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DOMESTIC DOGS ARE A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN CATS FOR OUR Dogs only behind motor vehicles as cause of wildlife injuries and deaths. A recent study by a University of Tasmania Masters student has found that dogs may be a more serious problem than cats for native wildlife in some circumstances. Mr Holderness-Roddam’s Master’s thesis analysed the records AUSTRALASIAN SCIENCE MAGAZINELOGINPAST ISSUESCONTACTABOUTPAYMENTS, REFUNDS & RETURNSAUSTRALASIAN SCIENCE MAGAZINE Australasian Science magazine online is an independent source of news and commentary on scientific developments. Each month scientists and science journalists write about the latest research in plain language and offer opinions and analysis of topical scientific issues. DECLASSIFIED COLD WAR CODE-BREAKING MANUAL HAS LESSONS FOR NSA. The United States National Security Agency — the country’s premier signals intelligence organisation — recently declassified a Cold War-era document about code-breaking.. The 1977 book, written by cryptologist Lambros Callimahos, is the last in a trilogy called Military Cryptanalytics.It’s significant in the history of cryptography, as it explains how to break all types of HORMONES IN MEAT: SCIENCE OR SPIN? The hormones in the pellet are usually synthetic versions of sex hormones such as oestrogen and testosterone. HGPs are given to beef cattle to make the animal grow faster. Specifically, they enhance the deposition of protein, especially in muscle. According to the Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA), growth rates are increased by 10–30%, so BURNT ANCIENT NUTSHELLS REVEAL THE STORY OF CLIMATE CHANGE Archaeological research provides a long-term perspective on how humans survived various environmental conditions over tens of thousands of years. In a paper published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution, we’ve tracked rainfall in northern Australia’s Kakadu region over the past 65,000 years DATA LAKES: WHERE BIG BUSINESSES DUMP THEIR EXCESS DATA A proposed panacea for big data problems. The traditional approach used by service providers is to store data in a “data warehouse” – a single repository that can be used to analyse data, create reports, and consolidate information. However, data going into a warehouse needs to be pre-processed. ETHICAL CHALLENGES ABOUT VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING Ethical Challenges About Voluntary Assisted Dying. By Ian Haines. Much of the focus on new voluntary assisted dying laws is centred on patient autonomy, but it is only one of the four pillars. Does the legislation also satisfy the other three tenets of beneficence, non-maleficence and justice? HOW AN APP TO DECRYPT CRIMINAL MESSAGES WAS BORN 'OVER A Australian and US law enforcement officials on Tuesday announced they’d sprung a trap three years in the making, catching major international crime figures using an encrypted app. More than 200 underworld figures in Australia have been charged in what Australian Federal Police (AFP) say is their biggest-ever organised crime bust. POST MORTEM: WHAT HAPPENS TO DRUGS AFTER DEATHSEE MORE ON AUSTRALASIANSCIENCE.COM.AU EVIDENCE FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURE It is a commonly held view that indigenous Australians in traditional circumstances never engaged in food production, specifically in terms of developing or adopting agriculture. Based on this assumption there has been extended debate on the supposed reasons for this (AS, March2010, pp.19–21).
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The toads venom is a complex mix of chemicals. The most important is related to digoxin, the toxin found in the Foxglove plant, and works the same way. It changes the excitability of the heart muscle, causing the heart to contract wildly and ineffectually, or stop completely. In the spirit of my blogs namesake, we have harnessed these EVIDENCE FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURE It is a commonly held view that indigenous Australians in traditional circumstances never engaged in food production, specifically in terms of developing or adopting agriculture. Based on this assumption there has been extended debate on the supposed reasons for this (AS, March2010, pp.19–21).
