Health Updates: soft drinks, stroke; melatonin, weight loss; metabolic programming; alcohol, cancer risk; almonds; sleep & aging. Commentaries: The killing of Osama Bin Laden (David Swanson); Death and After in Iraq (Chris Hedges) Calls: the killing of Bin Laden Dr. Tim Flannery: Australian, palaeontologist, ecologist & global warming activist; among the first scientists to sound the alarm for tackling climate change. He was awarded Australian of the Year for his stance on climate change & advocating for the shutting down of coal energy plants - extremely controversial in Australia where the country depends mostly on coal for its energy. "Here on Earth: A Natural History of the Planet." A look at the future of humanity in a time of climate change & overpopulation and how we reached this impasse in the human species.