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HAPPY NEW YEAR from ABC Science Online. This is our first issue of Science Updates for 2009.
== LAST CHANCE TO ENTER OUR WATER IN NATURE COMPETITION ==
Summer is a great time to think about how water – or lack of it – affects our lives. Send us your photos of water in nature and you could win a $100 ABC Shop gift voucher! But hurry as entries close 5pm AEST Friday, 23 January.
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== FEATURE FROM THE VAULT: SHARK NETS ==
Shark nets have been protecting beach-goers for nearly 70 years but they catch more than just sharks. So should the nets be removed?
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== TOP STORIES FROM NEWS IN SCIENCE == http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/1759/0/
SUMMER SPRINGS SOONER: STUDY
If you're enjoying the recent rush of hot weather, be prepared for some bad news - summer is ending early.
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GALILEO DNA TO SOLVE ASTRONOMICAL RIDDLE
Italian scientists are hoping to extract Galileo's DNA to determine how the astronomer forged groundbreaking theories on the universe while gradually becoming blind.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/7112/0/
FOSSIL REPTILE REMAINS KEEP NZ AFLOAT
The discovery of fossilised remains of a lizard-like reptile in New Zealand has raised doubts over whether Australia's neighbour was fully submerged several million years ago.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/7113/0/
NATURE'S CURVY SECRETS REVEALED
Inorganic crystals can form voluptuous curves to match any created by living organisms, according to a new study, which casts doubt on current dating methods for the earliest life forms.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/7114/0/
== ABC GREEN AT WORK == http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/2581/0/
== GREEN GURU: SHOULD I PAINT MY ROOF WHITE? ==
Changing the colour of your roof can help to beat the summer heat.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/7115/0/
== IN THE SKY THIS SUMMER ==
The new Moon is Australia Day, Monday January 26. There is a partial eclipse that can be seen from Central and Western Australia, with the best views from the Northern Territory. The sun is only partially covered, with the maximum extent being 40 per cent of the Sun's disc covered as seen from Darwin. Remember, NEVER look directly at the Sun, and only use safe solar projection techniques (such as pinholes NEVER use exposed film or smoked glass) to view the eclipse. Venus is easily recognized as the brightest object in the western evening sky. This week is the last time you can see the variable star Algol increase in brightness for many months. Algol will be at its dimmest at 9:30pm on Wednesday January 28, and will brighten over the evening. Saturn is now rising well before midnight and can be easily seen as the second brightest object above the north-eastern horizon almost midway between the bright stars Regulus and Spica.
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== STARSTUFF PODCAST: GREAT GALACTIC RIDDLE SOLVED ==
Galaxy formation question answered; new launch date for final Hubble Service mission; and StarStuff welcomes in the International Year of Astronomy.
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== ABC HEALTH & WELLBEING == http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/1765/0/
== YOUR STORY: THE YEAR MY LEG BROKE ==
Alice Wylie discovered having a broken leg isn't as trivial as you may think, especially if you live alone.
