Scopus Young Investigator of the year

I was given an incredible honour this week by being awarded the Australasian  Scopus Young Investigator of the Year in Biological & Life Sciences. It was a wonderful ceremony up at Surfer’s paradise and was a lot of fun meeting the other winners....

Good things come in threes

The more I talk to people, the more people seem to agree that it has definitely been a tough year. But thankfully we got this paper accepted to make it three this year! Kasumovic, M.M., M. D. Hall, H. Try, and R. Brooks. 2012. Developmental plasticity affects...

Congratulations to Rob!

Rob was the winner of the Science Writers prize for the 2012 Queenlsland Literary Awards for his book Sex, Genes & Rock ‘n’ Roll: How Evolution has Shaped the Modern World. Congratulations to Rob! A well deserved win for an excellent...

Videogames: helping human evolution since 1983

By Michael Kasumovic Of all violent videogames, first-person shooters are viewed as the biggest problem because of the perspective taken during gaming: the first-person standpoint makes it seem as if the player is performing the behaviours on screen. Coupled with the...