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Looking back over 2011

flagIt’s Australia Day and we’re looking back over the most popular articles of 2011.

 

Aussie kid's playtime documented

Chidrens_playRECORDINGS, photographs and written observations of children at play have been part of a nation-wide account of children’s playlore—the first of its kind since the 1950s.

   

Devil's Lair revealing its secrets through DNA

Margaret_River_CaveWESTERN Australian research is using DNA analysis to study how the earliest WA ancestors lived in Devil’s Lair, Margaret River.

 

‘Bible leaves' pinpointed to the year 1560, Ely, Cambridgeshire

Ely_CathedralUWA scientists are slowly unravelling the origin of ancient leaves found in a library book, using carbon dating, stable isotope testing and a new technique known as “leaf extraction and analysis framework graphical user interface”.

   

Padbury Senior High teacher wins de Laeter award

delaetarPADBURY Senior High School teacher Mark Lehmann has been awarded the Science Teachers' Association of WA (STAWA) honour of the John de Laeter medal which recognises outstanding contribution to the field of science teaching.

 

More rigorous science policy for political realm

CapitalAN Access Economics report commissioned by the Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) in 2008 has demonstrated that Health and Medical Research provides exceptional returns in both health and economic contexts.

   

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