Health

Savings on health costs would help offset more ambitious climate pledges

SCIENCE by Peter GriffinDecember 9, 2015June 4, 2018

technology by Peter GriffinAugust 31, 2015

From science fiction to reality: the dawn of the biofabricator

Gordon Wallace, University of Wollongong We can rebuild him. We have the technology. – The Six Million Dollar Man, 1973 Science is catching up to science fiction. Last year a paralysed man walked again after cell treatment bridged a gap in his spinal cord. Dozens of people have had bionic eyes implanted, and it may […]

SCIENCE by Peter GriffinMarch 20, 2012

Fracking wells and air emissions

Hot on the heels of the weekend’s deluge of fracking stories comes research from the US that suggests chemicals released into the air in the process of hydraulic fracturing could prove a health risk to those living nearby. A three-year study by the Colorado School of Public Health looked at the airborne chemicals released near […]

SCIENCE by Peter GriffinJanuary 3, 2010

science and health degrees earn graduates more

The Sunday Star Times has compiled a table (see below) of university degrees and what graduates from these degrees can expect to earn after a year and three years in the workforce respectively. Not surprisingly, science, health and engineering graduates have much better earning potential than those working in tourism, architecture, agriculture, sports, creative arts and […]