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== TRANSCRIPTS NOW ONLINE ==
JOHN HARVEY (In Conversation: 25/12/2008)
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TRUMPETING MATHS AND SCIENCE (In Conversation: 08/01/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/7118/0/
MEET THE NAKED SCIENTIST (In Conversation: 15/01/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/7119/0/
DISABLING STOLEN CREDIT CARDS (Science Show: 20/12/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/7120/0/
STEVEN CHU ENERGY SECRETARY FOR OBAMA (Science Show: 20/12/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/7121/0/
LEAP SECOND (Science Show: 20/12/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/7122/0/
FISH AT LONDON'S NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM (Science Show: 20/12/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/7123/0/
REGULATING GENES AND NEURONS IN BRAINS (Science Show: 20/12/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/7124/0/
LOOKING TO 2009 AND 2010 (Science Show: 20/12/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/7125/0/
MURRAY DARLING WATER FORUM (Science Show: 27/12/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/7126/0/
THE ASTONISHING DR JOSEPH NEEDHAM - PART 3 OF 3 (Science Show: 17/01/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/7127/0/
RESILIENT CITIES AND THE CRASH (Ockham's Razor: 21/12/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/7128/0/
WILLIAM OF OCKHAM AND THE BLACK DEATH (Ockham's Razor: 28/12/2008)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/7129/0/
LAMARCK'S EVOLUTION (Ockham's Razor: 04/01/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/7130/0/
CHARLES DARWIN IN AUSTRALIA (Ockham's Razor: 11/01/2009)
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NURSING IN AUSTRALIA AND THE UK (Ockham's Razor: 18/01/2009)
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== COMING UP ON ABC RADIO == http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/1773/0/
THE SCIENCE SHOW - One laptop per child
Saturday 24 January, 12.05pm & Monday 26 January, 7.05pm RN
This lecture by Nick Negroponte in Boston tells how the ambitious project was achieved, how skepticism of the IT industry was dealt with, and how laptops kids could run and repair in villages were manufactured. Does the scheme have relevance for Australia?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/902/0/
ALL IN THE MIND - Poetic Science: bodies, brains and the art of experimentation
Saturday 24 January, 1.05pm & Monday 26 January, 1.05pm RN
Meet polymath Ian Gibbins - neuroscientist, anatomist and university professor by day; poet, performer and composer by night. In a unique audio portrait, All in the Mind takes you inside all of his worlds; contemplating cadavers, nerve cells and the creative arts.
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OCKHAM'S RAZOR - A piece of my mind
Sunday 25 January, 8.45am RN
Professor Alan Baxter, an immunologist at James Cook University, talks about the history of neurological complications of viral diseases that could affect the brain and spinal cord, and the history of rabies vaccinations. Louis Pasteur's vaccine for rabies was first used clinically in 1885 and while there were no reported complications in the first two years of treatment, problems with the vaccinations appeared after that time.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/910/0/
THE HEALTH REPORT - Appetite control
Monday 26 January, 8.30am & 8.05pm RN
Dr Maribel Rios, a neuroscientist at Tufts University's School of Medicine in Boston, talks about how appetite control works in the brain and Professor Harvey Anderson from the University of Toronto, School of Medicine, talks about satiety - the feeling that we've had enough to eat, which is affected by a large number of factors.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/920/0/
INNOVATIONS
Sunday 25 January (0830hrs UT), Monday 26 January (1330 & 1705hrs UT), Wednesday 28 January (0430hrs UT), Radio Australia
We take a look at some internet cool tools this week. You want to find that piece of music? Then just sing to your computer. There's an online quiz that calculates a woman's risk of breast cancer and, we meet MARVIN as he goes worldwide. It's a free computer animation avatar which revolutionises the way education messages are delivered.
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== HIGHLIGHTS ON ABC TV == http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/1773/0/
EVEREST ER
ABC1 8:00pm Thursday, 29 January 2009
At Everest Base Camp, a UK scout pays a painful price for reaching the top, and three climbers set off for a record-breaking second summit in seven days. With Base Camp melting and the monsoon approaching, is there still time to risk a final push to the top?
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FLOUR, SUGAR AND TEA
ABC1 9:30pm Thursday, 29 January 2009
In Australia, the average life expectancy for Indigenous men is 59. For non-Indigenous men it is 77. As Prime Minister Kevin Rudd vows to close the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal writer/director, Lee Willis, speaks to the former Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough; the Country Women's Association; his local GP, and ordinary Aboriginal people to find out what caused the gap and what can be done to close it.
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WAGGING SCHOOL
ABC2, 6:00pm Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Train your dog to be well-behaved - in just five minutes a day! Chrissie, the dog expert, shows you how on Wagging School.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/6206/0/
EATAHOLICS – ADDICTED TO BREAD
ABC2, 8:30pm Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Nutritionist Natalie Savona and clinical psychologist Stephen Briers try to help people whose food addictions are taking over their lives, damaging their relationships and threatening their health.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/7135/0/
AMERICA'S FATTEST CITY
ABC2, 9:30pm Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Everything's bigger in Texas, including the people. Obesity has become public enemy number one, and for a number of years, Houston has been named and shamed as America's fattest city.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/376580/686964/7136/0/
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