APRIL 2002

FEATURES

GI Jennie Fights Fat War
Bronwen Dalziel reports on findings that low fat, high carbohydrate diets may not be helping our waist lines, and may even have dangerous consequences.

Magic Molecular Mortar
There’s more to your everyday detergent than meets the eye. Miles Page reports on the use of detergents as molecular builders.

Interstellar Overdrive
Astronomer Bryan Gaensler has a multiplicity of interests and research projects on the boil. Jennifer Laing talks to him about his achievements and future goals, including a possible return to Australian shores.

Ultrasound Visualises Breastfeeding Problems
Ultrasound is enabling doctors to help mothers having difficulty breastfeeding, and is quashing a few old wives’ tales in the process. Donna Ramsay reports.

Beneficial Bacteria Present a “Green” Alternative for Wheat Disease Control
Justin Coombs and Chris Franco have discovered bacteria that could control some of Australia’s most damaging wheat diseases.

Riding the Waves
Stephen Luntz reports that efforts to curb beach erosion are also benefiting surfboard riders.

Film Success Spurs Kiwis to Boost Innovation
Peter Pockley finds that the stunning technology of Lord of the Rings is providing the political backbone for a scientific salvation of the stuttering New Zealand economy.

2002 CRC REEF
MARINE SCIENCE
JOURNALISM PRIZE

RELIGION SPECIAL

The Bible and the Rise of Science
Peter Harrison explains how the literal interpretation of the Bible has played a vital role in the development of Western science.

Myth and Anti-myth
Jonathan Clarke examines the relationship between geology and religion and finds that 18th century clerics were among the advocates for an old Earth.

The Big Bang
Mark Worthing describes the debate between theologians and scientists over the origin and end of the Universe.

The Evolution of Creationism
David Young argues that when scientists dismiss the biblical account of the creation they drive people into the ranks of popular movements opposed to science.

Evolution’s Challenge to Theology
What role can there be for a purposeful God in a world evolving by chance mutations? Dennis Edwards examines the issue.

Is Technology Replacing God?
Stephen Luntz finds out if there is room for God in a world on the verge of creating cloned humans and intelligent machines.

UPDATE

Cool Heads Save Babies from Brain Damage

Howard Answers Expats on Asylum-seekers

New Drug Search in NZ Seas

Artificial Antibiotic Available at a Price

Hyshot Rocket Found

Dementia and the Spoken Word

Going with the Flow

Kiwi Research Winners

Unique Pulsar and Companion Observed

Billions of Jupiter-like Planets

Airborne Survey of Antarctic Glacier

Greenhouse Prompts Climate Shift

More to Eucalypt Buds than their Bark

Scientific Bias Endangers Species

Rainforests Harvest the Clouds

Step Towards Superplants

BRIEFS

Consumers Keen for GM Information

Many Blood Transfusions “Inappropriate”

You Are What You Eat

Feeding Rainbow Lorikeets

Yabbies on Mars

Diagnosing the Bends

Underwater Fountain of Youth

IT Park Mistakes

Engineering Rings a Bell

Save the Live Donkey