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The United States National Security Agency — the country’s premier signals intelligence organisation — recently declassified a Cold War-era document about code-breaking.. The 1977 book, written by cryptologist Lambros Callimahos, is the last in a trilogy called Military Cryptanalytics.It’s significant in the history of cryptography, as it explains how to break all types of DATA LAKES: WHERE BIG BUSINESSES DUMP THEIR EXCESS DATA A proposed panacea for big data problems. The traditional approach used by service providers is to store data in a “data warehouse” – a single repository that can be used to analyse data, create reports, and consolidate information. However, data going into a warehouse needs to be pre-processed. BURNT ANCIENT NUTSHELLS REVEAL THE STORY OF CLIMATE CHANGE Archaeological research provides a long-term perspective on how humans survived various environmental conditions over tens of thousands of years. In a paper published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution, we’ve tracked rainfall in northern Australia’s Kakadu region over the past 65,000 years MOBILE PHONES ARE COVERED IN GERMS. DISINFECTING THEMSEE MORE ON AUSTRALASIANSCIENCE.COM.AU AUSTRALIA'S VOLCANIC HISTORY IS A LOT MORE RECENT THAN YOUSEE MORE ON AUSTRALASIANSCIENCE.COM.AU HORMONES IN MEAT: SCIENCE OR SPIN? The hormones in the pellet are usually synthetic versions of sex hormones such as oestrogen and testosterone. HGPs are given to beef cattle to make the animal grow faster. Specifically, they enhance the deposition of protein, especially in muscle. According to the Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA), growth rates are increased by 10–30%, so ETHICAL CHALLENGES ABOUT VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING Ethical Challenges About Voluntary Assisted Dying. By Ian Haines. Much of the focus on new voluntary assisted dying laws is centred on patient autonomy, but it is only one of the four pillars. Does the legislation also satisfy the other three tenets of beneficence, non-maleficence and justice? POST MORTEM: WHAT HAPPENS TO DRUGS AFTER DEATHSEE MORE ON AUSTRALASIANSCIENCE.COM.AU DOMESTIC DOGS ARE A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN CATS FOR OUR Dogs only behind motor vehicles as cause of wildlife injuries and deaths. A recent study by a University of Tasmania Masters student has found that dogs may be a more serious problem than cats for native wildlife in some circumstances. Mr Holderness-Roddam’s Master’s thesis analysed the records AUSTRALASIAN SCIENCE MAGAZINELOGINPAST ISSUESCONTACTABOUTPAYMENTS, REFUNDS & RETURNSAUSTRALASIAN SCIENCE MAGAZINE Australasian Science magazine online is an independent source of news and commentary on scientific developments. Each month scientists and science journalists write about the latest research in plain language and offer opinions and analysis of topical scientific issues. DECLASSIFIED COLD WAR CODE-BREAKING MANUAL HAS LESSONS FOR NSA. The United States National Security Agency — the country’s premier signals intelligence organisation — recently declassified a Cold War-era document about code-breaking.. The 1977 book, written by cryptologist Lambros Callimahos, is the last in a trilogy called Military Cryptanalytics.It’s significant in the history of cryptography, as it explains how to break all types of DATA LAKES: WHERE BIG BUSINESSES DUMP THEIR EXCESS DATA A proposed panacea for big data problems. The traditional approach used by service providers is to store data in a “data warehouse” – a single repository that can be used to analyse data, create reports, and consolidate information. However, data going into a warehouse needs to be pre-processed. BURNT ANCIENT NUTSHELLS REVEAL THE STORY OF CLIMATE CHANGE Archaeological research provides a long-term perspective on how humans survived various environmental conditions over tens of thousands of years. In a paper published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution, we’ve tracked rainfall in northern Australia’s Kakadu region over the past 65,000 years MOBILE PHONES ARE COVERED IN GERMS. DISINFECTING THEMSEE MORE ON AUSTRALASIANSCIENCE.COM.AU