Editorial Gong Getting The Raw End Of The Deal

COMPARING public works funding in Wollongong and Newcastle is hardly an exact science. The cities are different, their needs are different and their circumstances are different.

Fear, Loathing And Rationality

Risk: The Science And Politics Of Fear By Dan Gardner Virgin Books, 368pp, $49.90 Your head may know you are not in danger but try telling your gut.

Laser Teaser Plan

WOLLONGONG Science Centre director Glen Moore is planning an interesting event involving lasers during the Illawarra Innovation Showcase between June 27 and July 4.

Molecular Under Microscope

Is avant garde cookery that brings science to the stovetop on the nose, asks David Sutherland.

Aussies A Middling Shade Of Green

LIKE a contrary student who excels in science but confounds teachers by failing maths, Australians are inconsistent environmental performers. That, at least, is how we describe ourselves.