Yesterday I spoke with Richard Glover on ABC 702 Sydney about research that suggests how Moses parted the sea in Exodus 14.
According to the team at the National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the University of Colorado at Boulder, a wind of 101 kilometres per hour, blowing steadily for 12 hours, could have pushed back waters 2 metres deep.
You can read more at ABC Science Online, plus you can listen to my interview below.
Recently I spoke with Richard Glover on ABC 702 Sydney about some research into one of Australia’s greatest thoroughbred horses, Phar Lap.
Associate Professor Ivan Kempson of Taiwan’s Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica in Taipei and Dermot Henry of Museum Victoria say they have confirmed the theory that Australian racehorse legend Phar Lap was killed by arsenic poisoning. Their report appears in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
You can read more in a story by Anna Salleh at ABC Science Online, plus you can listen to my interview below.
Recently spoke with Richard Glover from ABC702 about a new piece of research that may answer this question.
It’s not 100% solved, but it does provide some intriguing clues. The key seems to be nucleation points within the water, and how they affect the freezing point.
Michael Slezak wrote up the story for ABC Science Online. Another good version appears on Wired Science.
In an article published in the journal Science, the researchers speculate that the ability to taste carbonation may have evolved as a reaction to help humans avoid foods that are going off and have begun fermenting.
They claim that sour and bitter tastes often indicate foods that should be avoided, while sweet, salty, and the savoury taste sensation called umami, are those that can be beneficial.
Read more – http://bit.ly/12Nnfr
Engineers who invented a bra that converts into a gas mask and Irish police officers who mistakenly wrote tickets to ‘Driver’s Licence’ have lead the IgNobel prizes for 2009.
I spoke to Jennifer Byrne from ABC702 about the awards.
Read more on ABC Science Online.
Each week I speak to ABC Local radio stations around the country. I regularly appear on ABC Mid-North Coast with Katya Quigley every Wednesday at 9.35 am, and each fortnight on ABC Central West with Janice McGilhrist (Monday 10.05 am now Tuesday 9:35 am) and ABC Western NSW with Dugald Saunders (Wednesday 10.35 am).
Here is a sample of what I talk about with Katya from last Wednesday.
After having dinner with PM Rudd on Thursday night, The Spindoctors decided Saturday was a good day to head out past Braidwood and check in on our cache.We left Canberra a little later than planned, and our stop in Bungendore was lengthened by a yummy sausage roll. Through Braidwood and onto Mongarlowe. Must admit we passed the turnoff and after realising that we were heading to Nerriga, turned around. Almost missed another turn in the hamlet of Budawang, but thanks to Nay’s super vision we turned onto the correct road.
Once at the parking spot, we gave Zac a bottle of milk to keep him happy, and then headed off. The day was fantastic – a little warm, but the breeze cooled us down.
A stop mid-way was interrupted by the ranger who told us that the fire tower had been vandalised last night and the communications tower for the emergency services was disconnected. Who would do such a thing? Stupid!
We continued climbing up the mountain, which was a decent slog. Finally after a little over two hours, we made it to the top. What a view! Unfortunately it was too hazy to see the ocean, but the Budawang National Park stretched out to the horizon. The castle and pigeon hut were as clear as a bell.
We placed Zac on a mat and we then all had a drink and a sandwich. I wandered off to find my cache. Man! I was evil. I think I found too many caches at the time that were like this. After ten minutes I located it, pleased that it hadn’t become geolitter (it wasn’t likely to be muggled). Unfortunately the contents of the cache had suffered from the ‘not-quite-weatherproof’ container.
I returned to find Nay and Zac fighting off a viscous army of black ants that had descended upon us. Even while I changed his nappy, they advanced upon us.
We quickly packed up, transferred the log book to the new cache container, took some pictures and then headed off to rehide the cache in an easier location.
Spotted somewhere less demanding, but still out of sight, marked the waypoint and placed the cache. As I emerged, Nay was talking to another walker. “Call of nature”, I told him.
The trip down was much easier than up and we returned to the car very satisfied to have completed our trek as a family. I was especially pleased that Nay not only made it through her first 12 km hike – up a hill and back – but did it well.
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