Science Updates is a weekly email alert from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
== ASK AN EXPERT: WHY ARE DOGS SUCH TOP SMELLERS? ==
What makes dogs' noses and their sense of smell so powerful?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10748/0/
== HOT TAG OF THE WEEK: CLIMATE CHANGE ==
Are we losing the lungs of the ocean? Australian scientists predict a dire future for some food crops with rising carbon dioxide levels, and how vegetation once saved the world from an icy end. Read all about it on our climate change tag page.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10749/0/
== PHOTO COMPETITION DEADLINE EXTENDED ==
We've extended the deadline so you've now got an extra week to enter our photo competition celebrating nearly forty years since humans first walked on the moon. Send us your photos reflecting on the moon and you could win a $100 ABC Shop gift voucher!
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10119/0/
== DR KARL: MILITARY MYTH PUTS LEAD IN BROMIDE'S PENCIL ==
You'd have noticed that keeping the lid on the libido of some adult male sporting teams has proved difficult. Dr Karl has been up to the barracks to examine the use of the stuff that's rumoured to control soldiers.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10743/0/
Follow Dr Karl on Twitter: http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10121/0/
== DR KARL ON TRIPLEJ: MEN, MOBILES AND MIN MIN LIGHTS ==
Will humans need to become mechanised? And myths about men, mobiles and Min Min lights.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10750/0/
== VIDEO: ACE DAY JOBS: RESEARCH CONSULTANT ==
Aimee Whiting researches how people think, feel or behave to help clients make informed decisions about products or policies. Watch Ace Day Jobs to find out how she found such a varied career.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10751/0/
== TOP STORIES FROM NEWS IN SCIENCE == http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/1759/0/
DAILY SEX REDUCES DAMAGED SPERM
Men trying to conceive with their partner should have sex every day to improve the quality of their sperm, according to new research.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10721/0/
ANCIENT DNA REVEALS MOA'S TRUE COLOURS
The plumage of extinct New Zealand moa birds is being reconstructed with the help of DNA from ancient feathers.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10752/0/
EARTH APPEARS AS A PALE RED DOT
Scientists looking for Earth-like planets in distant solar systems might find it more productive to focus on pale red dots, rather than blue ones.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10753/0/
'MINICELLS' BREAK DOWN CANCER RESISTANCE
Australian researchers have developed a new technique that could prevent resistance in cancer cells.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10729/0/
== IN THE SKY THIS WEEK ==
The full Moon is Tuesday July 7. On Saturday July 4 the Moon is very close to the bright red star Antares. Saturn is visible in the early evening and can be easily seen as the second brightest object above the north-eastern horizon. It is about a quarter of the way between the bright stars Regulus and Spica. Jupiter can be seen just above the horizon before 10pm local time but is still best seen in the morning with the other bright planets, Venus and Mars. Mars and Venus continue to draw apart during the week. Mercury is now lost to view, and will reappear in the evening later this month. If you are an early morning riser with a small telescope or binoculars, Jupiter's moons are readily visible and Venus is in its 'waxing Moon' phase.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/1764/0/
== STARSTUFF PODCAST: SPACECRAFT CASSINI DETECTS 'BRINY' OCEANS ON ENCELADUS ==
Sub-surface water discovered on Saturn moon; astronomers review theories of stellar evolution; and Europe looks at plans to replace the Ariane 5 rocket.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/4567/0/
== ABC HEALTH & WELLBEING == http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/1765/0/
== FACT BUSTER: WILL GOOD QUALITY RUNNING SHOES HELP PREVENT INJURIES? ==
Can the type of shoe you wear while you're running affect your risk of injury? Can shoes really be considered safety devices?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10708/0/
== TRANSCRIPTS NOW ONLINE ==
THE TECHNOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGIST (Future Tense: 25/06/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10754/0/
THE NEO-LUDDITE (Future Tense: 25/06/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10755/0/
THE RESEARCH PROFESSOR (Future Tense: 25/06/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10756/0/
STEM CELLS REPAIR (Catalyst: 25/06/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10744/0/
STEM CELLS IN THE BRAIN (Catalyst: 25/06/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10757/0/
WHAT IS A STEM CELL? (Catalyst: 25/06/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10758/0/
LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD: PARENTING AN AUTISTIC CHILD (All In The Mind: 27/06/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10742/0/
IS PHILOSOPHY IRRELEVANT TO SCIENCE? (Philosophers Zone: 27/06/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10759/0/
MUSIC AND THE COSMOS (Science Show: 27/06/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10760/0/
AUSTRALIA'S OCEAN TERRITORY (Background Briefing: 28/06/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10761/0/
BODY INTEGRITY IDENTITY DISORDER (Ockham's Razor: 28/06/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10741/0/
PANCREATIC CANCER (Health Report: 29/06/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10739/0/
BRAIN CANCER (Health Report: 29/06/2009)
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10738/0/
== COMING UP ON ABC RADIO ==
COUNTERPOINT - Climate change: are we any wiser?
