Science Updates is a weekly email alert from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
== INDEPTH: SPECIES ON THE MOVE ==
Moving vulnerable species to cooler climates in advance of climate change is a controversial strategy, but could it be the best way of ensuring their survival?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9922/0/
== CLASSIC DR KARL: BEATEN EGG'S PROOF IN THE PUDDING ==
To achieve a perfect pavlova, certain ingredients need vigorous beating. But to really reach its peak, Dr Karl thinks you should use a bit of copper.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9923/0/
See the last photos from Dr Karl's trek through Spain and follow him on Twitter: http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9081/0/
== SCIENCE ON TRIPLEJ: YOUR PLASTIC BRAIN WITH BERNIE HOBBS AND DR NORMAN DOIDGE ==
What is neuroplasticity? And: how does the brain repair itself after stroke?; what neuroplasticity tells us about our sexual tastes; and so much more.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9919/0/
== TOP STORIES FROM NEWS IN SCIENCE == http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/1759/0/
PHASES REVEAL GLOWING EXOPLANET
Four centuries after Galileo first observed the changing phases of Venus, astronomers have captured the phases of a planet outside our solar system.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9924/0/
INDIGENOUS HEALTH LINKED TO LAND CARE
Indigenous Australians who are involved in caring for the land increase their likelihood of being healthy and happy, a new study suggests.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9900/0/
COCKER SPANIEL WORLD'S MEANEST DOG
A floppy-eared, innocent-looking breed may be one of the world's most aggressive dogs, according to a new study.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9925/0/
WHEN SAVING WATER COSTS ENERGY
Rainwater tanks can save a lot of water, but preliminary Australian research warns pumping water from them can be energy intensive.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9926/0/
== IN THE SKY THIS WEEK ==
The first quarter Moon is Sunday May 31. This is a 'blue' first quarter Moon, the second first quarter Moon in a month (the first was on May 2). Saturn is visible in the early evening and can be easily seen as the second brightest object above the northern horizon. It is about a quarter of the way between the bright stars Regulus and Spica, and on Sunday May 31 the 'blue' first quarter Moon joins it. Saturn's rings are edge on, which will not occur again for another 14 years. Jupiter can be seen around midnight just clearing the horizon, but is best seen in the morning with the other bright planets (Venus, Mars and Mercury). If you are an early morning riser with a small telescope, Jupiter's moons are readily visible and Venus is nearly in its 'first quarter' phase. Red Mars is clearly visible below Venus and they draw together during the week. Mercury joins the morning line up just above the eastern horizon in the twilight.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/1764/0/
== STARSTUFF PODCAST: DID ASTEROIDS HELP LIFE FORM ON EARTH? ==
New study suggests asteroids helped life develop on Earth; Herschel and Planck telescopes launched to search depths of space-time; and the final mission to the Hubble Telescope.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/4567/0/
== ABC HEALTH & WELLBEING == http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/1765/0/
== HEALTHY LIVING VIDEO: THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE ==
Too much sun is a health hazard but so is too little. How much is 'just right'?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9889/0/
== CATAPULT == http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/2337/0/
== YOUNG GUNS: DON'T SWEAT IT! ==
Aimee Gullotto has invented a disposable underarm sweat liner. Listen to the Catapult Young Guns podcast to find out how she turned the solution to an embarrassing problem into a successful business.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9927/0/
== TRANSCRIPTS NOW ONLINE ==
CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE (Future Tense: 21/05/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9928/0/
FAKING IT (Future Tense: 21/05/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9929/0/
BODY IDENTITY (Catalyst: 21/05/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9913/0/
SPORTS MOTION (Catalyst: 21/05/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9930/0/
ROBOT BIOMIMICRY (Catalyst: 21/05/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9931/0/
ANTIDEPRESSANTS, PLACEBO AND MEDICALISING MOOD (All In The Mind: 23/05/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9912/0/
CARS - THE CRUNCH! PART 3 (Science Show: 23/05/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9932/0/
KEW GARDENS HERBARIUM (Science Show: 23/05/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9933/0/
PLANT CHEMISTRY AND INTERACTION IN ECOLOGY (Science Show: 23/05/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9934/0/
KEW GARDENS' BOTANICAL GALLERY (Science Show: 23/05/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9935/0/
CONSERVING SEEDS OF AGRICULTURAL CROPS (Science Show: 23/05/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9936/0/
THE ENEMY IN THE NET (Background Briefing: 24/05/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9937/0/
THE TRIGGER FOR THE CLATHRATE GUN (Ockham's Razor: 24/05/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9938/0/
THE RELIABILITY OF LABORATORY TEST RESULTS (Health Report: 25/05/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9909/0/
RELIGIOUS DOCTORS (Health Report: 25/05/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9908/0/
== COMING UP ON ABC RADIO ==
BUSH TELEGRAPH – Whalesharks
Friday 29 May, 11am RN
WA-based ecologists are using face-recognition software to determine the size of the global whale shark population. They have some good news about numbers in the Ningaloo Marine Park in WA.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/243/0/
THE SCIENCE SHOW - Why is moon dust sticky?
