Do Your Own Research
The anti-vaxxers have done it again. Perth news media had warned civilians against visiting IKEA, Perth Zoo, and South West WA after tracing the path of a measles-infected individual who…
Review: Crazy Rich Asians
I watched the trailer for Crazy Rich Asians between my fingers, a metre away from the screen, ready for Scarlett Johansson to jump out like a demon in an early-2000s…
The Flat Earth Conspiracy
If you’ve got a couple of hours to kill, I highly recommend taking a trip down this rabbit hole of twisted logic and backyard science.
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…
RICHARD DAWKINS: SCIENCE IN THE SOUL
Perth turned out for a Monday night, welcoming Professor Richard Dawkins to the stage of Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre with rapturous applause. Dawkins, hosted by John Safran, spoke on…
#BadStockPhotosOfMyJob
It’s the end of week 10 and if you’re a science student, this is about the time your cortisol levels begin to rise exponentially and you descend into a constant…