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Sarah Hearne

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Sarah Hearne is a PhD student studying marine ecology with a focus on niche separation in living and fossil fishes from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. She is a feminist with a particular interest in the issues facing women in STEM.
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Science

Are the claims for using coffee waste in the garden well grounded?

Sarah Hearne -
With a rise in suggestions for using coffee grounds in the garden, we take a look at the three most popular uses, to see what the evidence says
Climate Change

Rapa Nui: European myths mask the reason for societal collapse on Easter Island – colonialism

Sarah Hearne -
The belief that the islanders – and not Europeans – destroyed Rapa Nui minimises the devastating impacts of European colonialism.
Science

iNaturalist’s flaws leave people with a false impression of the world around them

Sarah Hearne -
AI-based apps like iNaturalist are fun but flawed - they're no substitute for real interaction and engagement with nature
Media

Netflix’s Seaspiracy, and how to spot misinformation in glossy documentaries

Sarah Hearne -
Seaspiracy is just the latest example of a documentary using style and glossy production to hide the fact that it's peddling misinformation
Science

Coping with Death: Why the 5 stages of grief don’t tell the whole story

Sarah Hearne -
The five stages of grief are a overly simplistic representation of the grieving process, and one that was never intended by their creator
Science

Species, Individual, Gender – biology and taxonomy don’t deal in black and white

Sarah Hearne -
We can try to define biological traits though simple catch-all labels, but nature is always much more complex in reality
Alternative Medicine

Chiropractors love to claim their treatments are ‘individualised’, but they’re wrong

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Although practitioners like to claim chiropractic is individualised, in reality patients are offered the same treatment plan, whatever their complaint

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