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THE AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE ILLUSTRATED CREDO We share with our readers a fascination with science, technology, nature, culture and archaeology, and believe that through education about our past, present and future, we can make…
INTERVIEW: Talking telescopes with the Director of new IMAX movie ‘Deep Sky’
Deep Sky is directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn: a new film which uses the scale of giant IMAX screens to take audiences on a journey to the beginning of time and space,…
WOMADelaide ‘Planet Talks’ series announced for March 2024
WOMADelaide’s ‘Planet Talks’ program is a forum that has run alongside the world music festival since 2013, holding public conversation and discussions about the environment and a sustainable future for the planet. The…
Nature Book Week – free online events from 6 September
The Wilderness Society’s Nature Book Week starts on 6 September, with science communicator Dr Jen Martin as his year’s Nature Book Week Ambassador, leading a series of workshops, talks and events – just…
Think Inc. moves online with Outside The Box: Jamie Metzl 26 April
Previous Think Inc. events have brought leading science minds such as Jane Goodall, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Richard Dawkins in tour to Australia, speaking in a town hall or auditorium setting in a…
Big Bang: The Accidental Proof
Something like 50 years ago, two astronomers made a discovery by accident, which became central to the current leading theory of the creation of the universe – and the theory which the most…
Scientists are reviving extinct species:
Return of the beasts One single cell. That could be all we need to revive a mammoth. Over the last decade, scientists have been part of a veritable revolution of DNA decoding and…
DIY Space Program
Sandy Antunes did not react to his threatening midlife crisis by buying a motorcycle or climbing mountains. Instead, the 46-year-old American built his own small, customised satellite. Picosatellites like his are available as…
Google Earth inspires cell biologists
Advances in microscopy allow researchers to zoom in and out of biological tissue like they’re using Google Earth.
Sandstone block may change history
A discovery provides new insight on dinosaur diversity and activity in Australia.
