Microbes, infectious diseases and the causal relationship that links them
New measures to protect Western Australians against shark attacks have provoked a wide-ranging debate about their likely impact on deaths, injuries and protected shark species.
Shark bitten: where sharks and humans encroach on each other’s territory. The risks (fatal and otherwise) of getting up, close and personal with a shark.
Lovers of opera may remember notes that appeared on this blog previously. We got about as far as it being all over when a gravitationally … [More...]
MASH fans will be familiar with Trapper and Hawkeye. Their present-day counterparts have been busy fighting arbovirus vectors in the … [More...]
The MicroGnome's been busy lately. While engaged in environmental health assessment field work at a location 'somewhere to the south of … [More...]
It is the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin during the Second World War. More bombs rained down on Darwin Harbour that during the … [More...]
