Finding The Next Widget Research

Dr Andrew Minett is working in the field of bionics - where biology and electronics meet. It requires the design and development of new materials that enable bio-functions to be monitored and controlled. He's based at the University of Wollongong's Australian Research Council.

A Matter Of Faith

The intervention of some 70,000 Australian scientists and science teachers in the controversy over "intelligent design" is welcome, and their argument against the so-called theory well made. It is timely, too, coming while a court in the US considers whether intelligent design can be included in the biology curriculum of a Pennsylvania school district. The case is of keen interest to at least two dozen other US education authorities which have sought to include intelligent design in curriculums ...