Stephan Lewandowsky asks whether the science is missing from the ABC documentary “I can change your mind about … climate”
Tue Apr 24, 2012
Stephan Lewandowsky asks whether the science is missing from the ABC documentary “I can change your mind about … climate”
Mon Apr 23, 2012
Embargo lifted at 9.01am AEST Wed 25 April 2012 NEWS BRIEFING: The dangers of youth – a Lancet series on adolescent health ONLINE BRIEFING – Tue 24 April at 9.30am AEST There are around 4.8 million adolescents (those aged 10-24 years) in Australia today, comprising around a fifth of our total population. However, new research [...]
Wed Apr 18, 2012
EMBARGO LIFTED at 3am AEST 19 April, 2012 Japanese researchers report on a protein that protects bones by promoting bone formation and limiting bone breakdown in mice. The authors conclude that if this protein plays a similar role in humans then it may pave the way for the development of therapeutic agents for bone and [...]
Tue Apr 17, 2012
The Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency has today released the latest National Greenhouse Accounts which compare Australia’s emissions to our Kyoto Protocol obligations. The Accounts show Australia’s carbon pollution is currently tracking at 104 per cent of 1990 levels. Australia’s Kyoto Protocol target is to limit emissions to108 per cent of 1990 levels, [...]
Wed Apr 11, 2012
According to the US Geological Survey, a magnitude 8.6 earthquake has struck off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia at 6:38pm tonight AEST. For more information see the US Geological Survey website. Below seismologists and tsunami experts from Australia, America and the UK respond. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has a warning in place.
Thu Apr 5, 2012
EMBARGO LIFTED at 7am AEST Fri 6 Apr 2012 US researchers have used mathematical models to show how worries over vaccine risks affect vaccine uptake within the community. The study shows how to predict ways in which population vaccinating behaviour might unfold during a vaccine scare, testing the model against real data from two infamous [...]
Tue Apr 3, 2012
The think-tank Australia 21 has today released a report urging Australia to reopen the national debate about drug use, its regulation and control. Here an Australian drug expert comments.
Mon Apr 2, 2012
The Minister for Science and Research, Senator Chris Evans, today announced CSIRO had successfully settled litigation in the United States to licence the wireless local area network (WLAN) technology, invented in Australia in the 1990s. The technology, which came out of CSIRO’s work on radioastronomy, is today used in more than three billion devices worldwide [...]