The Weird and Wonderful World of the Ig Nobel Prize
The annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremonies were begun in 1991 by the Annals of Improbable Research in an effort to “celebrate the unusual, honour the imaginative — and spur people’s…
UWA Offers to Host Alex Jones on Campus, Permanently
Conspiracy theorist and absurdist character actor Alex Jones has been offered a permanent tenured position at the University of Western Australia, following his expulsion from a number of prominent social…
So, WTF is Anime?
Anime. At some point in time everyone has heard the word before if not actually seen one themselves. Normally associated with things like Japan, Dragon Ball Z, and Pokémon, anime…
The Story of a Man – No Friend but the Mountains review
Behrouz Boochani’s newly released book No Friend but the Mountains is more than a refugee’s memoirs or a political opinion piece. In fact, it’s a book that resists classification. It’s…
Review: Threshold
Threshold can be seen as a direct reflection of our contemporary social and political climate, where Australians’ demands for transparency from their government and media outlets is rendered through the…
Looking at you UWA … again
In the most recent in a string of gaffes for the University, UWA will serve as the Perth venue for a nationwide tour by a prominent anti-gay US physician. This…
The Guppy Bachelor: What gets a Guppy going?
A few words on mating preferences and the particulars of match-making in fish, in tribute to the new season of The Bachelor, scheduled to kick off this week. Selection of…
BETTER LATE THAN FRESHER EPISODE EIGHT: LIGHTNING DOESN’T STRIKE THE SAME PLACE TWICE TRANSCRIPT
Bridget: Hello everyone, and welcome to Season Two of Better Late than Fresher, the wonderful fortnightly podcast where we check in with fresher student Cohen and see how he’s going…
WOMEN OF SCIENCE
Women of science are my champions. Besides the fact that they’re doing all the hard work that being a scientist entails, often they face the added challenge of overcoming sexism…