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Explaining Schwarzenegger – men, biceps and the politics of getting what you want

This weekend I gained a grudging appreciation for Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Governator, not the Terminator. Having watched Arnie’s political rise and fall from afar, he always seemed an odd...
- Rob Brooks | May 16, 2013
  The Evolution of Lying
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  The placenta and the pace of life
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  Penis size may be driven by women (oh, and it matters)
- Rob Brooks | March 27, 2013
  Centuries wasted applying for grants?
- Rob Brooks | May 16, 2013
  I Fucking Love…..Sexism
- Rob Brooks | March 22, 2013
  Boys, war and the prescient mosquitofish mother
- Rob Brooks | March 8, 2013
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- September 28, 2012
  Photographs from the Queensland Literary Awards – Sex, Genes & Rock ‘n’ Roll wins!
- January 24, 2012
  Upcoming Public Talks – Rob Brooks
- January 9, 2012
  The Week Magazine – Best Australian non-fiction
- December 5, 2011
  Professor John Fahy reviews Sex, Genes & Rock ‘n’ Roll
- November 16, 2011
  Cover of North American Hardcover edition
- September 5, 2011
  Rob on “Mornings with Margaret Throsby”
- August 30, 2011
  Preview Sex, Genes & Rock ‘n’ Roll
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