AUSTRALIA'S VOLCANIC HISTORY IS A LOT MORE RECENT THAN YOUSEE MORE ON AUSTRALASIANSCIENCE.COM.AU HORMONES IN MEAT: SCIENCE OR SPIN? The hormones in the pellet are usually synthetic versions of sex hormones such as oestrogen and testosterone. HGPs are given to beef cattle to make the animal grow faster. Specifically, they enhance the deposition of protein, especially in muscle. According to the Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA), growth rates are increased by 10–30%, so ETHICAL CHALLENGES ABOUT VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING Ethical Challenges About Voluntary Assisted Dying. By Ian Haines. Much of the focus on new voluntary assisted dying laws is centred on patient autonomy, but it is only one of the four pillars. Does the legislation also satisfy the other three tenets of beneficence, non-maleficence and justice? POST MORTEM: WHAT HAPPENS TO DRUGS AFTER DEATHSEE MORE ON AUSTRALASIANSCIENCE.COM.AU DOMESTIC DOGS ARE A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN CATS FOR OUR Dogs only behind motor vehicles as cause of wildlife injuries and deaths. A recent study by a University of Tasmania Masters student has found that dogs may be a more serious problem than cats for native wildlife in some circumstances. Mr Holderness-Roddam’s Master’s thesis analysed the records WHY IT TOOK 20 YEARS TO 'FINISH' THE HUMAN GENOME 1 day ago · Webridge/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY. The release of the draft human genome sequence in 2001 was a seismic moment in our understanding of the human genome, and paved the way for advances in our understanding of the genomic basis of human biology and disease.. But sections were left unsequenced, and some sequence information was incorrect. Now, two decades later, we have a FASTLY GLOBAL INTERNET OUTAGE: WHY DID SO MANY SITES GO Shutterstock. If you were having difficulty accessing your favourite website on Tuesday evening Australian time, you’re not alone. A jaw-dropping number of major websites around the globe suddenly became unavailable with no immediately obvious explanation — before reappearing an hour later.. It’s disconcerting when the sites we rely on suddenly become inaccessible, and even more so HOW RAIN, WIND, HEAT AND OTHER HEAVY WEATHER CAN AFFECT 17 hours ago · When your Netflix stream drops out in the middle of a rainstorm, can you blame the wild weather? Quite possibly. The weather can affect the performance of your internet connection in a variety of ways. This can include issues such as physical damage to the network, water getting into electrical A QUANTUM HACK FOR MICROSCOPES CAN REVEAL THE UNDISCOVERED 23 hours ago · You’ve probably seen images of scientists peering down a microscope, looking at objects invisible to the naked eye. Indeed, microscopes are indispensable to our understanding of life. They are just as indispensable to biotechnology and medicine, for instance in our response to diseases such as MOBILE PHONES ARE COVERED IN GERMS. DISINFECTING THEM shutterstock. There are billions of mobile phones in use around the globe. They are present on every single continent, in every single country and in every single city. We reviewed the research on how mobile phones carry infectious pathogens such as bacteria and viruses, and we believe they are likely to be “Trojan horses” that contribute to community transmission in epidemics and pandemics. AUSTRALIA'S VOLCANIC HISTORY IS A LOT MORE RECENT THAN YOU Australia's volcanic history is a lot more recent than you think. The incredible Blue Lake at Mount Gambier fills one of the craters from the last volcanic eruption just 5,000 years ago. ian woolcock from www.shutterstock.com. Australia is an old and stable continent with not many geological risks such as major earthquakes and volcaniceruptions.
WHY WE'RE WATCHING THE GIANT AUSTRALIAN CUTTLEFISH Hello little ones! Juvenile giant Australian cuttlefish developing under rocks in the waters of South Australia. Fred Bavendam, Author provided. Australia is home to the world’s only known site where cuttlefish gather to mate en masse.. From May to August, if you head into the water around Point Lowly, South Australia, it will be achilly 12℃.
