ANU Reporter Winter 2012
Winter 2012

The secret science of The Simpsons

A collaborative study involving undergraduate students and researchers has revealed that science in our favourite TV shows often slips under the radar. By CASEY HAMILTON.


Living with the city

The quiet personalities of our cities are in danger of being buried under the noise of the concrete jungle, writes TEGAN DOLSTRA.


Searching for solutions

Collaborative research is helping to shed light on how to close the gap on Indigenous health disadvantage, writes SIMON COPLAND.


The fine art of filigree

Artist and historian Ximena Briceño has found that the twists, weaves and intricacies of finely-crafted filigree objects are every bit as complex as the art form’s history. By MARTYN PEARCE.


Breaking the chains

Human trafficking has been labelled as ‘modern day slavery’. But Chenda Keo is revealing that there is much more to it than meets the eye. By TEGAN DOLSTRA.


Law and border

Politicians on all sides paint asylum seeker law and policy as in chaos, but is that really true? MARTYN PEARCE talks to one researcher who can see the calm in the storm.


The art of seduction

When it comes to dishing up drama and romance, gossip magazines have nothing on fiddler crabs. TEGAN DOLSTRA discovers what girls are really after and how to pick the ideal wingman.


Park life

A decade-long study is exploding the myth that pre-European Australia was an untamed wilderness, writes JAMES GIGGACHER.


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