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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Thu 06 Oct, 2011 Top Stories More Top Stories » Social media: Steve Jobs's death View responses to Steve Jobs's death from technologists, Apple employees, politicians and celebrities. More » Palin opts out of US presidential race Gillard backs Australians to fill skills shortage Occupy Wall Street stages biggest protest yet Tandy guilty in NRL fixing scam Dead digger's father wants chopper crash report Melbourne men charged with people smuggling Bank nabs Ken Henry for board job Fifth person charged over Broome gang rape More Analysis » Science is the only game in town The climate change debate has dragged the world of science and its white-coated inhabitants out of the lab and into the klieg light of political debate. Suddenly scientific evaluation is just opinion, the scientific method just one way of understanding the physical world. Well that is not right. There is one and only one way to understand the physical universe, that is through science, by applying the scientific method. More » Occupy everywhere: the ghost of protests past Councils in confidence Steve Jobs: 'losing the da Vinci of our time' Double the chances for the Horn of Africa An alternative view of The Slap Wirraway economics in a world of Messerschmitts When freedom of speech meets conservative double standards Shooting down the gender thugs Black Caviar's down-to-earth bushie trainer Just In More Just In » Occupy Wall Street stages biggest protest yet Meredith Griffiths, wires Thousands of angry activists, backed for the first time by trade unions, have held their largest march yet in New York City. More » Bank nabs Ken Henry for board job Pilots warned on engine failure training Accountant allegedly embezzled millions Steve Jobs: titan who drove a tech revolution Outback drivers warned of smoke hazards on roads Dead digger's father wants chopper crash report Study reveals galaxy's gas 'snakes' Museum saved dot artworks from being painted over Social media: Steve Jobs's death World More World » Palin opts out of US presidential race Sarah Palin rules out running for the US presidency next year, saying she could help the Republican cause more by working to elect others. More » Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dead Plot to assassinate Afghan president foiled Occupy Wall Street stages biggest protest yet Clashes in Athens as workers strike against cuts Business More Business » Occupy Wall Street stages biggest protest yet Meredith Griffiths, wires Thousands of angry activists, backed for the first time by trade unions, have held their largest march yet in New York City. More » Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dead Local shares up in early trade Bank nabs Ken Henry for board job IMF warns of eurozone recession Politics More Politics » Occupy Wall Street stages biggest protest yet Meredith Griffiths, wires Thousands of angry activists, backed for the first time by trade unions, have held their largest march yet in New York City. More » Bank nabs Ken Henry for board job Dead digger's father wants chopper crash report Traditional owners to manage outback national park Tax forum wraps up with more reviews Sport More Sport » Tandy guilty of fixing Former Bulldogs player Ryan Tandy has been found guilty of attempting to obtain financial advantage by deception during an NRL game in 2010. More » Johnson blames bad luck for lean trot Botha loss not fooling Wallabies Eels laud Hopoate signing Ashes hero Dilley dies aged 52 Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Steve Jobs: titan who drove a tech revolution Steve Jobs was once known as the man who saved Apple from financial ruin, but his legacy goes far beyond that; he will be remembered as one of the rare few people who changed the world. More » Summer bushfires risk rivals the 1970s India unveils $36 tablet computer Scientists use cloning to make human stem cells 'Atomic mosaic' wins chemistry Nobel Environment More Environment » Meeting to review global tuna catch quotas Fishing crews and environmentalists are starkly opposed on the future of Australia's southern bluefin tuna quota. 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