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The September 3 Edition

From fashion to seaweed farming | What the nose knows | When a journo turns psychiatrist | A Melburnian’s battle to save wildlife on a Zimbabwe reserve | Epidemiologist Raina MacIntyre

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The September 3 Edition
From designing clothes to refashioning cow burps: Sam’s $40 million career switch

From designing clothes to refashioning cow burps: Sam’s $40 million career switch

After hearing of ground-breaking Australian research into how seaweed could reduce planet-warming methane emissions in cows, Sam Elsom left fashion behind.

  • by Lesley Hughes
One upside of COVID: New research into our startling olfactory capacities

One upside of COVID: New research into our startling olfactory capacities

Our ability to smell is the most underrated of our senses – or it was, until the pandemic led researchers to unveil some of its great mysteries.

  • by Paola Totaro
‘Not for the faint-hearted’: The Melburnian staring down wildlife poachers in Africa

‘Not for the faint-hearted’: The Melburnian staring down wildlife poachers in Africa

With local villagers hungry for bush meat, John Gardiner is spending millions to protect the wildlife now flourishing on his 55,000-hectare Zimbabwe reserve.

  • by Adam Shand
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How a night in the emergency ward made me trade journalism for medicine

How a night in the emergency ward made me trade journalism for medicine

This former reporter found a move to psychiatry involved swapping the telling of confidences for the keeping of them.

  • by Lisa Pryor
‘I don’t feel like a millionaire’: A father-son duo’s secret to success

‘I don’t feel like a millionaire’: A father-son duo’s secret to success

While Cedar Anderson and his father Stuart’s honey-extraction invention became a global success, the secret to a sweet life, they say, remains a simple one.

  • by Jennifer Johnston
Good Weekend Talks: Rebooting one of our favourite teen shows? It’s a risk Netflix wants to take

Good Weekend Talks: Rebooting one of our favourite teen shows? It’s a risk Netflix wants to take

Heartbreak High was one of the most popular Australian shows of the 1990s. Now Netflix is looking to replicate that success, with a reboot fit for 2022.

  • by Osman Faruqi
How faith helps me as a scientist: epidemiologist Raina MacIntyre

How faith helps me as a scientist: epidemiologist Raina MacIntyre

The biosecurity expert discusses the need for resilience and dealing with gutter politics, plus: why she rates Australia’s pandemic response a five out of 10.

  • by Benjamin Law
I saw a spider crawling in a woman’s hair. Should I have told her?

I saw a spider crawling in a woman’s hair. Should I have told her?

Our Modern Guru responds to a question concerning creepy crawlies spotted at the theatre.

  • by Danny Katz
Advanced adulting: The reliable salve for a wounded relationship

Advanced adulting: The reliable salve for a wounded relationship

My house guesting skills may have taken a turn for the worse since becoming a parent, but other areas of finesse have evolved.

  • by Amelia Lester
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Why is grenache so readily available now?

Why is grenache so readily available now?

Grenache was once a staple of cheaper wines. A new generation of winemakers are making it differently.

  • by Huon Hooke
The forever home

The forever home

Paul Connolly’s Kitchen Sink Drama is a slice of domestic life, captured masterfully in only 100 words. This week: The echoes of a past life.

  • by Paul Connolly
Good Weekend Quiz

Good Weekend Quiz

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge.

Sydney: Chinese Noodle Restaurant
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Sydney: Chinese Noodle Restaurant

There are no plastic grapes hanging from the ceiling, but the Sydney Chinatown stalwart's successor is more comfortable, reviews David Matthews.

  • by David Matthews
Melbourne: Victoria by Farmer’s Daughters

Melbourne: Victoria by Farmer’s Daughters

Where its sibling Farmer's Daughters focuses specifically on Gippsland, this Fed Square restaurant takes a broader approach.

  • by Besha Rodell
Karen Martini’s fried rice with mushrooms and cashews

Karen Martini’s fried rice with mushrooms and cashews

This is fried rice as a delicious and sustaining stand-alone meal. You can use white rice, but brown rice has a hearty, nuttier texture that I find irresistible.

  • by Karen Martini
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Danielle Alvarez's Cuban-style pulled-pork sandwiches

Danielle Alvarez's Cuban-style pulled-pork sandwiches

As a Cuban, Alvarez has mojo – the nation’s garlic-laden marinade – running through her veins. These pulled-pork sandwiches are a throwback to her favourite childhood meal.

  • by Danielle Alvarez

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