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10 best Sydney science discoveries in 2017

13 December 2019 -
Professor Rick Shine, working with researchers in New Caledonia, found that industrial pollution was having an evolutionary impact on turtle-headed seasnakes living on coral reefs. ... Professor Shine says that the findings are yet another example of
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/12/15/10-best-sydney-science-discoveries-in-2017.html
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Shine lab - Faculty of Science

Rick Shine has worked extensively on evolutionary transitions in life-history traits and on sexually-selected traits. ... Cane toad research. Beginning in the early 1980's and continuing through to the present day, Rick Shine and his colleagues have
www.sydney.edu.au/science/our-research/research-areas/life-and-environmental-sciences/shine-lab.html
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Sex in dragons: a complicated affair

8 June 2016 -
Professor Rick Shine. Credit Arthur Georges. In most species of animals, an individual’s sex is determined either by their genes (sex chromosomes) or by the conditions they encounter as they ... Co-author Professor Rick Shine, from the University of
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/06/08/sex-in-dragons--a-complicated-affair.html
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What is the best way to kill a cane toad?

9 December 2019 -
to do it," said Professor Rick Shine, from the University of Sydney's School of Biological Sciences. ... Professor Rick Shine proposes a method for the general public to humanely kill cane toads.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2015/05/26/what-is-the-best-way-to-kill-a-cane-toad.html
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Astronomers spun up by galaxy-shape finding

15 January 2020 -
Sydney scientists have measured how a galaxyâ s spin affects its shape - and found faster-spinning galaxies are flatter and rounder. The discovery was made sampling 845 galaxies and could help provide insights into a galaxyâ s past.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/09/12/astronomers-spun-up-by-galaxy-shape-finding.html
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Researchers stop threatened lizards eating toxic cane toads

28 January 2016 -
Professor Rick Shine. Trained goanna tripods to get a better view of approaching researchers. ... from University of Sydney Eureka Award-winner Professor Rick Shine with colleague Dr Gregory Brown.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/01/06/researchers-stop-threatened-lizards-eating-toxic-cane-toads.html
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10 reasons you don't need to be scared of bats

18 April 2017 -
10 reasons you don't need to be scared of bats. 27 October 2016. There's plenty of reasons we should be friendly, not fearful, of bats. While bats have long been associated with Halloween, vampires and guano, PhD student Joanna Haddock believes
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/10/27/10-reasons-you-dont-need-to-be-scared-of-bats.html
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Spider facts

21 January 2017 -
9 nifty things to know about spiders. 28 October 2016. Here are nine little-known reasons why you should be fascinated rather than frightened of spiders. Having recently completed her PhD on ecological impact on spiders, Lizzy Lowe shares some of
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/10/28/spider-facts.html
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Science prize winners

30 November 2016 -
2016 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science Professor Rick Shine Shine Lab, SOLES. ... New South Wales Scientist of the Year Professor Rick Shine Shine Lab, SOLES.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/11/18/science-prize-winners.html
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Students get real wild life experience

5 August 2020 -
In teaching this subject, I am very lucky to have been mentored by both Associate Professor Mathew Crowther and Professor Rick Shine.".
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/03/03/students-get-real-wild-life-experience.html