The importance of marine versus terrestrial foods in prehistoric Pacific and New Zealand diets, and the adaptation of the Polynesian diet to new enviroments, is examined through the analysis of the ratios in human bone of the stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen and sulphur.

Over the next two decades small scale technologies - micro technologies and nano technologies - will have profound effects on industrial products and processes, on the lives of individuals and on the nature of human society. Peter Sheehan, Kim Sweeny, Bruce Rasmussen, Greg Tegart and Dana Nicolau examine the implications of small scale technologies for...

This report provides a comprehensive review of the latest information and communication technology trade statistics, and presents a detailed analysis of the evolution of Australia's information and communication technology (ICT) trade over the decade 1992-93 to 2002-03. A detailed Executive Summary is available online.

ACER is managing the National Year 6 Science Assessment on behalf of the Performance Measurement and Reporting Taskforce subgroup of the federal government's Ministerial Committee for Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs. In late October 2003 students from schools sampled throughout Australia will be sitting for a written task and a practical task so that...

ABSTRACT In response to the 'digital divide', national and local governments in the UK, the US and Australia have embarked on various initiatives designed to promote the use of computer networks in low-income communities.