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Don't Overlook What’s Underfoot – Save The Bugs And Germs

Aug 26 2014 | comment(s)


Honey bees play a vital role in pollination but their populations are under threat in many parts of the world. Flickr/Paul Stein, CC BY-SA

By Andrew Beattie

Media And Energy Coverage: Bias Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

Media And Energy Coverage: Bias Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

Aug 24 2014 | comment(s)


Source: IPA

By Kerrie Foxwell-Norton, Griffith University

It’s tempting to view The Australian’s latest broadside at the ABC as just another salvo fired between our nation’s two biggest media organisations.

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Universities At Risk Of Dumbing Down Into Secondary Schools

Aug 24 2014 | comment(s)


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By Alister Scott, Birmingham City University

When It Comes To Comic Books, Let's Put Literary Criticism Back On The Shelf

When It Comes To Comic Books, Let's Put Literary Criticism Back On The Shelf

Aug 23 2014 | comment(s)


Shall I compare thee to a novel? No. Tim McFarlane/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA

By David Sweeney, Glasgow School of Art

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Visualizing Algae-Eating Viruses From Space

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Snowplow, Helicopter – Medieval? Parenting Advice For The Ages

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Christine de Pisan instructs her son, Jean de Castel, c.1413. Source: Wikimedia Commons

By Juanita Feros Ruys, Senior Research Fellow and Associate Director of the Medieval and Early Modern Centre at University of Sydney