ANCIENT BILBY AND BANDICOOT FOSSILS SHED LIGHT ON THE Bilbies and bandicoots are less famous than koalas and kangaroos, but several species of these small Australian marsupials are highly threatened. Most of us are unlikely to encounter the nocturnal mammals in the wild, though some species of bandicoots areTOAD MEDICINE
The toads venom is a complex mix of chemicals. The most important is related to digoxin, the toxin found in the Foxglove plant, and works the same way. It changes the excitability of the heart muscle, causing the heart to contract wildly and ineffectually, or stop completely. In the spirit of my blogs namesake, we have harnessed these CURIOUS KIDS: ARE ROBOTS SMARTER THAN HUMANS Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based on Curious Kids. Are robots smarter than AUSTRALASIAN SCIENCE MAGAZINELOGINPAST ISSUESCONTACTABOUTPAYMENTS, REFUNDS & RETURNSAUSTRALASIAN SCIENCE MAGAZINE Australasian Science magazine online is an independent source of news and commentary on scientific developments. Each month scientists and science journalists write about the latest research in plain language and offer opinions and analysis of topical scientific issues. DECLASSIFIED COLD WAR CODE-BREAKING MANUAL HAS LESSONS FOR NSA. The United States National Security Agency — the country’s premier signals intelligence organisation — recently declassified a Cold War-era document about code-breaking.. The 1977 book, written by cryptologist Lambros Callimahos, is the last in a trilogy called Military Cryptanalytics.It’s significant in the history of cryptography, as it explains how to break all types of DATA LAKES: WHERE BIG BUSINESSES DUMP THEIR EXCESS DATA A proposed panacea for big data problems. The traditional approach used by service providers is to store data in a “data warehouse” – a single repository that can be used to analyse data, create reports, and consolidate information. However, data going into a warehouse needs to be pre-processed. MOBILE PHONES ARE COVERED IN GERMS. DISINFECTING THEMSEE MORE ON AUSTRALASIANSCIENCE.COM.AU BURNT ANCIENT NUTSHELLS REVEAL THE STORY OF CLIMATE CHANGE Archaeological research provides a long-term perspective on how humans survived various environmental conditions over tens of thousands of years. In a paper published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution, we’ve tracked rainfall in northern Australia’s Kakadu region over the past 65,000 years AUSTRALIA'S VOLCANIC HISTORY IS A LOT MORE RECENT THAN YOUSEE MORE ON AUSTRALASIANSCIENCE.COM.AU POST MORTEM: WHAT HAPPENS TO DRUGS AFTER DEATHSEE MORE ON AUSTRALASIANSCIENCE.COM.AU ETHICAL CHALLENGES ABOUT VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING Much of the focus on new voluntary assisted dying laws is centred on patient autonomy, but it is only one of the four pillars. Does the legislation also satisfy the other three tenets of beneficence, non-maleficence and justice? Will voluntary assisted dying (VAD) legislation provide compassionate HORMONES IN MEAT: SCIENCE OR SPIN? In September 2010, when supermarket giant Coles announced they were no longer going to sell meat from cattle treated with growth hormones, they revealed an inconvenient truth: that the meat in our supermarkets has been produced using the same hormones banned in the European Union since 1998 and banned in the Australian poultry industry since the 19 DOMESTIC DOGS ARE A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN CATS FOR OUR Dogs only behind motor vehicles as cause of wildlife injuries and deaths. A recent study by a University of Tasmania Masters student has found that dogs may be a more serious problem than cats for native wildlife in some circumstances. Mr Holderness-Roddam’s Master’s thesis analysed the records AUSTRALASIAN SCIENCE MAGAZINELOGINPAST ISSUESCONTACTABOUTPAYMENTS, REFUNDS & RETURNSAUSTRALASIAN SCIENCE MAGAZINE Australasian Science magazine online is an independent source of news and commentary on scientific developments. Each month scientists and science journalists write about the latest research in plain language and offer opinions and analysis of topical scientific issues. DECLASSIFIED COLD WAR CODE-BREAKING MANUAL HAS LESSONS FOR NSA. The United States National Security Agency — the country’s premier signals intelligence organisation — recently declassified a Cold War-era document about code-breaking.. The 1977 book, written by cryptologist Lambros Callimahos, is the last in a trilogy called Military Cryptanalytics.It’s significant in the history of cryptography, as it explains how to break all types of DATA LAKES: WHERE BIG BUSINESSES DUMP THEIR EXCESS DATA A proposed panacea for big data problems. The traditional approach used by service providers is to store data in a “data warehouse” – a single repository that can be used to analyse data, create reports, and consolidate information. However, data going into a warehouse needs to be pre-processed. MOBILE PHONES ARE COVERED IN GERMS. DISINFECTING THEMSEE MORE ON AUSTRALASIANSCIENCE.COM.AU BURNT ANCIENT NUTSHELLS REVEAL THE STORY OF CLIMATE CHANGE Archaeological research provides a long-term perspective on how humans survived