen low in the north-eastern morning sky just before dawn.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/1764/0/
== STARSTUFF PODCAST: INDIA LIFTS OFF TO THE MOON ==
Stuart Gary takes to the heavens with India's first lunar mission; another successful Soyuz flight; space elevators turning science fiction into fact; and Britain opens some of its 'X Files'.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/4567/0/
== ABC HEALTH & WELLBEING == http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/1765/0/
== YOUR STORIES: DIAGNOSING TYPE 1.5 DIABETES ==
Caraline McLeod wasn't the only one surprised by tests confirming she had an uncommon type of diabetes she'd read about on the internet.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5726/0/
== CATAPULT == http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/2337/0/
== FEATURE: THE ROBOTS ARE COMING ==
Sci-fi is now reality. Robots are creeping into every aspect of our lives. But what will they look like?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5786/0/
== TRANSCRIPTS NOW ONLINE ==
THE TUBERCULOSIS RESURGENCE (Catalyst: 23/10/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5759/0/
DR ANGELA MOLE'S SECRET WORLD OF PLANTS (Catalyst: 23/10/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5787/0/
ATTACK OF THE HEAVY METAL INVADERS (Catalyst: 23/10/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5788/0/
THE ULTIMATE MAMMAL FAMILY TREE (Catalyst: 23/10/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5789/0/
PHIL LONG (In Conversation: 23/10/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5790/0/
APPOINTMENT OF THE FIRST NSW CHIEF SCIENTIST (Science Show: 25/10/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5791/0/
ANGELA MOLES – TALL POPPY (Science Show: 25/10/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5792/0/
EUKARYOTES AND CYANOBACTERIA THOUGHT TO APPEAR LATER (Science Show: 25/10/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5793/0/
NEW RECORD FOR SILICON SOLAR CELL ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY TO UNSW MARTIN GREEN (Science Show: 25/10/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5794/0/
WOMEN TAKE TOP SCIENCE POSTS (Science Show: 25/10/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5795/0/
PILL REPLACES INJECTIONS FOR MONOGENIC DIABETES (Science Show: 25/10/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5758/0/
CANNABIS RECEPTORS FOR STROKE TREATMENT (Science Show: 25/10/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5757/0/
LONDON'S SCIENCE MUSEUM (Science Show: 25/10/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5796/0/
KARL POPPER AND THE LOGIC OF THE MARKET (Philosophers Zone: 25/10/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5797/0/
LATENT AUTOIMMUNE DIABETES OF ADULTHOOD (LADA) (Health Report: 27/10/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5727/0/
ASPIRIN FOR THE PREVENTION OF HEART ATTACKS (Health Report: 27/10/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5754/0/
BRAIN ACTIVITY AND INSOMNIA (Health Report: 27/10/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5756/0/
THE SECRET LIFE OF BACTERIA - SMALL, SMART AND THOUGHTFUL! (All in the Mind: 25/10/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5673/0/
UNDER THE HAMMER (Ockham's Razor: 26/10/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5798/0/
== COMING UP ON ABC RADIO == http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/1773/0/
THE SCIENCE SHOW - Bad science, vaccines and Tony Blair
Saturday 1 November, 12.05pm & Monday 3 November, 7.05pm RN
Dr Ben Goldacre's regular column in Britain's Guardian newspaper specialises in outing bad science. Now there is a book, released in Australia this week, of these sometimes shocking disclosures. Our case study on The Science Show is of the MMR vaccine, linked notoriously by a Dr Andrew Wakefield to autism. But it wasn't the paper he published making such a claim that set off the panic, it was the response by the Blair Family of Downing Street. Why?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/902/0/
ALL IN THE MIND - Future mind: Are computers radically changing the way we think?
Saturday 1 November, 1.05pm & Monday 3 November, 1.05pm RN
We live in a world mediated by flickering screens. But do 'people of the screen' think fundamentally differently to 'people of the book'? What will the brain look like in generations to come? Neuroscientist Susan Greenfield paints an apocalyptic vision of an identity lost and cognition fundamentally compromised, forever stuck in the sensory chaos of early childhood.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/903/0/
OCKHAM'S RAZOR - Aboriginal health
Sunday 2 November, 8.45am RN
Health director of the Jimmy Little Foundation and filmmaker Don Palmer tells us that kidney disease amongst Aboriginal people in Central Australia runs somewhere between 30 to 50 times the national average. Nearly 200 people are stuck on dialysis in this area alone and there are 200 more identified as pre-dialysis. The Pintupi people created art works that raised over a million dollars, so they now have a dialysis machine of their own which does away with the need to travel vast distances for treatment.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/910/0/
INNOVATIONS
Sunday 2 November (0830hrs UT), Monday 3 November (1330 & 1705hrs UT), Wednesday 5 November (0430hrs UT), Radio Australia
A new solar cell lights the way to affordable solar power; why sharks are the new frontier of medical research and facing the challenge to avert a food supply crisis.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/1775/0/
THE HEALTH REPORT - Public release of health care performance
Monday 3 November, 8.30am & 8.05pm RN
It has been suggested that publicly releasing performance results in the health care sector may influence and improve the quality of care in hospitals and other health care organisations. According to new studies the public release of performance data stimulates change in hospitals, but some quality deficits remain.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/920/0/
IN CONVERSATION - Here comes the sun
Thursday 6 November, 7.35pm RN
Our first NSW Scientist of the Year is Professor Martin Green, formerly of Queensland, now at the University of NSW. He has held the world record for the performance of photovoltaic cells for some years. Now his lead has been substantially increased. But why has this brilliant research often struggled for support? And what is the potential of the solar alternative to replace oil?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/1468/0/
== HIGHLIGHTS ON ABC TV == http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/1773/0/
TREK: SPY ON THE WILDEBEEST - THE JOURNEY
ABC1, 7:30pm Sunday, 2 November 2008
Through the use of stealth-cam, cameras built inside capsules resembling everything from crocodiles and hippos to mud piles and dragonflies, the magnificent journey of more than a million wildebeest across Tanzania's Serengeti Plain has been captured like never before. The migration is the largest of land animals on the planet and the perils on the 3000km round trip, which the wildebeest take annually for food and water, are numerous. By land and across water, their lives are in constant danger from cheetahs, lions, hyenas and crocodiles, as well as nature's most gruelling physical challenges.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5799/0/
THE HOBBIT ENIGMA
ABC1, 8:30pm Tuesday, 4 November 2008
The Hobbit Enigma examines one of the greatest controversies in science today. Just what did scientists really find when they uncovered the tiny, human-like skeleton of a strange creature on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003?
Are the bones a previously unknown and bizarre primitive species of human? How could the hobbits survive for so long and until so recently? Who were its ancestors? Is it possible that human origins are to be found in Asia, not Africa? The Hobbit Enigma forces us to ask the most difficult question of all - what does it mean to be human?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/5800/0/
CATALYST
ABC1, 8:00pm Thursday, 6 November 2008
A natural history special: the rapid decline of reef fish stocks in Asia; the secret life of Australia's ladybeetles; and some surprising facts about seahorses.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/301303/686964/4511/0/
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