Opining on what profession we might choose if we had our time over again, few could ignore the calling of forensic archaeology after reading my favorite story of the day […]
Read MoreThe sacrifices of science
History writer Troy Lennon has captured the real essence of human courage challenging science, describing the work and untimely death of volcanologist David Johnston 40 years ago. (Scientist died as […]
Read MoreAccountability needed
Scientists working on any weapons systems are always confronted with the morality of empowering their government with killing devices. (Labor’s Nazi slur, 14/5). Scientists developing the atomic bomb in the […]
Read MoreScience is the winner
The life work of Alan Mackay-Sim is worthy of his award as Australian of the Year. Often in scientific research, finding something does not work is as important as the […]
Read MoreBest of luck, Lula
With the new year ushering in a new Brazilian president – albeit a recycled one in Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva – much optimism is felt by the 215 million […]
Read MoreJoys of a better world
Children dumped classes on Friday, marching in the streets of our state capital for a world with better weather. Should these protests have been held at the churches instead, since […]
Read MoreGum tree culprits
Widespread discussion on the cause of our cyclical bushfires is occurring. (Letters, 10/1). The combination of sustained dryness, heat, wind (for supplying oxygen and ember carriage), fuel load and ignition […]
Read MoreOz Day pub ban on nose
As predictable as clockwork, do-gooder ideologues are woken from their morbid dole-grabbing activist existences to protest their flavour-of-the-month causes, now unfortunately targeting Australia Day. The woke nonsense about our great […]
Read MoreTooth fairy lives
While most children revel in trading in their missing molars, few reverse the trend by receiving 23 million- year-old, priceless ivories, (It’s ours if tooth be told, 30/9). As a […]
Read MoreFolbigg vindicated
Perhaps it is the weakness of our legal system and 21st-century humanity that everything is measured in dollars and cents when compensation for misjudgement is discussed, even though restored innocence […]
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