various environmental conditions over tens of thousands of years. In a paper published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution, we’ve tracked rainfall in northern Australia’s Kakadu region over the past 65,000 years AUSTRALIA'S VOLCANIC HISTORY IS A LOT MORE RECENT THAN YOUSEE MORE ON AUSTRALASIANSCIENCE.COM.AU POST MORTEM: WHAT HAPPENS TO DRUGS AFTER DEATHSEE MORE ON AUSTRALASIANSCIENCE.COM.AU ETHICAL CHALLENGES ABOUT VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING Much of the focus on new voluntary assisted dying laws is centred on patient autonomy, but it is only one of the four pillars. Does the legislation also satisfy the other three tenets of beneficence, non-maleficence and justice? Will voluntary assisted dying (VAD) legislation provide compassionate HORMONES IN MEAT: SCIENCE OR SPIN? In September 2010, when supermarket giant Coles announced they were no longer going to sell meat from cattle treated with growth hormones, they revealed an inconvenient truth: that the meat in our supermarkets has been produced using the same hormones banned in the European Union since 1998 and banned in the Australian poultry industry since the 19 DOMESTIC DOGS ARE A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN CATS FOR OUR Dogs only behind motor vehicles as cause of wildlife injuries and deaths. A recent study by a University of Tasmania Masters student has found that dogs may be a more serious problem than cats for native wildlife in some circumstances. Mr Holderness-Roddam’s Master’s thesis analysed the records WHY IT TOOK 20 YEARS TO 'FINISH' THE HUMAN GENOME 1 day ago · Webridge/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY. The release of the draft human genome sequence in 2001 was a seismic moment in our understanding of the human genome, and paved the way for advances in our understanding of the genomic basis of human biology and disease.. But sections were left unsequenced, and some sequence information was incorrect. Now, two decades later, we have a HOW RAIN, WIND, HEAT AND OTHER HEAVY WEATHER CAN AFFECT 12 hours ago · When your Netflix stream drops out in the middle of a rainstorm, can you blame the wild weather? Quite possibly. The weather can affect the performance of your internet connection in a variety of ways. This can include issues such as physical damage to the network, water getting into electrical A QUANTUM HACK FOR MICROSCOPES CAN REVEAL THE UNDISCOVERED 19 hours ago · You’ve probably seen images of scientists peering down a microscope, looking at objects invisible to the naked eye. Indeed, microscopes are indispensable to our understanding of life. They are just as indispensable to biotechnology and medicine, for instance in our response to diseases such as FASTLY GLOBAL INTERNET OUTAGE: WHY DID SO MANY SITES GO Shutterstock. If you were having difficulty accessing your favourite website on Tuesday evening Australian time, you’re not alone. A jaw-dropping number of major websites around the globe suddenly became unavailable with no immediately obvious explanation — before reappearing an hour later.. It’s disconcerting when the sites we rely on suddenly become inaccessible, and even more so MOBILE PHONES ARE COVERED IN GERMS. DISINFECTING THEM shutterstock. There are billions of mobile phones in use around the globe. They are present on every single continent, in every single country and in every single city. We reviewed the research on how mobile phones carry infectious pathogens such as bacteria and viruses, and we believe they are likely to be “Trojan horses” that contribute to community transmission in epidemics and pandemics. AUSTRALIA'S VOLCANIC HISTORY IS A LOT MORE RECENT THAN YOU Australia is an old and stable continent with not many geological risks such as major earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. At least that is what most people think. But throughout its geological history Australia has known volcanic activity right up to the time that humans lived here. The most recent INFOGRAPHIC: HOW MUCH DOES AUSTRALIA SPEND ON SCIENCE AND The timeline below shows that the government does listen and respond when issues arise. It has recognised the importance of the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Scheme (), the Australian Synchrotron and sustainable medical research funding by different initiatives.But, sadly, one must remember that funding is effectively being shifted from one domain to another, and it has ANCIENT BILBY AND BANDICOOT FOSSILS SHED LIGHT ON THE Bilbies and bandicoots are less famous than koalas and kangaroos, but several species of these small Australian marsupials are highly threatened. Most of us are unlikely to encounter the nocturnal mammals in the wild, though some species of bandicoots are WHY WE'RE WATCHING THE GIANT AUSTRALIAN CUTTLEFISH Hello little ones! Juvenile giant Australian cuttlefish developing under rocks in the waters of South Australia. Fred Bavendam, Author provided. Australia is home to the world’s only known site where cuttlefish gather to mate en masse.. From May to August, if you head into the water around Point Lowly, South Australia, it will be achilly 12℃.
