Jessi Gowan
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Jul- 2017 -4 JulyGeneral
Avoid City Pollution by Taking Side Streets
A new study has revealed that simply taking side streets while walking through a city can cut an individual’s exposure…
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Jun- 2017 -26 JuneGeneral
Are Chemicals Disrupting Our Hormones?
With health concerns like obesity, cancer, and diabetes on the rise and declining sperm counts and fertility rates, scientists are…
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19 JuneGeneral
Scientists claim native Australian plants may offer a potential cure for Zika virus
A potential cure for the Zika virus has been discovered by Queensland researchers, using compounds sourced from a native Australian…
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14 JuneGeneral
Making Modern-Day Night Soil
While the practice of collecting “night soil” from urban households in China to be repurposed as fertilizer in rural rice…
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12 JuneTrees
SCC Urged to Reconsider Decision to Chop Down Fruit Trees in UFS
Western Australia Councilor Chris Cornish is urging the Sunshine Coast Council (SCC) to consider reducing the red tape around verge…
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6 JuneGeneral
Climate Change Threatens Global “Doomsday Vault”
The “Doomsday Vault” may be threatened by rising global temperatures, as the warm winter weather of 2016 caused melting and…
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1 JuneGeneral
Unusual Units of Measurement
There are many units of measurement that aren’t included in any coherent system – and often don’t provide a well-known…
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May- 2017 -25 MayGeneral
Borsak-Ulem Theorem simplified
A mathematical theorem proves that at any given moment on the surface of the earth, there exists at least one…
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23 MayGeneral
The Attraction of a Low-Bills Lifestyle
Rising electricity prices and more frequent power outages throughout Australia are leading more homeowners to embrace the low bills lifestyle…
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17 MayGeneral
Finding a Sustainable Cup of Coffee
Australians consume about 16.3 million cups of coffee per day – but while this morning ritual offers plenty of health…
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16 MayGeneral
Making the Switch to a Zero Waste Lifestyle
Our landfills are overflowing with plastic, thanks to an annual production of more than 45 million tonnes of polyethylene around…
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2 MayNews
Wax Worms May Provide a Solution to Plastic Pollution
Researchers are currently investigating the potential of using worms to help combat the excessive plastic pollution around the world, thanks…
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