The Best Australian Science Writing 2021
eBook - ePub

The Best Australian Science Writing 2021

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eBook - ePub

The Best Australian Science Writing 2021

About this book

Is there life in the clouds of Venus? How could Indigenous burning practices stave off catastrophic bushfires? What do horseshoe bats, raccoon dogs, and pet cats have to do with the global pandemic? Science writing tells the stories of life and human endeavour in all its marvellous—often messy—complexity. Now in its eleventh year—and with a foreword by Australia's Chief Scientist, the renowned physicist Cathy Foley— The Best Australian Science Writing 2021 is a collection that showcases the nation's best science writing. New voices join prominent science writers and journalists, taking us to the depths of the ocean, the fuels of the future, and to the Ryugu asteroid and back. The collection also brings us straight to the heart of complex ethical dilemmas and the calamitous crises challenging scientists and writers alike. Includes the shortlisted entries for the 2021 UNSW Press Bragg Prize and the 2020 UNSW Press Bragg Student Prize winning essay.

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Information

Publisher
NewSouth
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9781742238272
Edition
0
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Environmental Science
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Introduction: Science in anxious times
  8. A moment at sea
  9. Inside biology’s black box
  10. Einstein’s brain
  11. Hail hydrogen: Powering the debate on future fuel
  12. Guarding the guardians
  13. 10 monostich poems
  14. To the Dragon Palace and back
  15. Under the shade of the eucalypt
  16. The pale orange dot
  17. Walking with fire
  18. Cracking the meat-allergy mystery with a tick-bite link
  19. Space chimp: Enos
  20. Extreme conservation
  21. The search for animals harbouring coronavirus – and why it matters
  22. A reef history of time
  23. The breath of Venus
  24. War in the womb: The evolution of pre-eclampsia
  25. The COVID–climate collision
  26. Phascogales – a love story
  27. The mystery of the planet’s oldest known crater
  28. The Biyula novels
  29. The virus detectives
  30. Venom: Nature’s ultimate weapon
  31. Inside the Psychological Science Accelerator
  32. Everlasting free-fall
  33. Colours purple
  34. Soundings
  35. Phantom limb pain
  36. Space junk
  37. Troubled waters
  38. Contributors
  39. Acknowledgments
  40. The UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing 2021 Shortlist
  41. The UNSW Press Bragg Student Prize for Science Writing 2020 Winner: Cultured meat: The future of food?