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Not just nets: how to stop shark attacks without killing sharks

  • Written by: Nathan Hart, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
imageShelly Beach near Ballina, one of the new shark net locations, was the scene of a fatal shark attack in February 2015.Dave Hunt/AAP, CC BY-SA

The recent spate of shark attacks in New South Wales has led to the announcement by NSW Premier Mike Baird and Primary Industries Minister Niall Blair of an expansion of the Shark Meshing Bather Protection...

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Kitchen Science: the chemistry behind amazing meringue and perfect cappuccino

  • Written by: Clare Collins, Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
imageIt's the chemistry that makes it taste so great.Shutterstock

Whether it’s frothing milk for a cappuccino or beating egg whites into meringue for a pavlova or macaroons, you can thank chemistry for the reactions that make them possible.

Beating egg whites with a whisk or frothing milk with steam disrupts – or partly “denatures&rdquo...

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Grattan on Friday: Has Turnbull's credibility deficit reached a point of no return?

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Despite briefly being able to dine out on the legislation passed before parliament wound up last week, Malcolm Turnbull is headed to a not very happy Christmas. This week has surely been one of the worst of his prime ministership.

News of a quarter of negative economic growth – only the fourth since 1991 – came hard on the heels of the...

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The great Australian plays: The Torrents, the Doll and the critical mass of Australian drama

  • Written by: Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Flinders University
imageSummer of the Seventeenth Doll is one of the most famous – and most revived – Australian plays of all time.Melbourne Theatre Company/Jeff Busby

In 1955, two plays, The Torrents by Oriel Gray and Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Ray Lawler, shared first prize in a Playwrights Advisory Board Competition (about £200). Such...

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Cost Savings and Benefits of Using Used Pallets in Logistics

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