CURIOUS KIDS: ARE ROBOTS SMARTER THAN HUMANS Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based on Curious Kids. Are robots smarter than AUSTRALASIAN SCIENCE MAGAZINELOGINPAST ISSUESCONTACTABOUTPAYMENTS, REFUNDS & RETURNSAUSTRALASIAN SCIENCE MAGAZINE Australasian Science magazine online is an independent source of news and commentary on scientific developments. Each month scientists and science journalists write about the latest research in plain language and offer opinions and analysis of topical scientific issues. DATA LAKES: WHERE BIG BUSINESSES DUMP THEIR EXCESS DATA A proposed panacea for big data problems. The traditional approach used by service providers is to store data in a “data warehouse” – a single repository that can be used to analyse data, create reports, and consolidate information. However, data going into a warehouse needs to be pre-processed. MOBILE PHONES ARE COVERED IN GERMS. DISINFECTING THEMSEE MORE ON AUSTRALASIANSCIENCE.COM.AU WHY WE'RE WATCHING THE GIANT AUSTRALIAN CUTTLEFISH Hello little ones! Juvenile giant Australian cuttlefish developing under rocks in the waters of South Australia. Fred Bavendam, Author provided. Australia is home to the world’s only known site where cuttlefish gather to mate en masse.. From May to August, if you head into the water around Point Lowly, South Australia, it will be achilly 12℃.
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The Cane Toad Young Bufo marinus. In an interesting conjunction of events, I brought home the DVD “Cane Toads; the Conquest” to show our Japanese exchange students something uniquely, if weirdly, Australian, on the weekend of Toad Day Out, when North Queenslanders compete to gather as many of the warty creatures as possible for massextermination.
BURNT ANCIENT NUTSHELLS REVEAL THE STORY OF CLIMATE CHANGE Archaeological research provides a long-term perspective on how humans survived various environmental conditions over tens of thousands of years. In a paper published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution, we’ve tracked rainfall in northern Australia’s Kakadu region over the past 65,000 years POST MORTEM: WHAT HAPPENS TO DRUGS AFTER DEATHSEE MORE ON AUSTRALASIANSCIENCE.COM.AU HORMONES IN MEAT: SCIENCE OR SPIN? In September 2010, when supermarket giant Coles announced they were no longer going to sell meat from cattle treated with growth hormones, they revealed an inconvenient truth: that the meat in our supermarkets has been produced using the same hormones banned in the European Union since 1998 and banned in the Australian poultry industry since the 19 THE COST OF SAVING SPECIES FROM EXTINCTION An international team has estimated the cost of shifting every endangered species to a lower status, and come up with two figures. They conclude it would cost $74.8 billion per year to protect and manage all land sites of global conservation significance. However, just $3.9 billion is required to THE EVAPORATION PARADOX 12 ||Nov/Dec 2009 R esearch that has overturned assumptions about the effects of climate change on evaporation rates and on changes in water availability has won the Australasian Science Prize 2009 for Dr Michael Roderick, a joint AUSTRALASIAN SCIENCE MAGAZINELOGINPAST ISSUESCONTACTABOUTPAYMENTS, REFUNDS & RETURNSAUSTRALASIAN SCIENCE MAGAZINE Australasian Science magazine online is an independent source of news and commentary on scientific developments. Each month scientists and science journalists write about the latest research in plain language and offer opinions and analysis of topical scientific issues. DATA LAKES: WHERE BIG BUSINESSES DUMP THEIR EXCESS DATA A proposed panacea for big data problems. The traditional approach used by service providers is to store data in a “data warehouse” – a single repository that can be used to analyse data, create reports, and consolidate information. However, data going into a warehouse needs to be pre-processed. MOBILE PHONES ARE COVERED IN GERMS. DISINFECTING THEMSEE MORE ON AUSTRALASIANSCIENCE.COM.AU WHY WE'RE WATCHING THE GIANT AUSTRALIAN CUTTLEFISH Hello little ones! Juvenile giant Australian cuttlefish developing under rocks in the waters of South Australia. Fred Bavendam, Author provided. Australia is home to the world’s only known site where cuttlefish gather to mate en masse.. From May to August, if you head into the water around Point Lowly, South Australia, it will be achilly 12℃.
