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We turn to epidemiologists and infectious disease models; during the Bubonic plague people turned to astrologers. [Read more history from UQ’s Michelle Pfeffer at The Conversation]

“If we are to reach a new normal, in many ways Sweden represents a future model.” [Analysis and statistics in today’s AFR ] – Nine Media paywall access required

Melbourne Grass Pollen Forecast is a service run from The School of BioSciences at the University of Melbourne and alerts those who suffer from hay fever and seasonal asthma of the likelihood of [...]

A participant in the British Council’s 2020 Fame Lab national final for Australia, mathematician Sarah Belet from Monash University recounts her experience in the global science competition [...]

AMSI conveys its warm congratulations to Sir Adrian Smith upon his election as President of the Royal Society, a role he will assume at the end of November. A highly distinguished statistician, [...]

Mathematical Association of Victoria chief executive Peter Saffin opinion in ‘The Age’ today [Read more]

No test is perfect and all carry a risk of harm of some kind … we must recognise this is also true for coronavirus. Jennifer MacLachlan and Benjamin Cowie of the Doherty Institute on [...]

Economists Richard Holden (UNSW) and Bruce Preston (University of Melbourne) counter the movement advocating more rapid relaxation of containment measures on the basis of economic costs, and the [...]

Rapid Research Information Forum response from Australia’s Chief Scientist Read more through the Australian Academy of Sciences

University of Melbourne economist Professor Jeff Borland overview in ‘The Conversation’ this morning. [Read more]