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Dr Ellen Jorgensen visits Sydney
The founder and Executive Director of Genspace, Dr Ellen Jorgensen, will be visiting Australia as part of National Science Week 2016. Ellen is passionate about increasing science literacy in both ...
Teacher resource book now available
The Drones, Droids and Robots resource book by the Australian Science Teachers Association is now available as an interactive online eBook or via download (PDF, 10 MB). The book's foreword is by ...
Fossilised records
Sometimes it’s not only the fossils that tell the story, but the records of their collectors as well! Many collections housed at the Queensland Museum hold fascinating historical insights. ...
Small grant recipients in WA
Congratulations to all of the successful applicants for small grants of up to $2000 (with a total of $19,000 being awarded) in Western Australia: Ballajura Public Library: Raspberry Pi in the ...
School Grant Recipients 2016
Congratulations to the 248 schools that have been successful in sharing the grant pool of $90,000, with each receiving up to $500. Thank you to each and every one of the 586 schools who applied...
‘U’ is for Unknown
We humans think we know Lots! And this is where the museums and herbaria come in, where it is our job to discover, collect and preserve, and make the ‘unknown’ species ‘known’. Museum collections ...
Molecular Magic
[caption id="attachment_40460" align="alignright" width="300"] Eight PCR tubescontaining completed reactions (the green colour is from the reagents, not the presence of DNA).[/caption] When ...
Expression of interest – National Science Week at the Ekka
Liddell Education (Street Science), with the support of the Federal Government’s Inspiring Australia programme, will be running a National Science Week event from 5 - 14 August during the EKKA. ...
Tasmanian Science Film Festival
The Tasmanian Science Film Festival will run from 8 - 27 August 2016. It will foster Tasmanian's interest in science with a specific focus on rural Tasmania. As part of the National Science Week ...
Unsung Heros of South Australian Science
Nominations have just opened for the annual Unsung Hero Awards of South Australian Science. The awards recognise achievements in both scientific research and science communication. Unsung Hero of ...