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Our genetic cousins are on life support…
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ABC Science environment reporter Nick Kilvert
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How Time Changes Our Perceptions
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Vegetables That Grow Well in a Container or Pot
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GENETICALLY WE ARE ALL POTENTIAL TERRORISTS…
By Guest Blogger: Ferdi Businger
We comfort ourselves with the belief that the Germans and the Japanese people of the 1940's had some genetic trait...
Are there 10 million too many people in Australia?
Big corporates and both sides of government are continuing to push the 'endless growth' scenario. Those at the top of the financial tree stand...
Why Laissez-Faire Economics Always Fails
Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer
Markets are a type of ecosystem that is complex, adaptive, and subject to the same evolutionary forces as nature.
The GFC...
Does Vinegar Really Kill Germs?
Incomes have been pretty much stagnant for years. Meanwhile the price of just about everything goes up around us. Is it any wonder we're...
Is it tyres or tires? Either way, it’s a massive problem for all of...
There are far more tyres than people!
In the 10 years to 2016, a total of 878.82 MILLION passenger cars and commercial vehicles were produced globally....
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Scientists discover new human organ!
We know so much and yet so little. We can land a rover on Mars. We've studied Pluto in astounding detail. We're discovering new...
Of Death and Regrets
My father-in-law died last week. He didn't 'pass over' or 'pass away'. He died. He's dead. He's not coming back - or at least...
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