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MoreA group of science students and researchers at Queensland University have started a petition seeking 20,000 names in support of a letter urging Australian youth radio network Triple J to feature more science news. The group dubbed And in Science quote research from ANU University that suggests the public is very interested in stories about […]
MoreBy Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation The archaeologist who helped discover the extinct Homo species Flores Hobbit, Professor Mike Morwood, has died after a struggle with cancer. New Zealand-born Professor Morwood, who was based at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Wollongong, was also a world expert in Australian rock art. […]
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MoreThe big science story of the week is undoubtably the remarkable results from US researchers who have successfully silenced the extra chromosome responsible for Down’s syndrome. The scientists, who published their results in Nature, took cells from people with Down’s and were able to silence the extra chromosome 21 responsible for the traits that lead […]
MoreOkay, that’s a rather unfair headline, but Australians’ grasp of scientific concepts is certainly slipping according to a new survey from the Australian Academy of Science. The online survey of 1515 Australians selected by a market research company and weighted to reflect gender, age and residential location, found that a number of fundamental scientific facts […]
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MoreA different approach to innovation – identify an audacious but achievable goal, put $10 million on the table and give it to the people who get there first – that’s how X Prize works.
MoreSue Black, senior researcher in University College London’s department of computer science, has been instrumental in saving the national codes centre at Bletchley Park – birthplace of the modern computer and key to the Allies’ success in the Second World War – from closure.
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