The Australian Science Communicators are holding their annual conference in Brisbane on Friday 11 March. It’s networking and professional development … More
Category: Science communication
Science on your skin
One of the young women who works at one of our local cafés has an equation tattooed on the front of … More
Science videoblog comp
Science videoblog comp Got a science story to tell? Make a short video about it and enter RiAus’s Video Blog … More
Advocating for environmental education
I was excited to get my hands on the July issue of Eingana – the journal of Environment Education Victoria … More
FameLab Australia
If you’re a young researcher passionate about science, want to up your presentation and media skills and fancy a trip … More
Photonics, music, discovery: creativity in science
Just in case you still think that creative people do arts and the sciences are for people who are good … More
Making molecules crystal clear
Crystallography is one of those mysterious scientific techniques you hear about – and 2014 has been the International Year of … More
The good and bad of global recycling
Soon I’ll be reviewing Adam Minter’s new book Junkyard Planet for Science Book a Day – just waiting for that parcel in the … More
Decoy nest protects young yellow-rumped thornbills
These little brown birds, seen flitting around woodlands and occasionally my garden, are clever architects whose nest deceives potential predators. … More
Yellow-rumped thornbill: Bimblebox Art Project
This is the text of my audio piece on the yellow-rumped thornbill for the Bimblebox 153 Birds Art Project, which is touring around … More
Book review ‘At the edge of uncertainty’
My review of Michael Brooks’s book At the edge of uncertainty: 11 discoveries taking science by surprise was posted on Science … More
Ten or more of just about everything science communication
You know how blogs posts/tweets etc entice you in with a number in the heading (ten best …, five tips … More
Write for conservation, and art
I’ve picked the yellow-rumped thornbill to write about for the Bimblebox 153 Birds Project. 153 because they’ve recorded 153 bird … More
Eliminate the negative
As a bit of professional development, I’m taking a Stanford Uni MOOC – Writing in the Sciences. Week 1 done: … More
Uncertainty in the mail
I had a nice parcel in the mail today — Michael Brooks’ new book At the edge of uncertainty: 11 discoveries taking … More