BY ROGER KALLA ....not on environment There is less than 100 Days to go before the Commonwealth Games here in Melbourne. I can't but wonder if we are going to see the first GM Athletes compete in the pool at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre … [Read more...] about Genetically Modified Athletes
Archives for December 2005
Climate Icons
How did this get past the editors at science journal Nature: "Any public campaign benefits from having an iconic image - something that captures the essence of the message and engraves it indelibly on our memories. But it is almost impossible to … [Read more...] about Climate Icons
Not on the Brink of Collapse: GM Soy in the USA
Today's Sydney Morning Herald has a piece by Environment Writer Wendy Frew in which she quotes Dr Chuck Benbrook as follows: "Across the south-eastern US, where soybean and cotton farmers have relied almost exclusively on (genetic engineering) … [Read more...] about Not on the Brink of Collapse: GM Soy in the USA
The Next 5 Years and Next Week
Online journal, Online Opinion, is calling for article for its January feature which is titled Looking forward - the next five years. I've been asked to write 900 words on the subject. It is impossible to take an evidence-based-approach to the … [Read more...] about The Next 5 Years and Next Week
Wooden Floors Fail Enery-Efficiency Test
I live in Brisbane in an old Queenslander. These are wooden houses traditionally with high ceilings and on stilts to allow for air circulation and beat the heat of the tropics. They tend to be difficult to insulate and my home is particularly cold … [Read more...] about Wooden Floors Fail Enery-Efficiency Test
Walk Against Warming, But Could it be Cooling?
The latest much discussed paper in science journal Nature on global warming is predicting it may get cooler as it gets warmer! At least that's my reading of the paper by Harry Bryden et. al. (Vol 438, Dec 1, 2005, pg 655-657) which explains that … [Read more...] about Walk Against Warming, But Could it be Cooling?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
