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Issue 5: Wicked
24 October 2023
This issue spotlights the mischievous, malevolent and morally dubious.
Dive into a fascinating selection of articles by our talented writers below!
A Message from the Editors in Chief
Rachel Ko & Ingrid Sefton
A word from our Editors-in-Chief.
Columns
Chatter
Why Do We Gossip?
Lily McCann
Rumours, reputation and reciprocity: Lily debates the connotations we make with gossip and whether our assumptions of its malicious nature are justified.
Ethics in Science
Three-Parent Babies? The Future of Mitochondrial Donation in Australia
Kara Miwa-Dale
Cutting edge IVF technology is challenging our perceptions of what it means to be a parent. Kara deconstructs the social issues and ethics of mitochondrial donation.
Features
When Dark Matters
Ingrid Sefton
Dark matter: it has a name, yet no identity. Ingrid untangles the enigmatic nature of dark matter, probing into just what we do and don’t know about this cosmological puzzle.
Black Holes: Defying Reality and Challenging Perception
Mahsa Nabizada
Black holes: portals into the unknown? Mahsa guides us through the mind warping and perception defying nuances of black holes.
On the Folklore of Fossils
Ethan Bisogni
Ethan traverses the interface of palaeontology and mythology, considering the insights fossils provide into both natural phenomena and human nature.
Wicked Invaders of the Wild
Serenie Tsai
In this article, Serenie examines the detrimental and dastardly effects of invasive species and their future implications.
Griefbots: A New Way to Grieve (or Not)
Akanksha Agarwal
Akanksha considers the efficacy and ethics of AI Griefbots, exploring the implications for grieving, and the boundaries between life, death and human connection.
Serial Killers
Selin Duran
Ever find yourself falling down the rabbit hole of gory true crime stories? Selin explores why our society is so infatuated with the lives of cold-blooded killers.
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