Saturday 30 May, 12.05pm & Monday 1 June, 7.05pm RN
In this week's Science Show we find Australia's chief scientist Dr Penny Sackett on top of a 13 storey leaning tower dropping off balloons full of water in memory of Galileo and space scientist Dr Brian O'Brien explaining why moon dust is sticky. Problems of dust on the moon nearly jeopardised the Apollo 11 landing 40 years ago and may threaten astronauts in the future.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/902/0/
ALL IN THE MIND - Child soldiers: The art of healing
Saturday 30 May, 1.05pm & Monday 1 June, 1.05pm RN
Born into the bloody horror of war, Sudanese rap artist Emmanuel Jal was nine when he was recruited into the Sudanese Peoples' Liberation Army as a child soldier. Incredibly he survived, and his music now reaches a generation of lost boys. Also, a remarkable dance and movement therapist helping former child soldiers in Sierra Leone express and heal the traumas of their psyches through their bodies.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/903/0/
OCKHAM'S RAZOR - Science and Christianity - hand in glove
Sunday 31 May, 8.45am RN
Today we hear from antique dealer Bill Hall who has contributed many Ockham's over the years on 'collectables'. Bill died earlier this month and in this talk recorded not long ago he discusses how science and Christianity can complement each other. Having trained as a scientist and living as a Christian he thanks God for the scientific ways of thinking and doing which have enabled him to accept that the Christian faith is reasonable, logical and sensible.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/910/0/
SUNDAY PROFILE - Stephen Wolfram
Sunday 31 May, 1pm RN
It was easy to miss, but last week a brilliant computational database was launched and misunderstood by computer users around the world. 'Wolfram Alpha' is a vast, long-term project developed by Stephen Wolfram, a British born physicist and computational genius. So if Wolfram Alpha is not a search engine, what is it and who is Stephen Wolfram?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/7247/0/
THE HEALTH REPORT - Treatment for high blood pressure
Monday 1 June, 8.30am RN
On this week's program: using radio waves to treat people with hard-to-treat high blood pressure. No, they don't play Radio National to patients - although we're sure that'd work just as well. Find what really happened in this Melbourne-based study.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/920/0/
FUTURE TENSE - Tech for development
Thursday 4 June, 8.30am & Friday 5 June, 12.30am RN
We look at some of the ways in which technology is being used in the developing world to build a more economically and socially prosperous future for people.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/7172/0/
INNOVATIONS
Sunday 31 May (0830hrs UT), Monday 1 June (1330 & 1705hrs UT), Wednesday 3 June (0430hrs UT), Radio Australia
Technology to turn almost any helicopter into an aerial firefighting bomber; we track some South Australian grain all the way to a sandwich shop in the subcontinent, and a breakthrough in Hepatitis C treatment.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/1775/0/
== HIGHLIGHTS ON ABC TV ==
DOCTOR WHO: PLANET OF THE DEAD
ABC1, 7:30pm Sunday, 31 May 2009
When a London bus takes a detour to an alien world, the Doctor must join forces with the extraordinary Lady Christina. But the mysterious planet holds terrifying secrets, hidden in the sand. And time is running out, as the deadly Swarm gets closer...
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9939/0/
MAKE ME NORMAL
ABC1, 11:35pm Monday, 1 June 2009
Four of the most able students at Spa School take us on a moving journey into their world to show us what it's like to grow up with autism.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9940/0/
THE NEW INVENTORS
ABC1, 8:00pm Wednesday, 3 June 2009 & ABC2, 4:30pm Friday 5 June 2009
Featuring new ideas on how to be an environmentalist to the end; simulate surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding from the comfort of your own home; and leave dust particles in the bin, not in your lungs.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/1151/0/
CATALYST
ABC1, 8:00pm Thursday, 4 June 2009 & ABC2, 5:30pm Friday, 5 June 2009
Uncovering the ancient Inca roads of South America; Australia's clandestine conservationist – the dingo!; and Gouldian finches choosing the sex of their chicks.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/834/0/
I'M A BOY ANOREXIC
ABC2, 8:30pm Wednesday, 03 June 2009
Though anorexia is usually thought of as a young girl's problem, one in ten sufferers are boys. This sensitive observational documentary follows the struggle of three young lads attempting to overcome this life-threatening eating disorder at Rhodes Farm, a specialist clinic in London, England.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9917/0/
OVER MY DEAD BODY
ABC2, 10:20pm Wednesday, 3 June 2009
Takes an unflinching look at the human tissue trade in Australia, its commercialisation and the future of the supply chain.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/480109/686964/9941/0/
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