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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.

Universities At Risk Of Dumbing Down Into Secondary Schools

Universities At Risk Of Dumbing Down Into Secondary Schools

Aug 24 2014 | comment(s)


Nottingham Trent University, CC BY-NC-ND

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

Visualizing Algae-Eating Viruses From Space

Visualizing Algae-Eating Viruses From Space

Aug 23 2014 | comment(s)



Emiliania huxleyi, up close and personal. Alison R. Taylor, CC BY
Snowplow, Helicopter – Medieval? Parenting Advice For The Ages

Snowplow, Helicopter – Medieval? Parenting Advice For The Ages

Aug 22 2014 | comment(s)

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

Don't Dismiss A 2014 'Super' El Niño Just Yet

Don't Dismiss A 2014 'Super' El Niño Just Yet

Aug 22 2014 | comment(s)



By Agus Santoso, Senior Research Associate at UNSW Australia.

It looks like it’s all over bar the shouting for the chance of this year bringing on a “super” El Niño. Or is it?