Discover the Great Victoria Desert in photos

If someone forwarded this newsletter to you, please subscribe. Having trouble reading this email? View it in your browser.  › News   › Dr Karl   › abc.net.au/science Find us on:   Twitter  Facebook  Names can be deceptive. Take the Great Victoria Desert for example — it's not in Victoria, and it's home to a rich tapestry of plants and animals. And this week you don't need a 4WD to see them! Take a trip along Googs Track with photos from a volunteer conservation group, Friends of the Great Victoria Desert. Also this week: discover how ancient dung heaps reveal how plant and animal life has changed in the Gibson Desert and the Pilbara over thousands of years, and why water conservation makes modern sewage systems whiffy. And finally, Dr Nicole Bell tackles a weighty question about gravitational pull. Top news stories of the week Water saving may lead to big stink Water conservation can lead to smellier sewers and more corrosion in sewer pipes, according to new research. Ancient dung heaps are genetic time capsules DNA extract from ancient latrines has "opened the door" to identifying the plants and animals that existed in northern Australia more than 30,000 years ago. Midlife crisis strikes chimps, orangs too Walking, cycling may ease 'cancer fatigue' New mark for oldest, furthest galaxy What's new Colours of the Great Victoria Desert Photo feature | Travel to Australia's largest desert in these beautiful photos of the rich plant and animal life that lives along Googs Track taken by the Friends of the Great Victoria Desert conservation group. Does your weight change as you move above or below Earth's surface? Ask an Expert | Does a person get lighter the higher above the Earth they move? If so, do they get heavier the closer to the centre of the Earth they move? Do you need eight glasses of water a day? Great Moments in Science | We're told to drink eight glasses of water a day, but what's the evidence behind this advice? Dr Karl hoses down a popular myth. Mystery planet lost in space StarStuff Podcast | Astronomers find rogue planet wandering alone through deep space. Also; super-massive black holes blamed for the universe's missing hydrogen, and particle discovery at CERN supports super symmetry. Catch up with ABC Radio and TV Listen to more science on Radio National Watch ABC TV science shows on iView    The Quantum Universe (available also as video) (Science Show)    Phillip Island penguins indicate wider ecosystem health (Science Show)    Mammoths - taken by climate or people? (Science Show)    A history of memory (online only) (All In The Mind)    Rescuing an icon in crisis (Ockham's Razor)    Grumpy Scientists (RN Off Track)    The parrot smugglers (Background Briefing)    Fact and fiction (RN Future Tense)    Taking Our Temperature (Catalyst)    Australia Wild: River Red (ABC iView) ABC Health & Wellbeing Superbugs: 5 ways to protect yourself ABC Environment Riding the wave of climate change In the Sky this Week, with Ian Musgrave Thursday November 22 to Thursday November 29 The Full Moon is Thursday November 29. Mars is in Sagittarius and is close to the globular clusters M28 and M22. Mercury returns to the morning sky.  Jupiter is visible in the late evening sky and is visited by the Moon on the 28th. In the morning skies Venus is low on the horizon.  Saturn is visible low in the morning sky and is closest to Venus on the 27th. Read more» You are subscribed to the Science Updates newsletter using the email address idouska1.scan@blogger.com Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe instantly. ABC Science Home | About ABC Science | Contact us Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 700 Harris Street, Ultimo NSW 2007 © 2012 ABC | Conditions of Use | Privacy Policy | Discover other ABC email newsletters