Telling tales about science
Subscriber contentBy Rebecca Priestley in Science
Issue 3806 11th Apr 2013
A rollicking read, poetry and a celebration of Antarctic research: science writing is alive and well.
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Making the world go around
Subscriber contentBy Rebecca Priestley in Science
Issue 3805 4th Apr 2013
A work of popular science history takes drama to a whole new level.
Looking for solutions
Subscriber contentBy Rebecca Priestley in Science
Issue 3804 28th Mar 2013
Would you like to win $1 million? Just solve a key mathematical problem.
Forensics: Crime scene misinformation
Subscriber contentBy Ruth Laugesen in Science
Issue 3803 26th Mar 2013
Convicted murderer Mark Lundy has won a hearing at the Privy Council, at a time when the reliability of forensic evidence is being questioned as never before.
Climate change: The haywire syndrome
Subscriber contentBy Mark Broatch in Science
Issue 3803 23rd Mar 2013
Manipulating the Earth’s climate to counteract the e ffects of global warming is attracting the attention of vested corporate interests and “dodgy entrepreneurs”, warns Australian author and ethics professor Clive Hamilton.
System Sherlock: That thinking feeling
Subscriber contentBy Mark Broatch in Science
Issue 3803 21st Mar 2013
You can develop the wisdom, memory and imagination of Sherlock Holmes. You just have to break the habits of a lifetime.
Salt of the Earth
Subscriber contentBy Rebecca Priestley in Science
Issue 3803 21st Mar 2013
As the world’s climate changes, so does the intensity of the water cycle. Will this a ffect the salinity of our oceans?
Micro-organisms: Out of this world
By Rebecca Priestley in Science
Issue 3802 14th Mar 2013
The microbes in our geothermal springs could be biotechnological gold.
The gift of tongues
Subscriber contentBy Rebecca Priestley in Science
Issue 3801 7th Mar 2013
Language is our genes talking – getting the things we want to help us survive.
The meteorite that just dropped in
Subscriber contentin Science
Issue 3800 28th Feb 2013
Expecting an asteroid, skywatchers – and Russian citizens – were surprised when a meteorite came by.