Owen Harries writes in today's Financial Review, "On political matters, intellectuals tend to share two characteristics: they are slaves to fashion; and on the big questions, they tend to get things hopelessly wrong." Harries proceeds to give a … [Read more...] about A Herd of Independent Minds
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Will Queensland Mine Uranium?
I missed the following in The Australian this morning, CANADIAN miner Maple Minerals is to take control of one of Queensland's richest uranium deposits in a gamble that the Beattie Government will bow to pressure to reverse Labor's ban on new … [Read more...] about Will Queensland Mine Uranium?
Koalas Will Chew Gum in Tokyo
I have really enjoyed reading 'Going Native: Living in the Australian environment' by Michael Archer and Bob Beale (Hodder, 2004). The book promotes the commercial potential of Australian native plants and animals - from kangaroos and koalas to … [Read more...] about Koalas Will Chew Gum in Tokyo
Grape Glut
The front page of today's Australian Financial Review (AFR) included the headline 'Grape glut crushes winemakers profits'. A record harvest of 1.92 million tonnes! It seems amazing given the recent drought. When I started working on Murray River … [Read more...] about Grape Glut
Intelligent Design in Outer Space
A reader of this web-log sent me this link, with the note: I wonder what this gamma ray burst of 13 billion years ago does for the Intelligent Design argument? I have previously commented on Intelligent Design here. … [Read more...] about Intelligent Design in Outer Space
Chicken Little, Prof Lowe Pre-empts the Movie
I was going to proceed chapter by chapter through Ian Lowe's new book 'A Big Fix: Radical solutions for Australia's environmental crisis' but by the time I get to chapter 6 I'll have missed the key points, or lost my audience, or both. So here goes … [Read more...] about Chicken Little, Prof Lowe Pre-empts the Movie
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
