How bugs control our lives, fish parasites, and single-bladed helicopters
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about how bugs control our lives; how “now” is three seconds long; fish parasites; single-bladed helicopters; and more
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Galactic voting, lethal injections and nutritious bat dung…
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about galactic voting; what playing on-line games reveals about you; executions by lethal injection; plants that feed on bat dung; and more
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Bird flu, GM chickens, and cradle-snatching crickets…
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about the impact of the floods on the Reef; fighting bird flu
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Twitter dialects, dazzling pirates, and new urban birds
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about Twitter dialects; dazzling pirates; smart contact lenses; new urban bird species; and more
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Frog pee, eating arsenic, and swine flu
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about arsenic-eating microbes; vegetarian pandas; frog pee; the swine flu wash-up; and more
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Obese pets, reverse ageing and heat stress…
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about obese pets; reversing ageing; how your mother is to blame for your sense of taste; the peril of heat stress; and more…
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Australian Fellows win Eureka Prizes
2008 Fellow Amanda Barnard and 2010 Fellow Rowena Martin have been awarded Eureka Prizes for their research achievements. Amanda has won the 2010 Eureka Prize for Scientific Research for her work on predicting properties of nanoparticles in sunscreens….
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‘Earth on the edge’ – Melbourne 2011
CSIRO media release 24 December 2009 Reference: 09/231 A major conference to be held in Melbourne in 2011 will focus the world’s attention on the broad issues of a sustainable planet. “Thousands of scientists will meet in Melbourne in mid-2011 to discuss the state of the Earth,” according to CSIRO’s Dr Tom Beer, the first…
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Earth on the edge
CSIRO media release 13 October 2009 Reference: 09/185 Thousands of scientists will meet in Melbourne in mid-2011 to discuss the state of the Earth, including its climate and atmosphere, water resources and oceans, volcanoes and polar regions. Launching the conference today during the 90th anniversary celebrations for the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG),…
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Darwin’s Armada
By Iain McCalman: How four voyagers to Australasia won the battle for evolution and changed the world.