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Particle 101: Condoms
Condom prices are rumoured to rise by 20–30% in coming months due to supply chain disruptions. The production of condoms relies on numerous materials, including latex, , aluminium foil and silicone oil. After they’re manufactured, condoms need to be shipped out. Unfortunately, both ends of this process are being affected by the blockades in the Strait of Hormuz. But condoms weren’t always this globalised or complicated.
Particle 101: BMI
Body mass index (BMI) is a simple mathematical formula widely used to quickly gauge someone’s health. BMI = weight (kg) divided by height squared (m2). Its simplicity and cost-effectiveness makes BMI a popular health tool, but it’s based on some problematic logic. NOT A DOCTOR In the early 19th century, Belgian astronomer and mathematician Lambert Adolphe Quetelet was on a mission to find the ‘average man’.
Rhonda Marriott Transforming Perinatal Care
Since the age of 17, Professor Rhonda Marriott AM has dedicated her life to nursing and midwifery. Her commitment was recently recognised as the joint winner of the Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander Scientist of the Year. As a Nyikina woman, it has always been important for Rhonda to focus on perinatal care for Aboriginal women. She believes health professionals caring for Aboriginal women must have a cultural understanding.
Professor Rhonda Marriott AM is transforming perinatal care for Aboriginal people
Since the age of 17, Professor Rhonda Marriott AM has dedicated her life to nursing and midwifery. Her commitment was recently recognised as the joint winner of the Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander Scientist of the Year. As a Nyikina woman, it has always been important for Rhonda to focus on perinatal care for Aboriginal women. She believes health professionals caring for Aboriginal women must have a cultural understanding.
In its most basic form, science involves making an assumption and trying to prove or disprove it by collecting data through experimentation or observation. Sometimes our curiosity and pursuit of knowledge can lead us down some concerning pathways. This is where ethics and peer review come in.
Lauren Springer for Mission: SPACE
The area between 160km and 1000km from the Earth’s surface is known as low Earth orbit (LEO). And it’s full of junk. According to NASA, LEO is considered to be the world’s largest collection of space garbage – with no requirements to clean it up. It’s full of old broken satellites and physical remnants of space missions gone awry.
"See Her, Be Her": Female Role Models in Science — People News | Particle
The world has a problem with women, especially when it comes to workplace equity. According to a new report from the World Bank, no country in the world provides equal opportunities for women in the workforce. A common measurement of gender equity at work is the gender pay gap. In Australia, the Workplace Gender Equity Agency (WGEA) measures the total remuneration average gender pay gap as 21.7%. For every $1 men earn, women earn 78c.
ROCK ON: 10 NEW DIPROTODON FOSSILS FOUND
Picture a giant wombat-like creature weighing about the same as a small truck. That’s what a Diprotodon looked like. Now imagine stumbling across not one but 10 Diprotodon fossils. That’s what happened to Dr Kenny Travouillon in Du Boulay Creek about 100km southwest of Karratha. FANTASTIC (MEGA)BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM For a while, Kenny had been wanting to go to the Pilbara to search for fossils.
WA Premier's Science Awards 2023 Winners – People News | Particle
A total of 26 Western Australian scientists were named as finalists across six different categories for the 2023 Premier’s Science Awards. Let’s meet the winners. SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR Hackett Professor Kadambot Siddique AM and Director of The UWA Institute of Agriculture has dedicated over 35 years to agricultural science.
Homecoming of the wallabies – Earth News | Particle
Saul says they’re still learning about the ecological role of the two hare-wallaby species. “But we know that rufous hare-wallabies are grazers and banded hare-wallabies are browsers,” says Saul. “They also seem to prefer quite different habitats. The rufous are found in open grassland habitats, while the bandeds prefer taller, thicker scrub.” The team captured wild wallabies where possible and relocated them to Wirruwana.
Offshore rigs and their boon for marine life
Oil and gas platforms are a familiar sight along the WA coast, particularly on the North West Shelf off the Pilbara. The massive man-made structures are widely known for their role in extracting crude oil and gas from beneath the seabed.
