Great National Science Week stories and talent up for grabs around South Australia, including: Science facts and fiction, the future of food, and scuba in the pub—Big Science Adelaide is back! Can science make you better at footy? How does a dinosaur grow to 20 tonnes on a vegetarian diet? Find out from the singing…
Great stories and talent up for grabs around Australia, including: Cellular agriculture – growing meat in vats – NSW Fast and safe vaccines? – VIC What’s the link between science and footy? – SA Taking a lie detector test in front of strangers – NT One in five bags of food wasted – TAS Gut…
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Powerful owl (Ninox strenua) Barking owl (Ninox connivens) Southern boobook (Ninox boobook) Eastern barn owl (Tyto alba delicatula) Masked owl (Tyto novaehollandiae)
Nationwide project aims to map Australia’s favourite predator birds Download sample audio here. Images available here. Video available here. Meet the owls here. More about the Australian Acoustic Observatory: acousticobservatory.org. Background information Scientists available for interviews Media release below Media contacts: Ben Keirnan, ben@scienceinpublic.com.au or 0408 184 858; or Tanya Ha, tanya@scienceinpublic.com.au or 0404 083…
Plus dozens of Science Week stories around WA: Can we future-proof our food and fibre crops? Forgotten physicist defends her life – on stage Gut feelings: what to eat to improve your mood Meet Magnus, the supercomputer that found gold, searched the stars, and mapped the quokka genome. A mechanical stomach turning food waste into…
Plus dozens of Science Week stories around ACT: Can we science our way out of multiple crises? Growing food in space and on Mars Crickets – the new superfood? Exposing the fake medicine, wellness crazes, cons and quacks Inclusive dance company explores the birth of the Universe Can gamers help save the planet? A LEGO…
Plus dozens of Science Week stories around Tasmania: Teddy bear dissection reveals our reliance on plastics One in five bags of food is thrown away – can we change? A party to celebrate Tassie’s dark skies Finding Australia’s oldest sour dough, and fermenting at home Matthew’s mad about ravens Ice cores reveal past and future…
Great National Science Week FOOD stories up for grabs now around Australia. Cellular agriculture – growing meat in vats (online with NSW talent) The science of beer – with sampling! (TAS & NT) Yum or yuck? The chemistry of flavour (SA) How will we produce food in a warming climate? (Online) What’s for dinner on…
Professor Mmantsae Moche Diale is a senior physicist at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. All too often, she recalls, walking into an unfamiliar laboratory was an experience that sheeted home the gender disparity that pervades her profession. “If there was equipment that I hadn’t encountered before, I would ask others how to use…