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Gene Jousting
By Simon Grose
To patent or not to patent? That is the question.
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A Plan So Cunning... Or Courageous
By Simon Grose
The government’s backflip on a carbon price was politically opportunistic, but public support could suffer if global emissions keep rising.
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Clever Country Confusion
By Simon Grose
Julia Gillard’s new ministry is not a coherent platform for science-based policy.
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Plate of the Nation
By Simon Grose
Our most successful television program provides insights into the Australian state of mind.
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It’s Life, But Not As We Know It
By Simon Grose
The creation of the first synthetic genome is the latest paragraph in the story of evolution.
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It Is Rocket Science
By Simon Grose
Obama boosts space exploration beyond the Moon to Mars.
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Mad Cow Backflip Denies Science
By Simon Grose
Politicians have given in to public fears about the safety of beef imports rather than doing “what the science tells us”.
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