Science Updates is a weekly email alert from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
== INDEPTH: AUSTRALIA'S BATTLE WITH THE BUNNY==
They may look cute and cuddly but rabbits have been a persistent pest in Australia for 150 years. So are we any closer to eradicating this ecological nightmare?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8778/0/
COMING UP: THE EASTER BUNNY'S ANCIENT ANCESTOR (The Science Show 11/04/2009)
Listen to the Science Show 12.05pm Saturday as Robyn Williams look for the original Archeobunny. The Gobi Desert, 50 million years ago seems an unlikely home for the Easter Bunny's ancient ancestor but that's where the evidence points.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/902/0/
== DR KARL: CALORIE-FREE VODKA CLAIM SOBERED BY FACTS ==
Have you heard enough about the evils of alcohol? Dr Karl has something to say that may tip the scales for you.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8779/0/
Follow Dr Karl on Twitter: http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/7715/0/
== VIDEO: ACE DAY JOBS: PARAMEDIC AMBULANCE OFFICER ==
Kirk Briggs rides a motorbike during work hours, and helps everyone from the elderly to the injured and the drunk in his job as a paramedic. Watch Ace Day Jobs to see how saving a life is just part of the job.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8780/0/
== TOP STORIES FROM NEWS IN SCIENCE == http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/1759/0/
STALAGMITES REVEAL RAPID SEA LEVEL CHANGE
Ancient stalagmites from a submerged Italian cave have revealed sea level rises caused by global warming more than 200,000 years ago, according to a joint European-Australian study.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8781/0/
HOW SCRATCHING HITS THE SPOT
Scratching an itchy spot turns off a switch in the spinal cord, says US researchers, in a finding they think could lead to better treatments for itching disorders
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8782/0/
SUNSPOT ACTIVITY HITS A NEW LOW
Solar observers are keeping a close eye on the sun as it experiences its quietest period in more than a century.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8783/0/
OESTROGEN BOOSTS FAT STORES IN WOMAN
The female sex hormone oestrogen may reduce a woman's ability to burn fat after eating, a review of research suggests.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8784/0/
== IN THE SKY THIS WEEK ==
The full Moon is Friday April 10. On Monday April 13 the Moon is very close to the bright red star Antares. Saturn is still excellent viewing and can be easily seen as the second brightest object above the north-eastern horizon. It is about a third of the way between the bright stars Regulus and Spica, just near the star beta Leonis. Saturn's rings are edge on, which will not occur again for another 14 years. Jupiter dominates the early morning, with Mars and Venus below it. Venus rapidly rises towards Mars as the week progresses. If you are an early riser, with a small telescope or a set of good quality binoculars Jupiter's moons are readily visible, and you can also see Venus as a dramatic crescent.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/1764/0/
== STARSTUFF PODCAST: THREAT OR FLOP: NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES MISSILE==
North Korea launches its Taepodong II missile; a new clue in the search for dark matter; and the possible discovery of mud volcanoes on Mars
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/4567/0/
== ABC HEALTH & WELLBEING == http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/1765/0/
== FACT FILE: CONSTIPATION==
Constipation is a common and uncomfortable health complaint, and while it's usually not serious, it can be hard to treat.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8785/0/
== CATAPULT == http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/2337/0/
== YOUNG GUNS: SUBSCRIBE TO FASHION ==
Libby Lombardo helps t-shirt lovers subscribe to fashion. Listen to her story to find out how people from Norway to New York are wearing her designs.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8786/0/
== TRANSCRIPTS NOW ONLINE ==
NOT CHEAP, JUST FRUGAL! (Future Tense: 02/04/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8787/0/
WHEN THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE THE PAST (Future Tense: 02/04/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8788/0/
MONKEY MALARIA (Catalyst: 02/04/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8789/0/
BUBBLE MINING (Catalyst: 02/04/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8790/0/
ELEPHANTS (Catalyst: 02/04/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8791/0/
AUSTRALIA'S STAR-GAZING CHIEF SCIENTIST (The National Interest: 03/04/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8792/0/
FORMER MINING EXEC TAKES ON TOP RESEARCH POST (The National Interest: 03/04/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8793/0/
THOMAS SZASZ SPEAKS (PART 1 OF 2) (All In The Mind: 04/04/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8794/0/
METEORITE FRAGMENTS TRACED TO OBSERVABLE ASTEROID BEFORE IMPACT (Science Show: 04/04/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8795/0/
MECHANICS OF BODY PROCESSES (Science Show: 04/04/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8796/0/
VIRTUAL REALITY SMELLS (Science Show: 04/04/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8797/0/
VITAMIN C MAY HELP BEAT CANCER (Science Show: 04/04/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8798/0/
IMPLICATIONS OF LIFE BEYOND EARTH (Science Show: 04/04/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8799/0/
GINGIN OBSERVATORY AND GRAVITY DISCOVERY CENTRE (Science Show: 04/04/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8800/0/
KOALA (Ockham's Razor: 05/04/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8801/0/
EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE (Health Report: 06/04/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8802/0/
== COMING UP ON ABC RADIO ==
BUSH TELEGRAPH - Bilby patent
Friday 10 April, 11am
When we munch on our chocolate bilbies this Easter, will some of the purchase price be going towards conservation efforts for this endangered bandicoot? That was the original intention but one company isn't playing ball.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/243/0/
COUNTERPOINT - Jim Franklin
Friday 10 April, 1pm RN
Jim Franklin takes us through the bizarre world of pre-crash investment banking and "the mathematical formula that wrecked Wall Street".
