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- Clever Kiwis
The Kiwis have managed to stamp their name all over a fruit that is not even native to their land.
Issue 10 : Published 18-May-2007
- Environmental complexities of the modern dishwasher
Because of the intricate nature of all the interactions involved, the best course of action in environmental matters is rarely clear or obvious. We just need to be grateful for decisive political leaders.
Issue 16 : Published 30-Oct-2006
- Renewed esteem for a former marine enemy
Grey nurse sharks were cast as villains who preyed on unsuspecting swimmers. It's now regarded as an endangered species, whose potential disappearance from the marine ecosystem could lead to nasty imbalances further down the food chain.
Issue 14 : Published 16-Oct-2006
- Honk if Pluto is still a planet
The outcry with which people greeted ex-planet Pluto’s change in status surprised many. Even the language used was astonishing. Pluto had been “demoted”, “banished” and “stripped of its status”. The Times of India reported people buying bumper stickers asking fellow drivers to “Honk if Pluto is still a planet”.
Issue 12 : Published 04-Sep-2006
- When human life is not really human life
The term 'therapeutic cloning' is unfortunate, as it has nothing to do with replicating humans. Researchers undertaking therapeutic cloning would say that the circumstances under which they stimulate human eggs to develop ensure there is no way the result could ever become a human baby.
Issue 10 : Published 07-Aug-2006
- Keeping an eye on our behaviour
Warnings are more effective if accompanied by a photo of someone watching you. Maybe this reflects our human evolution. But if we are to talk sensibly about human evolution, we need a more sophisticated understanding of it than commonly prevails.
Issue 8 : Published 10-Jul-2006
- Being water wise
Summertime, and the livin’s less easy—at least in southern Australia.
Issue 1 : Published 09-Jul-2006
- Big money
Like most organisms, human beings are most comfortable in their own neighbourhood.
Issue 1 : Published 07-Jul-2006
- Heated topics
The power of nature has been dominant this summer—the heat, the drought, the dust and the terrifying spectacle of the bushfires, sweeping away all in their path.
Issue 2 : Published 05-Jul-2006
- Fluid interpretations
Archimedes was heartened by one aspect of the whole sad Warne anti-doping affair—that people knew enough about the issues to filter out the bulldust.
Issue 3 : Published 03-Jul-2006
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