If a huge huntsman spider is sucked into a vacuum cleaner, can it crawl out later? Lucy, age eight, really, really needs to know.
- Research Scientist, The University of Queensland
Australia produces nearly 10,000 PhD graduates each year. What happens to them next?
Only two Australian spiders can kill you, but the rest are a pretty fascinating bunch.
A good summer picnic, bushwalk or barbecue with friends and family can all be ruined by those annoying flies that never leave you alone. So what are they after?
We swallow spiders in our sleep. Sitting on cold concrete gives you piles. And if you swallow chewing gum, it’ll stay in your stomach for years. Right?
There are more than 45,000 species of spider, but only a handful are potentially dangerous to humans.
The reaction has been swift since a high-profile astronomer’s legacy of sexual harassment against his students was exposed.
What is it like to be a woman working in the sciences? While there are hurdles to overcome, there are joys as well. The new SAGE initiative hopes to make STEM even more amenable to women.
Vegemite has been used for many things over the years. But claims it was used to brew alcohol in dry Indigenous communities had many asking if that was even possible.
One way to protect researchers from funding cuts in May’s budget is to make sure they explain the importance of their work to a wider audience.
A new Cornell study claiming panels select women over men at a rate of 2:1 for science, technology, maths and engineering jobs is flawed because the study doesn’t reflect real-life hiring practices.
Scrapping the ARC Future Fellowships scheme would have a significant impact on the Australian research community, with knock-on effects for innovation, the economy, and society at large.
Even when women and minorities earn STEM degrees, they don’t take the next step into gainful employment at the same rates as white men.
The life sciences have come under fire recently with a study published in PLOS ONE that investigated the level of sexual harassment and sexual assault of trainees in academic fieldwork environments. The…
Recent news around the world has focused on the dangers of antibiotic resistance. But what of another type of resistance which can also have a huge impact on the population: that to insecticides? Antibiotic…
Insecticide resistance is the quieter, lesser-known relative of antibiotic resistance. Anyone who has been to a hospital recently knows about antibiotic resistant bacteria. But how many people think about…
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