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Kids sign up as citizen scientists with new app that feeds Australian species...
ABC News Kathy McLeish 29 May 2017 Technology is taking the rising trend of citizen science to new heights with scores of science-savvy kids signing up to help document Australian species and they are...
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Woman donates 12 kilogram liver to university learning museum
Brisbane Times Rachel Clun 31 July 2017 And after receiving a donor liver and kidney herself, Ms Murray said she jumped at the chance to donate her own to science. The Brisbane woman’s liver was...
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CSIRO’s world-class research ship becomes a floating classroom
ABC News Meghna Bali 20 August 2017 For the first time, the CSIRO has allowed undergraduates access to the RV Investigator for an opportunity to explore the vessel’s laboratories and research...
View ArticleHeating up a cold case – Stroud murder trial re-enactment
Manning River Times 28 October 2017 Some 30 forensics and policing students from across Australia will converge on Stroud and Booral for a week-long investigation of an infamous unsolved local murder...
View ArticleReading on Electronic Devices May Interfere with Science Reading Comprehension
Laboratory Equipment Penn State University 6 December 2017 People who often read on electronic devices may have a difficult time understanding scientific concepts, according to a team of researchers....
View ArticleEnrolments in higher education STEM subjects plateau among female students
Sydney Morning Herald Craig Butt 18 December 2017 Grattan Institute higher education program director Andrew Norton said the figures showed attempts to improve gender ratios in male-dominated science,...
View ArticleAustralian students go backwards in maths, reading and science: report
Sydney Morning Herald Pallavi Singhal 25 February 2018 The proportion of Australian 15-year-olds who are reaching international baseline levels in maths, reading and science has fallen significantly...
View ArticleForensic Scientist shows kids police science is RAD!
QPS News 17 August 2018 A new not-for-profit book series aims to educate and inspire kids about careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Each of the ‘That’s RAD! Science’...
View ArticleHow to halt the fall in HSC STEM enrolments: study
Sydney Morning Herald Pallavi Singhai 25 August 2018 The fall in enrolments in high-level maths, science and technology courses for the HSC may be because students are deciding the subjects are not...
View Article‘Discrimination? I don’t think there’s a woman in science who hasn’t faced it’
Brisbane Times Eden Boyd 21 October 2018 Discrimination against female scientists is widespread and changes need to be made as early as high school to bridge the gender gap, a respected Queensland...
View ArticleAustralia, we need to stem the decline in STEM subjects
Sydney Morning Herald Greg Callaghan 20 October 2018 Here’s an irony to ponder. Why is it that we have world-renowned physicists such as Michio Kaku and Brian Cox on popular speaking tours of Australia...
View ArticleThe south-east Queensland primary school where everyone teaches science
Brisbane Times Alison Brown 20 October 2018 As lead science teacher, Mr Crawford has transformed science teaching at Warrigal Road State School at Eight Mile Plains, in Brisbane’s south. All the...
View ArticleQueenslanders invited to apply for Engaging Science Grants
Queensland Government Media Statements 13 September 2019 Schools, libraries, community groups and scientists are encouraged to apply for grants of up to $10,000 under the next round of the Palaszczuk...
View ArticleIndigenous scientists are connecting culture with science to get kids inspired
ABC News | ABC Science Natasha Mitchell 12 April 2020 Run by CSIRO, the Aboriginal Summer School for Excellence in Science and Technology is designed to blend culture and science for Indigenous high...
View ArticleFlying scientists take off
Queensland Government Media Statements 27 April 2022 Some of the country’s leading scientists have taken to the skies in a bid to inspire students across Central Queensland to study science,...
View ArticleWomen in science: 15-year-old’s quest to change the world
ABC News | ABC Wide Bay Brad Marsellos 17 July 2022 While STEM gender equality is improving in Australia, a 2020 national data report still found the proportion of women working across all...
View ArticleFemale scientists found to be almost entirely absent from Australian high...
The Guardian Caitlin Cassidy 28 August 2023 Female scientists are almost entirely omitted from Australian textbooks, a new study has found, with researchers warning the “alarming” lack of...
View ArticleScience grants to boost involvement in STEM activities
Queensland Government Media Statements 27 September 2023 Grants of up to $20,000 are now available to community groups, education professionals, scientists and citizen science groups as part of the...
View ArticleFemale scientists missing from school textbooks
ABC News | The Science Show Dr Kat Ross, Robyn Williams 30 September 2023 The finding that prominent female scientists are missing from school curricula shocked many of us. So why is representation so...
View ArticleChampions in the science classroom
ABC Radio | Sunday Extra 22 October 2023 The 2023 Prime Minister’s Science Awards were dominated by women scientists, with the principal prize going to quantum physicist Michelle Simmons. Among the...
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