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A successful cookery experiment
The price was right so we bought a whole rump. We decided to give low-temperature roasting a go – having vague recollections of Heston’s Feasts advocating this approach. So we dumped 3 kg of the rump in an oven bag … Continue reading
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Kangaroos are upside down, down under!
Interviewed by Mx newspaper… Apparently a celebrity comedian made some “rood” comments about kangaroo genitals … they called me to check the facts! click image for readable format
Student Feedback for Biology 2013
Just for interest I pasted the student feedback “what did you like best about this subject” question into a wordcloud package (Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/). Makes a pretty picture.
National Health and Medical Research Council funding
We were thrilled to learn that our application to the NH&MRC for research funding has been successful. Prof Marilyn Renfree , Prof Geoffrey Shaw , A/Prof Andrew Pask, Emeritus Prof Jean Wilson, Doctor Hongshi Yu. Hypospadias and control of urethral … Continue reading
Gnu now 30 years old
GNU is now 30 years old today. GNU is a collection of free software that sits on top of the Linux kernel to provide the operating system and applications.
More press coverage for our Ultrasonography paper
Some of the German press have made quite long articles on our ultrasonography study. Here are links to PDFs : Kängurus[_KölnerStadtanzeiger Kängurus_StuttgarterZeitung. Here is a web link to a shortened online version of one. http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.biologie-klettern-in-der-gebaermutter.0ec501e8-9ae9-4282-84d7-278165daaa32.html.
Parabolic reflector to boost 3G phone/dongle signal in remote areas
I work in remote areas sometimes, where 3G internet and phone connections are too weak to use. My solution was a simple, DIY, parabolic reflector. By pointing the reflector towards the nearest tower there is a significant boost in signal … Continue reading
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Wallabies do ‘Australian crawl’ in the womb
ABC News picked up our ultrasound paper: http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/03/18/3718274.htm and http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-19/wallabies-do-27australian-crawl27-in-the-womb/4580586
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The climb to the pouch begins in utero
We have visualised the short pregnancy of a small species of the kangaroo and wallaby family of marsupials, the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii), for the first time by high-resolution ultrasound. The study has shed light on a number of developmental … Continue reading
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