By David Ceddia, Monash University Within colloquial language exists the simile ‘dry as a bone’ which is often used to refer to something that is extremely dry. For example; that dessert is dry [...]
By Lachlan Bubb, The University of Adelaide Influenza. Smallpox. Ebola. These are just a few of the infectious diseases that have plagued our society; hugely damaging diseases that have left [...]
By Alexander Browning, Queensland University of Technology Prostate cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in men. It resulted in the deaths of just over 3000 Australian men in [...]
By Shian Su, Walter and Eliza Hall Institue of Medical Research I present to you something I like to call the “Layman’s Conjecture”, it is stated as follows: “There is probably a program for [...]
By David Stojanovski, Monash University Bone – most people wouldn’t consider it alive. It isn’t soft and pliable like our muscles, fat, organ tissue or hair. However, bone [...]
By Will Stavely, Monash University You may have noticed that if you twist the end of an old-fashioned phone cord, it will start to bunch up into a clump somewhere in the middle of the cord. A [...]
By Stuart Roberts, RMIT Growing up I never had a full understanding of just how important mathematics was in everyday life. Mathematics was always my favourite subject in school, but despite how [...]
By Andrew Palermo, Griffith University Sending electricity through your brain sounds harmful and dangerous but in some cases it can change the way your brain works in a positive way. A method, [...]
By Thomas Moore Cells die all the time. Since you started reading this sentence, you’ve probably lost a few million… And there go a few million more. And of course all these dead cells must be [...]
By Angus McClure This summer, together with my supervisor Prof Geoff Mercer, I have been working on constructing mathematical models describing the spread of a disease caused by the bacteria [...]
