Some recent work
»» News reporting at New Scientist ««
You can find most of my work at New Scientist, ordered by date, here.
»» Features or reviews ««
The Facebook treatment for MS, Sydney Morning Herald, 31 March, 2011
More than one shade of darkness, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 August, 2010
Is quantum mechanics messing with your memory? The Guardian, 27 August, 2009
Blue genes, Australian Doctor, 16 June, 2010
When science took a long, light look at itself, Sydney Morning Herald, 29 October, 2009
The science of Chinese whispers gone wrong, Crikey, 5 November, 2009
The Vice Chancellor Wants to be My Facebook Friend, New Matilda, 11 August, 2009
[PDF] Theatre Review: ‘Avenue Q’, The South Sydney Herald, September, 2009
»» Medical News ««
Here’s the work I’ve published on Australia’s premiere newspaper for doctors, Australian Doctor.
Here’s the work I’ve published in Psychiatry Update, Australia’s leading news publication for psychiatrists and other mental health workers.
»» Science and technology news in publications other than New Scientist ««
Researcher closes in on freezing conundrum, ABC Science Online, 8 April, 2010
(Also on Discovery News.)
Fighting an earworm makes it worse: study, ABC Science Online, 18 December, 2009
Study finds secret to retirees’ happiness, ABC Science Online, 18 November, 2009
Physicists detect ‘magnetricity’, ABC Science Online, 22 October, 2009
Forget foreplay, size does matter: study, ABC Science Online, 14 September, 2009
(Also on ABC News Online.)
Doubt cast on cannabis, schizophrenia link, ABC Science Online, 1 September, 2009
(Also on ABC News Online and CBC News Online.)
Bendy, stretchy iPods on the cards, SBS World News Online, 25 August, 2009
Anti-psychosis drugs ‘may fight cancer’, SBS World News Online, 24 August, 2009
»» Opinion ««
BMJ punks journalists for a christmas laugh, On Line Opinion, 5 January, 2010
Blair fails Philosophy of Science 101, Pure Poison, 4 January, 2010
#Nuttsack sparks debate about science and society, Crikey, 13 November, 2009
»» Selections from my (now defunct) blog Good, Bad, and Bogus ««
Doctors arguing badly: the ethics of placebos, 26 October 2010
Another day, another drug company cover-up, 15 October 2010
The problem with drug trials, 22 August 2010
Why you REALLY can’t trust small studies: the small-study effect, 20 July 2010
»» Media mentions ««
I predict no riot, by Rima Sabina Aouf, Concrete Playground, 10 May, 2010
Serious business of being happy, by Claire Harvey, The Daily Telegraph, 1 March, 2009
