Science
Future is not what it used to be
AS A baby boomer, I must say I'm terribly disappointed with modern science and technology. I mean, where's my robot? Apparently Leonardo da Vinci invented the first robot in 1495.
Sceptics must start warming to the reality of climate science
Stephan Lewandowsky Don't get bogged down by deniers. Focus instead on the integrity of the science.
Science no match for angels at our tables
Simon Smart As a creator and lover of fine food saddled with a kitchen klutz for a husband, it was almost too much for my wife when my mate started regaling her with descriptions of the salted caramel macarons...
It's time art and science engineered an alliance
Elizabeth Farrelly I like engineers. This surprises me slightly, since architects usually see engineers as bubble-busters. It's not their niceness I like.
Spiritual beliefs won't halt cancer's onslaught, but science might
Benison O'Reilly Y ears ago I worked at a company that was trialling an experimental drug for terminal lung cancer. The drug was vastly expensive and not particularly effective - less than 50 per cent of patients...
Can Japan ever put its faith in science again?
Carolyn Stevens A nation built on trust in technology now has reason to doubt.
It costs more to lose women in science than keep them
Anna-Maria Arabia An industry that loses its highly skilled workers when they take time out of the workforce is doomed to fail.
The science is in: save the whales, save the planet
Reese Halter Last year, Iceland and Norway killed 688 whales while Japan, under the guise of "scientific research", slaughtered 1000 whales. In the 20th century humans killed 1.5 million whales around the globe.
Climate change: the black, white and grey in the science
Kurt Lambeck The rains have come but that is not a reason to ignore the scientific evidence on climate change. The US National Climatic Data Centre issued figures for the year to the end of October that indicate...
Dismal science on way to cracking the universal code of happiness
Jessica Irvine The end of another year approaches with the usual relaxed pace of a runaway train heading for a brick wall.
Science champions needed to battle merchants of doubt
Kim Carr Opinions based on fact and expertise outweigh those based on quackery.
Life science
Michael Short There shouldn't really be enough hours in the day for Simon McKeon to do what he does. But he does it - and with passion.
If you want to scare people, frighten them with science
Geoff Strong Trot out the bogey word ''chemical'' and play on the punters' ignorance.
The science and psychology of the penalty shoot-out
Serkan Ozturk Ever wondered why football goalkeepers almost always make spectacular dives in those nail-biting penalty shoot-outs?
The science and psychology of the penalty shootout
Serkan Ozturk Ever wondered why football goalkeepers almost always make spectacular dives in those nail-biting penalty shoot-outs? Research now shows they'd be better off standing still.
Lord Monckton on the real science behind climate change
Ben Cubby Christopher Walter, the Third Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, visited the Herald office this week.
Today the science of dating is not just weird, it's also wired
Tim Dick In Weird Science, two school geeks, Gary and Wyatt, use a computer to invent their perfect woman. One paranormal event later, Kelly LeBrock appears from the bathroom as the very hot Lisa, and makes...
Industry's learning difficulty
When a federal Coalition MP says a group of public employees deserve to have their wages more than doubled to a top rate of $150,000, listeners are bound to wonder if their hearing is faulty.
Spare the rod, spoil the planet
Elizabeth Farrelly A plague of unwhacked children. Is it possible that, in an array of future threats that includes climate change, financial collapse, sprawl, greed, war, pestilence and famine, humanity's primary...
We interrupt this program for an important message on relating
Damon Young Aliens slyly observing Australia might be baffled by our dinners. Not the stir-fried or the lasagne but the not-so-silent partner at most Australians' meals: the television.
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