Missing maps and treeless treechange towns
The bushfire royal commission has now discovered that, apparently, the dog ate CFA boss Russell Rees and his deputy’s homework – or, more precisely, the “mud maps” that they drew on Black Saturday have gone missing: On Thursday the Royal [...]
Some Alzheimer's genes identified
It’s 16 years since the last genetic identification of Alzheimer’s factors. This is potentially huge, as at least 1 in 4 cases of Alzheimers are known to have a strong genetic component, and it has long been suspected that other gene clusters are very important factors in the development of the disease.
Men, Women and Risk
Do we assign a different value to risk-taking according to whether the person taking the risk is male or female – and whether the activity is coded as male or female?
Lazy Sunday!
Since we don’t live by politix alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all!
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
Nuclear disarmament not so easy
The nuclear disarmament commission the Rudd government announced last year is having a meeting, and apparently progress is slow. Apparently Steven Smith has offended the delicate sensibilities of the Iranian delegation (a country whose nuclear enrichment program continues to expand) [...]
Geoengineering report from the Royal Society
Geoengineering – that is, deliberate actions to modify the Earth’s climate to counteract the effects of human-induced climate change – seems to be slowly making its way into the scientific mainstream, if not yet public debate. The Royal Society, an [...]
CPD Insight: Upgrading Democracy
The Centre for Policy Development has released a new issue of its online magazine, Insight: As the internet continues to make transparency and collaboration cheaper and easier, governments around the world face increasing pressure to become more open and more [...]
Journalism and political bias in Australia: Melbourne and ANU study
Blogging academics Joshua Gans of Melbourne University and Andrew Leigh of ANU have conducted a study into ‘media slant’ in Australian political coverage: Australian journalists are close to the centre of the political spectrum, but their editors are more likely [...]
Women in/and political blogging Redux
The Crikey inspired revival of that hardy perennial – pace Jonathan Green – “where are teh wimminz?” – was discussed by Anna Winter in a post here at LP. It also sparked wide discussion all over the tubes. Notable is [...]
The IT accident investigation bureau
Whenever a plane crash occurs, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau consults the relevant experts and issues a public report on what went wrong. When an unusual death, in any circumstance, occurs, a coronial inquest is held. And, at the moment, [...]
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