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
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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
Scientists as Philosopher Kings
Chapter 2 of 'A Big Fix:Radical Solutions for Australia's Environmental Crisis' by Ian Lowe (Black Inc 2005) is titled 'Defining Sustainability: What does it Mean?'. As I began reading the chapter I thought of Michael Crichton (author of Jurassic … [Read more...] about Scientists as Philosopher Kings
Mountain Cattlemen Defiant
There was movement at the station for the word had passed around that the mountain cattlemen will graze their cattle in the Alpine National Park this summer. The move, announced at a rally in Bendigo today, is in defiance of new Victorian … [Read more...] about Mountain Cattlemen Defiant
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
