The precautionary principle has a place in regulating chemicals new to Australia, but for chemicals already used elsewhere are the burdens of time and cost unnecessarily heavy?
Like many of us on the east coast of Australia, I recently spent some time hosing out mud from inundated houses. Making conversation, one of my...
In September 1904, Sydney newspapers picked up a story from London’s Daily Mail about what appeared to be gold on the teeth of a sheep’s head...
In my column in the September–November 2020 issue (p. 40), I outlined several approaches to replace the use of bentonite to achieve protein...
In the appalling event that Russia uses a nuclear weapon against Ukraine, it would be the third use of a nuclear weapon in war. The first and...
There is now a broad international consensus that climate change is a serious problem and one that requires stronger responses from many...
Throughout human existence, women have made amazing contributions to chemistry. Jenny Sharwood describes some of their challenges and achievements, and shares some stories of her own.
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