New Science Course

VICTORIA University is offering a new bachelor of science - community science specialisation course.

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Ripper Of A Seminar On Threat

THERE is a science to how the surf works and understanding it could save your life, an expert said.

God's Will Be Done In A World Heading For Kingdom Come

RETURN OF THE BIBLE PLAGUES 8.30pm, SBS: Walk like an Egyptian or die like one? This series harks back to biblical times to draw parallels between assorted pestilences wrought by God upon the pharaohs and the expediting of numerous scourges as a repercussion of climate change. Mozzies, despite the best efforts of science, continue to spread malaria - killing 2 million people a year. Communities still sing and pray to their gods for salvation but grassroots activists are also busy, spraying ...

Bot To Trot

SCIENCE FICTION IS CLOSER TO FACT THAN YOU MIGHT THINK. ERIK JENSEN REPORTS. STAR WARS: WHERE SCIENCE MEETS IMAGINATION Thursday to April 26, 10am-5pm, Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris Street, Ultimo, 9217 0111, $24-$12.

The Margarets

THE MARGARETS Sheri S. Tepper Hatchette Livre, $32.99 Bordering on fantasy and science fiction, Tepper's novel is a little hard to follow at times, but overall, a thoroughly enjoyable read.

Next Month, In A Gallery Not Far Away

Science and imagination meet in a Star Wars-themed exhibition at the Powerhouse. Laura Parker previews its launching-pad approach. Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination opens on December 4 at the Powerhouse Museum.

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Naked Science: Glacier Meltdown

Biofuels 'should Come From Non-food Crops'

BIOFUELS from non-food crops should be used to enhance Australia's energy security, not those that come at the expense of food production, says a report by a leading science organisation.

Youth In Big Guns' Sights

THE Hunter Region has been awarded $2.9 million for a new science, technology and maths program in high schools that aims to encourage students to take up careers in the defence industry.

Being Published Does Not Turn Fiction Into Fact

The peer-review system for publication in science journals is inherently flawed and in desperate need of an overhaul. Emeritus Professor Brian Milton's comments (Letters, November 13) in support of the system reveal a naivety that appears common among senior academics raised at a time when academic performance, pay and position were not so closely tied to publishing papers.

New Curriculum's Teacher Challenge

THE man appointed by the Federal Government to create Australia's first national curriculum has warned that schools will require more teachers and better training if it is to be successful. National Curriculum Board chairman Barry McGaw said it was one thing to develop a new curriculum in English, maths, science and history, but quite another to ensure there were enough teachers, and properly trained, to teach the revamped subjects when they are introduced from 2011.

Hats Off To The Bold Bands

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A Clearer Picture On Carbon Trade

BUSINESS is a gamble, and any attempt at economic planning is also a gamble. When trying to plan an economic path to counter adverse climate change from carbon emissions, it is a double or triple gamble: that the science about the linkage between human activity and climate are right, that new pricing mechanisms will operate in the desired way and not cause economic devastation, and finally that everyone else will join the new system.

Young Einsteins Take Centre Stage

THE region's future science boffins will display their work at tomorrow's Illawarra Coal Regional Science Fair at the University of Wollongong.

Finding Faith In A Sunnier Place

A love of life and science helps Snow Patrol to change tack, writes Craig Mathieson.

Hail To The Chief Of Science

TURNING problems such as climate change into business opportunities for the state will be a priority of its first chief scientist and scientific engineer, Mary O'Kane.

Young Einsteins Savour Science

EINSTEIN once said it was the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in knowledge, and that joy was awakened in Berkeley Public School students with a bang yesterday.

A Heated Exchange

The late British financial visionary Baron Lionel Charles Robbins described economics as the science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses. Huh?

Win For Frazer

A MAN who created four vaccines to fight cervical cancer has been awarded the Prime Minister's Prize for Science.