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This story annoyed me, I guess because I unfairly to expect better of ABC news than everyone else. And, no, it wasn’t anything to do with the politics or politicians involved. My highlighting should give away the problem: Labor gains ground, Abbott loses sheen Dissatisfaction with Opposition Leader Tony Abbott hit a record high as […]
October 6, 2011
News report from the Guardian on a report called report Careering out of Control: A Crisis in the UK Science Profession?: Science has always been a tough profession. The hours are long, the pay is relatively poor for the education and training required (usually about a decade), and permanent positions are scarce. Most research worldwide is […]
October 6, 2011
Check out the full post about the supremacy and necessity of science on ABC’s The Drum: …. But the white heat of the climate change debate has brought not just climate scientists, but science itself in for public questioning. So it is worth restating a simple and unambiguous fact. There is one and only one […]
September 29, 2011
Like the koala extinction story The Advertiser‘s bottom left corner of their front page seems to be the designated low-on-science hype corner at the moment. Nuclear waste to be trucked through SA The nation’s radioactive waste is destined to be trucked through South Australia because Blue Mountains locals have declared nuclear-free zones in their region, […]
September 29, 2011
The Advertiser front page today: Retrovirus threatens Kangaroo Island koalas The survival of Kangaroo Island’s koalas in is grave danger because of an AIDS-like virus affecting 40% of the population. Experts say the disease has the potential to impact koalas in a similar way to how mouth cancer is wiping out Tasmanian devils. The Environment […]
August 17, 2011
A British man was tragically mauled to death by a shark on his honeymoon in the Seychelles, while his wife was sunbathing on the beach. Check out the advertisement underneath the Guardian story: Ooops! Ad placement fail.
November 9, 2011
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