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...early showcase of the dizzying range of topics set to be explored - the infrared beamline, for instance, is being used to study mouse eggs in an effort to pinpoint the best time to fertilize human eggs in IVF; to investigate the facial-tumor disease that's killing Tasmanian devils; and to preserve historic documents. "I thought scientists would want to wait and see how well the synchrotron performs," says Mark Tobin, who oversees the infrared beamline's operation. "But they've been very keen to jump in the deep end and try it out for themselves...
...eggplant, and zucchini. I hand-pack my own hamburgers; I’ve creamed, broiled, double-boiled, sifted, folded (gently), tossed, scalded, and celebrated. The family I’m housesitting for has stood by and watched in awestruck incredulity as I tear through their kitchen like a possessed Tasmanian devil...
...soft cheese. With my tagliatelle with ragout, I drank a medium-carbonated, high-calcium Italian water. We also had one water that flowed through volcanic rock (Hawaiian Springs), two from melted glaciers (Hawaii's Kona Deep and Canada's unpleasantly sour 10 Thousand BC) and water freshly bottled from Tasmanian rain (Tasmanian Rain). To my surprise, the waters did taste different. Or felt different. Buying an occasional bottle of water no longer seemed insane. "If you're sitting down with nice food, why not spend $3 on a nice bottle of water? I'm not suggesting you shower...
Bammer. It's a name jackhammered into the brain of Serena Williams--the two syllables most responsible for why the U.S. tennis diva matters once again. In a chump-change Tasmanian tune-up for the Australian Open earlier this year, Williams, then ranked a paltry 94th in the world, fell to an Austrian named Sybille Bammer in a quarterfinal match. After some serious sobbing, Williams had what she calls her "Rocky moment." The next day, she stuffed a credit card into her sports bra--"in case I got thirsty"--and ran the steps of a Tasmanian park for hours...
...EXTINCTION 75,000 Estimated population of Tasmanian devils, marsupials found only on the southern Australian island of Tasmania, whose numbers have been decimated by disease 10 Number of years until the species becomes extinct, experts warn, if new conservation efforts fail...