Putting Science On Top Of The Agenda
The Australian Science Communicators National Conference was held at the Sydney Masonic Centre from 27 to 29 February. Opened with an address from Australia’s Chief Scientist, Professor Ian Chubb, the conference was three days filled with inspiring stories, intriguing ideas and vigorous discussion. After the conference I caught up with Kylie Sturgess, Krystal Evans and [...]
Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday, Kylie Sturgess. Topics covered: Chinese tree offers hope for alcohol antidote Could Climate Change Alter Lizard Learning? Manta Rays Endangered by Sudden Demand from Chinese Medicine Extinct Giant Tortoise May Still Be Alive in Galapagos Darwin’s long-forgetten fossils unearthed You are bitching about the wrong things when you [...]
Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Kylie Sturgess and Aimee Whitcroft. The Ig Nobel Prizes honour achievements that first make us laugh, then make us think. We take a look at this year’s winners: from beetles that really like beer bottles to ‘structured procrastination’. Aimee Whitcroft is a science blogger and co-founder of the SciBlogs network in New Zealand. She co-hosts The [...]
Hosts: Lucas Randall, Penny Dumsday and Kylie Sturgess. Topics covered: Diamond planets, climate change and the scientific method Despite winning acclaim for his children’s book on evolution, Daniel Loxton faced some challenges getting published in the US Are wild birds learning to speak from their previously domesticated cousins? New study provokes a re-think on dingoes’ history [...]
Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday, Lucas Randall, Kylie Sturgess. Topics covered: Second Moon May Have Orbited Earth Billions of Years Ago Comfort eating helps stave off blues Belly button home to bacterial zoo Sperm Made (Mostly) in a Dish Produce Normal Mice How Heat-Sensing Vampire Bats Home In On a Hot Meal Is [...]
An event organised by the Melbourne Skeptics and the Melbourne Eastern Hills Skeptics saw a science, religion and philosophy teacher and a science-oriented bookseller discussing their favourite books. Kylie Sturgess is an award-winning blogger and fellow podcaster, a Philosophy and Religious Education teacher and writer for a number of Skeptic publications. In 2010 she co-authored [...]
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