Friday 3 July, 1pm RN
After Senators Wong and Fielding debated climate change are we any the wiser? Geoscientist Michael Asten offers his assessment of their arguments.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/3532/0/
THE SCIENCE SHOW - The possibility of life beyond Earth
Saturday 4 July, 12.05pm & Monday 6 July, 7.05pm RN
Is the Earth uniquely built for life? Could it arise elsewhere? And what about the life of galaxies? Our galaxy the Milky Way is currently eating its way through two smaller ones! This week we hear what happens when galaxies collide and also a theory behind the cause of galaxies going quiet in their old age.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/902/0/
ALL IN THE MIND - The Mind of the Composer Part 1 - Robert Schumann
Saturday 4 July, 1.05pm & Monday 6 July, 1.05pm RN
Acclaimed doctor and broadcaster Lord Robert Winston excavates the music and mind of composer Robert Schumann, to see if there was a relationship between the two. Schumann died at just 46 in a mental asylum, with speculation today that he had bipolar disorder.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/903/0/
OCKHAM'S RAZOR - The Chamberlen family - barber/doctor surgeons
Sunday 5 July, 8.45am RN
440 years ago on the 3rd July, 1569 William Chamberlen and his wife fled from religious persecution in France to Southampton in England and sailed into medical history. Today our medical historian Dr Jim Leavesley from Western Australia tells how Peter III (so named because all of the male children were called Peter) designed an instrument - the obstetrical forcep - which in principle has not altered in 400 years.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/910/0/
THE HEALTH REPORT - Alzheimer's disease and dementia
Monday 6 July, 8.30am RN
This week on the program we look at new research relating to Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago have investigated 'super' ager brains, which reveal the first secrets of sharp memory in old age.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/920/0/
FUTURE TENSE - Campaigning online
Thursday 2 July, 8.30am & Friday 3 July, 12.30am RN
We look at the future of political campaigning with Joe Trippi, widely regarded as one of the pioneers of online campaigning. We feature an edited version of a talk that he gave to the Sydney Institute earlier this year.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/7172/0/
BUSH TELEGRAPH - Sustainable living
Wednesday 8 July, 11am RN
How can agriculture continue to grow with the constraints of climate change and limited arable land?
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/243/0/
INNOVATIONS
Sunday 5 July (0830hrs UT), Monday 6 July (1330 & 1705hrs UT), Wednesday 8 July (0430hrs UT), Radio Australia
New research reaffirms kava, a medicinal plant from the South Pacific, is safe; could something as simple as Vitamin C be an easy cure for a crippling disease?; and an online golf business trying to stay out of the rough.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/1775/0/
== HIGHLIGHTS ON ABC TV ==
NATURE'S GREAT EVENTS: THE GREAT TIDE
ABC1, 7:30pm Sunday, 5 July 2009
As winter arrives along South Africa's east coast, the inshore waters cool, drawing billions of sardines northwards. The sardine run is the world's largest spectacle, attracting the planet's greatest concentration of predators in any one time - an awe-inspiring array of ocean hunters.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10762/0/
THE NEW INVENTORS
ABC1, 8:00pm Wednesday, 8 July 2009 & ABC2, 4:30pm Friday 10 July 2009
Featuring new ideas on how to produce solar power at half the cost of conventional solar technology; prevent millions of tonnes of electronic waste going to landfill; and settling any dispute with the flip of a table.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/1151/0/
CATALYST
ABC1, 8:00pm Thursday, 9 July 2009 & ABC2, 5:30pm Friday, 10 July 2009
Complex pain - when the pain doesn't go away but gets worse; and we profile the six finalists of the Eureka Prizes People's Choice Award.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/834/0/
BEN'S ZOO
ABC2, 8:00pm Wednesday, 8 July 2009
Six months after buying the zoo, Ben is still determined to transform it. A visit from the local council zoo inspector makes him realise just how tough it's going to be. Before they can even apply for a licence to re-open, there is a mountain of work to be done. All the animal enclosures need essential repairs and improvements. Fighting amongst the wolf pack has broken out and a rat infestation needs to be addressed. But it's not all doom and gloom, keeper Owen finds a mating partner for the male tragopan pheasant and love is definitely in the air.
http://abcmail.net.au/t/511900/686964/10763/0/
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