The unexpected poetry of PhD acknowledgementsscience.anu.edu.au We read hundreds and hundreds of PhD acknowledgements. What we found was a kind of poetry in the science.
Clare Watson
Science writer & freelance journalist
Words in Nature, ScienceAlert, Cosmos, Australian Geographic, Hakai Magazine, Undark, The Guardian
Words in Nature, ScienceAlert, Cosmos, Australian Geographic, Hakai Magazine, Undark, The Guardian
These period pads solidify blood to prevent leakswww.nature.com They’re filled with a seaweed-derived product that forms a gel and is biodegradable. They’re filled with a seaweed-derived product that forms a gel and is biodegradable.
These Ants Perform Life-Saving Operations on Injured Nestmates, Similar to Humanswww.sciencealert.com The world's tiniest surgeons?
Using Trash to Track Other Trash | Hakai Magazinehakaimagazine.com An Australian organization is taking “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” to heart with its ghost net clean-up program.
The origin of the cockroach: how a notorious pest conquered the worldwww.nature.com Genomic analysis suggests the common kitchen vermin spread from Europe to the world. But it wasn't originally found in Europe. Genomic analysis suggests the common kitchen vermin spread from Europe to...
SJAA Grants Program: Applications, Criteria and Everything You Need To Know – Science Journalists Association of Australiasjaa.org.au
SJAA Grants Program: Applications, Criteria and Everything You Need To Know – Science Journalists Association of Australiasjaa.org.au
Researchers call for a major rethink of how Alzheimer’s treatments are evaluatedwww.nature.com An approach that aims to quantify how long a drug can delay or halt the progression of disease is gathering steam. An approach that aims to quantify how long a drug can delay or halt the progression o...
Seagrass Can Stash Away Dangerous Heavy Metals | Hakai Magazinehakaimagazine.com In Australia’s largest estuary, humble seagrass is the thin green line between safety and heavy-metal contamination.
Surge in endometriosis research after decades of underfunding could herald new era for women’s health - Nature Medicinewww.nature.com Advances in organoids and the role of the microbiome and diet are leading to new diagnostics and treatments for endometriosis, motivating a precision health approach to this long-neglected disease.
Evolution Keeps Making Crabs, And Nobody Knows Whybuff.ly This is so weird.
Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2023 - Carbon Briefwww.carbonbrief.org Using Altmetric data, Carbon Brief has compiled a list of the 25 most talked-about climate-related papers that were published in 2023.
'Is that a dinosaur?': One of Australia's rarest reptiles found in regional WA years after relocatio...www.abc.net.au A WA wildlife carer says she nearly "wet her pants" with excitement, after an endangered western swamp tortoise was found on a dirt track near her home town of Northcliffe.
If the first solar entrepreneur hadn't been kidnapped, would fossil fuels have dominated the 20th ce...theconversation.com The 1909 incident may have cost the industry decades of progress – and the planet huge amounts of damaging carbon emissions.
Scientists Discover 'Pure Math' Is Written Into Evolutionary Geneticswww.sciencealert.com Nature at its beautiful best.
Science Writers Database - The Open Notebookwww.theopennotebook.com A free, global database of journalists, writers, editors, and other science communicators.
These animals are racing towards extinction. A new home might be their last chancewww.nature.com Some of the most threatened animals might not survive in their current habitat because of climate change. Researchers are testing a controversial strategy to relocate them before it’s too late — s...
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