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With a presidential order reversing the ban on stem cell research already drafted, there are high expectations that the 44th President of the United States of America is going to give science and R&D a massive shot of adrenaline. Bloggers ...

Hormonal changes caused by menopause soften the biologically driven rivalry between women. A study published last week reveals that menopause alters the way women judge attractiveness in younger members of the same sex, resulting in a greater preference for feminine ...

Balram Halwai is the White Tiger: servant, philosopher, entrepreneur, murderer. Born in a village in the dark heart of India, the son of a rickshaw puller, Halwai is taken out of school by his family and put to work in ...

Professor Bruce Milthorpe has commenced as dean of science at UTS. A former head of the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering at UNSW and deputy president (academic) of UNSW Asia, Milthorpe has been involved in biomaterials development and assessment for ...

Richard Torbay, speaker of the NSW Lower House, has been appointed chancellor-elect, taking effect at the end of current chancellor John Cassidy’s term on 11 December. Awarded an honorary doctorate in 2007, Torbay has had a long association with UNE. ...

Historian, social and political commentator, writer and broadcaster Professor Ross Fitzgerald has joined ACU National as a part-time professorial fellow within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Fitzgerald’s books, both fiction and non-fiction, span subjects as diverse as ageing, the ...

Curtin University of Technology Emeritus Professor John de Laeter has been induced into the Australian Prospectors and Miners Hall of Fame. De Laeter’s induction recognises his contribution to geochronological research (the science of dating and determining the time sequence of ...

UNE has appointed Martha Saw as the CEO of its fundraising arm, the UNE Foundation, and director of the newly created Office of Advancement. Saw has previously worked for McKillop Family Services, Questacon, and the Canberra Region Medical Foundation. Most ...

Dr Colin Mason has been appointed as director of the Institute of Teaching and Learning at Deakin University. Mason is currently dean, teaching and learning at Unitec New Zealand, where he also led the Centre for Teaching and Learning Innovation. ...

Groundbreaking research suggests that pregnancy rates are much higher among teens who watch a lot of TV with sexual dialogue and behaviour, such as Sex in the City, compared with those who have tamer viewing tastes. Teens who watched the ...