Sharon Beder, Author at New ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Science news and science articles from New ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Fri, 24 Sep 1993 23:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 242057827 Engineers, ethics and etiquette: Professional codes of ethics say engineers must always put public interest first. But when two Australian engineers did just that they found themselves ostracised /article/1829923-mg13918924-700/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=currents&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS Fri, 24 Sep 1993 23:00:00 +0000 http://mg13918924.700 1829923 The fallible engineer: Australian engineers feel that they are being blamed for accidents and failures that are beyond their control. They want the public to understand that experts are only human /article/1825018-mg13217934-400/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=currents&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS Sat, 02 Nov 1991 00:00:00 +0000 http://mg13217934.400 1825018 The burning issue of Australia’s toxic waste: Environmental protests have so far prevented the construction of Australia’s first high-temperature incinerator. But government authorities are still determined to build one /article/1823153-mg13017725-500/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=currents&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS Fri, 07 Jun 1991 23:00:00 +0000 http://mg13017725.500 1823153 Sun, surf and sewage: While Australia’s national tourist board urges foreigners to visit Sydney, local environmentalists struggle to persuade the city’s authorities to clean up the urban coastline /article/1820127-mg12717253-700/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=currents&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS Fri, 13 Jul 1990 23:00:00 +0000 http://mg12717253.700 1820127