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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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction: Science in anxious times
- A moment at sea
- Inside biology’s black box
- Einstein’s brain
- Hail hydrogen: Powering the debate on future fuel
- Guarding the guardians
- 10 monostich poems
- To the Dragon Palace and back
- Under the shade of the eucalypt
- The pale orange dot
- Walking with fire
- Cracking the meat-allergy mystery with a tick-bite link
- Space chimp: Enos
- Extreme conservation
- The search for animals harbouring coronavirus – and why it matters
- A reef history of time
- The breath of Venus
- War in the womb: The evolution of pre-eclampsia
- The COVID–climate collision
- Phascogales – a love story
- The mystery of the planet’s oldest known crater
- The Biyula novels
- The virus detectives
- Venom: Nature’s ultimate weapon
- Inside the Psychological Science Accelerator
- Everlasting free-fall
- Colours purple
- Soundings
- Phantom limb pain
- Space junk
- Troubled waters
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- The UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing 2021 Shortlist
- The UNSW Press Bragg Student Prize for Science Writing 2020 Winner: Cultured meat: The future of food?