Michael Levin is uncovering the incredible, latent abilities of living things.
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Researchers are studying their extraordinary flight patterns to help us build tiny aircraft and protect global ecosystems.
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For cyclists, it’s a drag when you don’t shave your legs.
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The sex stereotypes built into animal research.
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The Journal of Australian Political Economy continues to be the go-to place for publishing political economy for local (and international) readers.
The journal’s latest issue (Winter 2023) contains full-length articles on a variety of topics, with particular focus on Australian industry policy issues, bank lending policy and regional inequalities in housing affordability. A review article considers recent books dealing with climate change and capitalism. Four shorter articles on recent official reports are also featured, along with an array of reviews and notes on recent political economy publications. Overall, the contents of this latest issue show the continuing vitality of political economy scholarship and research in Australia [...]
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Paleotempestology promises to uncover patterns of historical hurricanes—to better predict destructive weather of the future.
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Physicist Alan Lightman on evolution and atheism, creativity and spirituality.
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A new documentary series is a startlingly intimate look at chimps.
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A precise new method of measuring gravitational waves is re-opening the book on general relativity.
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A crucial link that sustains the Amazon rainforest is at risk of running dry.
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