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/3532/0/
THE SCIENCE SHOW - The Easter Bunny's ancient ancestor
Saturday 11 April, 12.05pm & Monday 13 April, 7.05pm RN
Where would you look for the original Archeobunny? The Gobi Desert, 50 million years ago seems an unlikely place to look, but that's where the evidence points. We examine the bucktoothed fossil at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Also an inspection of the Zadko Telescope just opened in Gingin, WA. It looks at flashes first set off 11 billion years ago, long before the solar system existed. What made them go off?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/902/0/
ALL IN THE MIND - Thomas Szasz speaks – Part 2 of 3
Saturday 11 April, 1.05pm & Monday 13 April, 1.05pm RN
In 1961 maverick psychiatrist and libertarian Professor Thomas Szasz published his controversial and influential epic The Myth of Mental Illness. Half a century later he maintains we live in a therapeutic state - a 'pharmacracy' - and that psychiatry is a "pseudoscientific racket". On the eve of his 89th birthday he joins Natasha Mitchell in conversation.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/903/0/
ENCOUNTER - Modelling the origin of time: Science and religion at 'the horizon of mystery'
Sunday 12 April 7.10am & Wednesday 15 April 7pm RN
Does science make belief in God obsolete? Cosmologist and mathematician Michal Heller and astronomer Guy Consolmagno propose some answers.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/909/0/
OCKHAM'S RAZOR - Literary prediction
Sunday 12 April, 8.45am RN
Lapsed physicist Janice McAdam from NSW delves into the genre of science fiction as a prediction into the future. Jules Verne, H G Wells, Aldous Huxley to name a few, wrote their short stories and novels anticipating the future as did some of the early TV series. So today's program looks to what extent so many of these literary predictions have become a reality.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/910/0/
HINDSIGHT - In the tracks of Goyder
Sunday 12 April 2pm, & Thursday 16 April 1pm RN
The Goyder Line is a South Australian icon, which runs from the edge of the Nullarbor to the Victorian border, is a natural boundary that marks the limits of sustainable agriculture.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/914/0/
THE HEALTH REPORT - Stroke treatment being blocked
Monday 13 April, 8.30am & 8.05pm RN
In this program we talk about what some people are calling a national scandal which is leaving thousands of Australians with brain damage that could have been prevented.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/920/0/
INNOVATIONS
Sunday 12 April (0830hrs UT), Monday 13 April (1330 & 1705hrs UT), Wednesday 15 April (0430hrs UT), Radio Australia
A tool to keep the brute force hacker out of your sensitive internet documents; and a world first for wordsmiths where stories are available for creative appropriation by others.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/1775/0/
FUTURE TENSE - 'Read all about it'
Thursday 16 April, 8.30am & Friday 17 April, 12.30am RN
The future of the news media. We leave the gloom aside and concentrate on potential new ways of funding and providing news.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/7172/0/
== HIGHLIGHTS ON ABC TV ==
THE NEW INVENTORS
ABC1, 8.00pm Wednesday, 15 April 2009
On the show this week an interchangeable surfboard ready for any occasion, an easier way of clearing leaf litter from country roads and a way to make your morning coffee better than ever.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/1151/0/
SOLO
ABC1, 8.30pm Thursday, 16 April 2009
On January 11, 2007, seasoned adventurer 39-year-old Andrew McAuley sets out on his quest to become the first person to kayak from Australia to New Zealand across 1600 kilometres of one of the wildest and loneliest expanses of ocean on Earth: the Southern Ocean stretch of the Tasman Sea below the 40th parallel. Solo is an incredible story of adventure. It is a portrait of a complex man and his attempt to conquer the impossible. It is also a moving tragedy that questions and examines the extreme risk some adventurers are driven to pursue.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8803/0/
CATALYST
ABC1, 8:00pm Thursday, 16 April 2009 & ABC2, 5:30pm Friday, 17 April 2009
Virtual Reality – helping soldiers overcome Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; is mankind the greatest enemy of sea turtles?; and genetically modified bananas; could they prevent third world malnutrition?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/834/0/
MEDICINE MEN GO WILD - THE HEALTHIEST HEARTS
ABC2, 8:30pm Wednesday, 15 Apr 2009
Two young British doctors who happen to be identical twins immerse themselves in cultures in the most extreme places on earth to explore traditional healing methods.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/440789/686964/8804/0/
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