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In the future we might get sick of hearing people tell their stories about going to the Moon. Perhaps the Moon will just be like thinking about today’s Antarctica – a remote but accessible place.
In just three decades we’ve gone from a very limited internet connection in Australia to now sharing our lives online.
Athlete Caster Semenya will need to take hormone-lowering agents, or have surgery, if she wishes to continue her career in her chosen events. But the decision to ban her is flawed on many grounds.
The ancient question ‘Are we alone?’ has graduated from being a philosophical musing to a testable hypothesis. We should be prepared for an answer.
Genome editing technology has, and will always have, limits. Limits that are related not to the technology itself but to the intrinsic complexity of the human genome.
Mars has long captured our imagination, from claims of canals to Martian attacks and now our latest NASA exploration to look inside the red planet.
We will never see ‘Oumuamua again, and we may never know exactly what it is. But with the right kind of media coverage it could inspire some kids to take up a career in science.
Setting the scene for ancient Silk Road trading and now China’s Belt and Road initiative, the Tianshan has changed humanity. Geological evidence shows us how this incredible mountain range formed.
Archaeologists are trash sifters. They use clues preserved in artefacts, plant and animal remains that people threw away or left behind to reconstruct the past.
Travel from Perth to Melbourne and every kilometre you go represents 100 million years of life on Earth. So let’s take a ride, on a motorcycle of course.
There are many cultural and social factors involved in making a baby into a man or a woman. But biologically speaking, sex starts when you’re just a tiny group of cells in your mother’s uterus.
It’s been half a century since Jim Bowler discovered Mungo Lady, which changed the course of Australian history. But now he says the find has fallen off the national radar, leaving a legacy of shame.
Life in the human herd is complex, and we are unavoidably inter-dependent when it comes to our health. Population health science looks at the things that cause ill-health in the first place.
This year 77 women took part in the largest all-female expedition to Antarctica as part of a leadership training program. Rough weather enroute put group decision-making skills to the test.
Recent controversies associated with the impact, privacy and security of new technologies signal that we need better governance. The government alone can’t fix this. This is a job for everyone.
New techniques for genetic analysis are helping us build more detailed and accurate stories about the ancient histories of the first Australians.
Stephen Hawking raised the public profile of grand science, and speculated about the future of artificial intelligence, as well as contacting aliens. Does science mix easily with science fiction?
Plato suggested we leave complex things to experts and Aristotle suggested we leave them to the people. That tension has carried through to modern debates about where expertise belongs.
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Postdoctoral research associate, Université de Lausanne
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Professor of Geology, Adelaide University
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor (Radio Astronomy), Curtin University
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Associate Professor (hon) at the Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer, Torrens University Australia
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Professor of Evolutionary Biology, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Honorary Fellow, School of Geograpy, Earth and Atmospheric Science, SGEAS, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in The School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Chief Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, The University of Melbourne
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Sessional Lecturer, RMIT University
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Emeritus Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University
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Adjunct Research Fellow of The Cairns Institute, James Cook University
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies, The University of Melbourne