River Royal Commission holds first hearing
SNUBBED by the Federal Government and the authority in charge of the Murray River, SA’s Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission has held its first public hearing, calling two witnesses.
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Killing in the name of science
AS a PhD student at UniSA, Jackson Ryan killed 563 mice over four years. This week he broke the scientists’ code of silence and described how it feels to kill in the name of science.
Chilling climate warning as waves smash ice shelves
ANTARCTIC ice shelves are usually protected by floating sea ice, but global warming is melting the ice floes, exposing the huge shelves to destructive waves. Now there’s warnings of extreme sea level rises.
Strange taste to your wine? Science to the rescue
EVER been disgruntled by the odd taste of capsicum in your wine? The frustrating reason is unripe grapes — but now science has the beginning of a solution.
What would you name this surprise baby wombat?
SOUTHERN hairy-nosed wombats are not supposed to be able to produce young until the age of three. But two-year-old Kibber arrived in Adelaide bearing this delightful surprise.
Citizen scientists needed to solve a prickly problem
If you have sharp eyes, quick fingers, like snapping photos and bagging poo in the name of science — there could be a job for you at Adelaide Uni.
Mr X quizzed on his candidate’s coal project
TOUGH questions are being asked of Nick Xenophon on energy policy ahead of Tuesday’s environment debate, as the Greens focus on his candidate’s connections to “dirty and dangerous gas extraction technology”.
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