Keywords: Science Fiction
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Jesse Shipway | Maria Takolander | Rodney Williams
- 20 October 2009
uneasy in its valley of ghosts .. this gold town lives on beyond bust .. graves cut steep and deep through stone .. some folk buried here standing up
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AUSTRALIA
- Tony Smith
- 02 September 2009
7 Comments
Many middle aged males are susceptible to having their egos flattered
when women appear to find them attractive. But in the case of
politicians, it is possible that the dangers involved make such affairs
irresistible.
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INTERNATIONAL
As Australia deals with its own incursion of H1N1, a strange event on a Geneva-bound train reminds us that this virus is in human hands. Meanwhile the manufacture of a vaccine for the virus raises doubts about medical ethics and equity.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Cassandra Golds
- 15 May 2009
1 Comment
Jones' working life has been devoted to stories. In Through A Glass Darkly, she tells of her father's death. Her account questions the experiences behind modern medical miracles, and acts as a guide for understanding suffering and grief.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Marion Halligan has a fine appreciation of the literary process linking author and reader. In Murder on the Apricot Coast she teases with a
critique of sequels and argues that only the reader's imagination can
extend the lives of literary characters.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Harry Nicolaides
- 14 July 2008
10 Comments
As Australia considers the Garnaut Report and the CSIRO predicts petrol could reach $8 a litre within a decade, the subject of biofuel has garnered increased interest. Jatropha, the so-called darling of second-generation biofuels, could cripple third world economies and ecosystems.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Gabrielle Bridges
- 28 May 2008
1 Comment
One of the teenage mums writes poetry. The Goths are into dragons and wizards. A girl in a wheelchair says, 'Melanie. A novel.' A tattooed youth drawls, 'Sean. Dirty realism.' Reading work aloud is voluntary but most are keen.
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AUSTRALIA
- Rocky Wood
- 14 November 2007
1 Comment
Elite sportspeople are often lauded by the Prime Minister. But we need to go back to the Whitlam era to find a government that has actively and significantly supported writers and other artists.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 05 June 2007
6 Comments
There can be no peace unless believers and atheists share an equal place in the public square of a free and democratic society.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Tim Thwaites has written the Archimedes column for Eureka Street for many years. He has been a science writer and broadcaster for more than 25 years. He is the voice of New Scientist in Australia, and teaches non-fiction writing at La Trobe University.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
In 2001, science broadcaster Robyn Williams wrote a novel inspired by Orwell's 1984, but set in 2007. It suggests that change is occurring with exponential speed, and that our opportunities for altering course are dwindling numerically, shrinking in size and diluting in quality.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tom Griffiths
- 05 July 2006
Historians are fighting a mini war over frontier history and the number of Aboriginal dead. Tom Griffiths argues for a different approach.
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