Stuck in iso? At least you're not a tiger snake - Earth News
Republishing our content We want our stories to be shared and seen by as many people as possible. Therefore, unless it says otherwise, copyright on the stories on Particle belongs to Scitech and they are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. This allows you to republish our articles online or in print for free. You just need to credit us and link to us, and you can’t edit our material or sell it separately.
Reclaiming Blackness, Finding Home, And Coming Out: Why These 5 Young People Changed Their Names
In Mongolian, my name can be broken into two parts: Ankh meaning ‘first’ and Zaya meaning ‘fate’. Since I was my parents’ firstborn, they thought Ankhzaya was the perfect name. That being said, for as long as I can remember, everyone in my life, with the exception of my grandparents, has called me Zaya. Since my family moved to Australia almost 20 years ago, I’ve spent a lot of time either correcting people’s pronunciation of Ankhzaya or telling them you can just call me Zaya.
Is your skin influenced by sex? - People News
Republishing our content We want our stories to be shared and seen by as many people as possible. Therefore, unless it says otherwise, copyright on the stories on Particle belongs to Scitech and they are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. This allows you to republish our articles online or in print for free. You just need to credit us and link to us, and you can’t edit our material or sell it separately.
Skincare: Do men and women actually need different products?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The beauty industry implies that men and women need different products. Is there any truth to that? When you walk around the beauty or skincare section of your local store, it's typically divided into two sections. One section is full of navy or monochrome bottles stamped with the word "MEN." The other, much larger, section is full of bottles of all different colors, missing the "MEN' stamp.
How Scott Morrison Embarrassed Australia At The Leaders Summit for Climate
Compared to the rest of the world, Australia is doing nothing to combat climate change. On 22 April 2021, Scott Morrison participated in the opening session of the Leaders Summit for Climate, a two-day virtual event hosted by US President Joe Biden. After years of being idle under the Trump Administration, the virtual summit was America’s announcement to the world that they were back in action. After all, action on climate change is high on the agenda for Biden’s Administration.
Nothing Casual About Racism
Racism against Asian people in Australia is both common and persistent, and we need to talk about it more. On 17 March 2021, my worst fear about the most recent rise of anti-Asian sentiment became a reality. A white gunman, went on a shooting spree, specifically targeting Asian owned businesses in the American city of Atlanta. Eight people were killed. Six of them were Asian women.
Putting the 'eye' in AI: What can computers teach us about human vision?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Studying how AI process visual information could help humans understand our own visual system. Artificial intelligence (AI) systems used for facial recognition are notorious for their racial and gender bias. The lack of diversity in the photographic data used for AI training is usually highlighted as the root cause. Well, it turns out that the human brain has the same problem – and we don't really know why.
The varnishing point: Where science meets art
In 2014, the art conservation world was thrown into chaos when the company producing MS2A varnish shut down. No one else had the technical knowledge to continue making the go-to varnish for art conservators worldwide. Those who had stocked up used the precious liquid sparingly, dreading the day it ran out. Others desperately tried alternative resins, which weren't good enough. It was the end of high-quality conservation grade resin.
Music therapy: It's all in the beat
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Decades after the "Mozart effect" gripped the world, music has established a solid footing in medical research thanks to music therapy. Gone are the days of tuning into specific sub-genres of classical music in hopes of becoming "smarter." Instead, scientists are using music to help people deal with stroke, Parkinson's disease, dementia, and PTSD. And unlike the mythical Mozart effect, research into music therapy is transforming the way we approach neurology.
Melbourne’s sustainable “GoBoat” lets you captain your own floating eatery
Over the last few years, Melbournians have increasingly utilised the Lower Yarra River as a major social and gastronomic hub. And if the popularity of venues like the Arbory Afloat and Supafish are anything to go by, the idea of floating on the iconic river is forever appealing to the masses. If only you could be the captain of your own floating eatery… Originating from Copenhagen, GoBoat has been in service on Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin for the past 12 months with great success.
TuanTuan Chinese Brasserie expands from Manila to Melbourne
Hot off the heels of its ever growing popularity in its hometown of Manila, the very first Australian branch of TuanTuan Chinese Brasserie has now opened its doors in Melbourne. And if you’re into the crisp atmosphere of brunch at one of the city’s hundreds of European style cafés, but tired of the same old smashed avo on toast or just hate waking up early to eat out, then TuanTuan is the definitely up your alley.
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