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  1. Epigenetics: A Thrifty way of using DNA

    By Kim Meyers, Class of 2016 Most of us strive to lead healthy and happy lives. But our vulnerability to disease in adult life can be …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/science-communication/2021/08/06/epigenetics-a-thrifty-way-of-using-dna

  2. Can coral create rain?

    By Tim Brown, class of 2016 As I’m typing this, a group of researchers from QUT are cruising along the Great Barrier Reef. But they aren’t …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/science-communication/2021/07/30/can-coral-create-rain

  3. Video Explainer: F1 Drivers Aren’t Real Athletes – They’re Elite Athletes

    By JT Yeung, class of 2017 (Image by www.twin-loc.fr via Flickr) I’ve always had a burning ambition to turn my scripts into videos. Particularly since we are living …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/science-communication/2021/07/27/video-explainer-f1-drivers-arent-real-athletes-theyre-elite-athletes

  4. Do sabre-toothed tigers prowl university campuses?

    By Kimberley Reid, Class of 2017 (Sabre-tooth tiger image credit James st. John via Flickr)     Do sabre-toothed tigers lounge in empty lecture theatres? Have …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/science-communication/2021/07/20/do-sabre-toothed-tigers-prowl-university-campuses

  5. This building looks like a duck…and other facts about pareidolia

    By Leslie Ng, Class of 2016 We’ve all experienced it before, and we can’t escape it. Whether it’s a building that looks like a duck, or …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/science-communication/2021/07/13/171

  6. To think or not to think?

    By Po-Chen Liu, class of 2020. Visit Po-Chen’s LinkedIn and Website. Mind control, is real, well basically. In 2012, a ​paper published in the journal Nature by …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/science-communication/2021/07/08/to-think-or-not-to-think

  7. Ants: Australia’s gift to us

    By Elizabeth Newton, Class of 2016 If you asked a person to think of Australian wildlife, the animals that are likely to come to mind are …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/science-communication/2021/07/06/ants-australias-gift-to-us

  8. High Seas and Low Lands: The Netherlands and Coping with Life Under Sea Level

    By Chayton Bouwmeester, class of 2020. With roughly a third of the country below average sea level, you can imagine why the Dutch might have an …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/science-communication/2021/06/30/high-seas-and-low-lands-the-netherlands-and-coping-with-life-under-sea-level

  9. Zoonosis and the next pandemic: why hindsight must be 2020

    By Calandra Grima, class of 2020. Image by James Wainscoat, via Unsplash (left); Image by Luke Jones, via Unsplash (right) From the Black Death, Spanish Influenza and HIV/AIDS, to SARS, Ebola, and …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/science-communication/2021/06/23/zoonosis-and-the-next-pandemic-why-hindsight-must-be-2020

  10. A low-ranking monkey, or just blue balls?

    By Sophia Giarrusso, class of 2020 (@GiarrussoSophia on Twitter) Vervet monkeys have small cute faces and bright blue testicles. Over the male’s lifetime, the blue colour …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/science-communication/2021/06/16/a-low-ranking-monkey-or-just-blue-balls

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