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Changing the clocks – it’s about time
THOSE who keep time never tire of looking for refined ways to measure it.
Numbers up for rarely sighted beasts
IT is a sad fact that all tigers are endangered, so this is as close to one of these magnificent beasts as Iadine Chades may get.
Student guild in Murdoch row
MURDOCH University’s Guild of Students has accused the chancellor of threatening to withdraw or withhold funding unless it tones down its activism.
Academic says no to grant
PERTH academic Rob Donovan has made good his threat to knock back Australian Research Council Discovery projects funding and sent a stinging letter to Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Minister Kim Carr, claiming underfunded grant offers are an insult.
House committee wants more grants
GOVERNMENT funding for research grants should be doubled so that the success rate of applications can be boosted to 40 per cent, according to a parliamentary committee report.
Reconciling God and mammon
PAUL Oslington, an economist with a degree in theology, is careful not to make the obvious point that a world that worships mammon has lately been brought undone by it.
Frisky frog shares big love
SURVIVAL’S mysteries sometimes take biologists in surprising directions, in Phillip Byrne’s case enabling him to claim an impressive title for the Bibron’s Toadlet as the most promiscuous female vertebrate.
Adelaide finds strength in unity
BANKING on the proposition that there is strength in numbers, the rush to collaborative enterprise has become a firm trend in universities in search of a competitive edge.
Three minutes to unravel DNA data
SOME professors can barely choke out a coherent, plain-English explanation about their field of study after a lifetime of pursuing it, so Michael Imelfort has the drop on them.
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