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The Cane Toad Young Bufo marinus. In an interesting conjunction of events, I brought home the DVD “Cane Toads; the Conquest” to show our Japanese exchange students something uniquely, if weirdly, Australian, on the weekend of Toad Day Out, when North Queenslanders compete to gather as many of the warty creatures as possible for massextermination.
BURNT ANCIENT NUTSHELLS REVEAL THE STORY OF CLIMATE CHANGE Archaeological research provides a long-term perspective on how humans survived various environmental conditions over tens of thousands of years. In a paper published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution, we’ve tracked rainfall in northern Australia’s Kakadu region over the past 65,000 years POST MORTEM: WHAT HAPPENS TO DRUGS AFTER DEATHSEE MORE ON AUSTRALASIANSCIENCE.COM.AU HORMONES IN MEAT: SCIENCE OR SPIN? In September 2010, when supermarket giant Coles announced they were no longer going to sell meat from cattle treated with growth hormones, they revealed an inconvenient truth: that the meat in our supermarkets has been produced using the same hormones banned in the European Union since 1998 and banned in the Australian poultry industry since the 19 THE COST OF SAVING SPECIES FROM EXTINCTION An international team has estimated the cost of shifting every endangered species to a lower status, and come up with two figures. They conclude it would cost $74.8 billion per year to protect and manage all land sites of global conservation significance. However, just $3.9 billion is required to THE EVAPORATION PARADOX 12 ||Nov/Dec 2009 R esearch that has overturned assumptions about the effects of climate change on evaporation rates and on changes in water availability has won the Australasian Science Prize 2009 for Dr Michael Roderick, a joint INTRODUCING AUSTRALOTITAN: AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST DINOSAUR 17 hours ago · Vlad Konstantinov, Scott Hocknull, Eromanga Natural History Museum, Author provided. Today, a new Aussie dinosaur is being welcomed into the fold. Our study published in the journal PeerJ documents Australotitan cooperensis – Australia’s largest dinosaur species ever discovered, and the largest land-dwelling species to havewalked the outback.
WHAKAARI TRAGEDY: COURT CASE HIGHLIGHTS JUST HOW COMPLEX Phil Walter/Getty Images. While today’s pre-trial hearing over the Whakaari White Island tragedy revealed most of the 13 parties charged have yet to enter pleas, there is no disputing the basic facts.. The December 9 2019 eruption struck when 47 people were on the small island; 22 people died and survivors were left with severe or criticalinjuries.
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How Isotopes Traced Ötzi’s Origins Some stunning analytical chemistry has revealed the story of Ötzi, whose frozen, partly battered remains were hacked from a glacier on the Austro-Italian border after 5000 years.Read article
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Be Mindful of the Gap The lack of evidence for mindfulness as a therapeutic technique raises serious questions for health and education professionals.Read article
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A Different Angle on Earth’s Climate History Earth’s axial tilt affects our environment in many ways, but a much greater tilt in the remote geological past may have strongly influenced the planet’s climate history and the evolution of life.Read article
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Too Much of a Good Thing Our immune system protects us from disease but can also cause harm. Sydney scientists are now trying to interfere with the immune signals that can provoke serious side-effects.Read article
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The Ecological Cost of Artificial Light Public lighting must be reimagined so it’s both functional and safe, has less impact on ecological systems and allows visibility of thestars again.
