FOOD FOR THOUGHT – 5 AUGUST 2025 A rich stew this month! Alan Rowan on the new graphene aluminium battery technology. Kerrie Mengersen is leading a Health Research Analytics network and has published a paper on the relation of environmental risks and population vulnerability. Frank Gannon writes on charities. Fabienne Mackay and Jenny Seddon are signatories on a collaboration agreement involving QIMR and JCU. John Quiggin on why cost-push is not driving inflation, and why we shouldn’t panic about “declining populations”, and why the RBA shouldn’t obsess about interest rates, and why it’s not Australia’s fault that medicine is failing in the USA Roly Sussex has a Word in our Ear about Aussie phrases, and about pronunciation problems, and on “successful languages”, and on the language of computers, and on a variety of listeners’ questions. Jolanda Jetten on in-groups and out-groups. Lianzhou Wang and his team have set a new efficiency standard for solar cells. Bronwyn Fredericks has been named to the ARC Advisory Committee. Paul Griffin on the latest COVID variant and on diagnosing polio. Ryan Ko on companies that retain your data (when they perhaps shouldn’t). Previous issues of Food for Thought
|