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Hacking the Illegal Trade in Wildlife Hackers should be deployed to disrupt a $23 billion online market in wildlife and wildlife parts.Read article
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Is Australia Undergoing an Insect Armageddon? Long-term studies all over the world show a dramatic decline in insect diversity and numbers, but we know little about the health of Australian insect populations.Read article
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A Different Angle on Earth’s Climate History Earth’s axial tilt affects our environment in many ways, but a much greater tilt in the remote geological past may have strongly influenced the planet’s climate history and the evolution of life.FEATURES
How Isotopes Traced Ötzi’s Origins Some stunning analytical chemistry has revealed the story of Ötzi, whose frozen, partly battered remains were hacked from a glacier on the Austro-Italian border after 5000 years. The Ecological Cost of Artificial Light Public lighting must be reimagined so it’s both functional and safe, has less impact on ecological systems and allows visibility of thestars again.
Hacking the Illegal Trade in Wildlife Hackers should be deployed to disrupt a $23 billion online market in wildlife and wildlife parts. Is Australia Undergoing an Insect Armageddon? Long-term studies all over the world show a dramatic decline in insect diversity and numbers, but we know little about the health of Australian insect populations. Too Much of a Good Thing Our immune system protects us from disease but can also cause harm. Sydney scientists are now trying to interfere with the immune signals that can provoke serious side-effects. A Social Approach to Crime Prediction Computers can be trained to analyse location information generated by social media users to predict the likely time and place of specificcrimes.
The Art of the Periodic Tableby: Ariana Remmel
To mark the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the Periodic Table, a STEM education centre is unveiling a permanent installation illustrating the birth of the universe through elements ofsignificance.
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It's Time to Say Goodbye Australasian Science is ceasing production after more than eightdecades.
Australia’s Place in a Modern Space Race Australia’s space industry will have to pick sides in a new space race 50 years since astronauts first landed on the Moon.conSCIENCE
Maths Teaching Faces a Crisis With student numbers swelling, new graduate teachers alone cannot make up for the impending retirement of many mathematically qualifiedteachers.
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Be Mindful of the Gap The lack of evidence for mindfulness as a therapeutic technique raises serious questions for health and education professionals.ECO LOGIC
Reviewing Our National Environmental Law As If It Mattered Australia’s overarching national environmental law is due for review. To make the most of this opportunity, the reviewers need to address five critical questions.QUANDARY
Can We (Ethically) Disinvest from Healthcare Interventions? The withdrawal or reduction of a medication or surgical technique can make healthcare safer, cheaper and more effective. However, practical and ethical challenges mean that we can't solely rely on this to ensure a fair distribution of healthcare. Values in Science Affect What Your Doctor Recommends Should a GP recommend exercise to chronic pain patients when the evidence doesn't match patient experience?LOWE TECH
Rare Stability for Science in Government The return of the Coalition government has paused the merry-go-round of Science Ministers.OUT OF THIS WORLD
Citizen Scientists Needed to Unlock Secrets of Universe AstroQuest is enlisting citizen scientists to check the data detailing how distant galaxies grow and evolve.DIRECTIONS
3D Printing of Bone
Hospitals are establishing 3D printing facilities that will make patient-specific bone tissue substitutes widely available.THE BITTER PILL
CAM Laboratory Tests Fail Two Important Criteria A study of 11 common laboratory tests ordered by complementary medicine practitioners finds that they lack clinical validity andutility.
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A Conspiracy of Conspiracies Republic of Lies is a primer on the state of conspiracy thinking.EXPERT OPINION
First Australian Cancer Lawsuit Over Herbicide “Roundup” A Melbourne gardener has launched legal action in the first Australian case to link cancer with glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup. While glyphosate is considered “probably carcinogenic”, some experts dispute this conclusion.AUSTRALASIAN SKY
This Month's Star Chart Your maps of the night sky for July and August. AUSTRALASIAN SCIENCE JULY/AUGUST 2019ONLINE FEATURES
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The coronavirus lockdown is forcing us to view 'screen time' differently. That's a good thing With everyone stuck indoors, esports is poised for its time in thesun
What a simulated Mars mission taught me about food waste Scientific modelling is steering our response to coronavirus. But what is scientific modelling?BROWSE
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