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Ulverstone Planetarium, Hive Tasmania

May 6, 2025

For 100 years, we have marvelled at planetariums. Here’s a brief history of how humans brought the stars indoors

Martin Bush, The University of Melbourne and Tanya Hill, Museums Victoria Research Institute

As the night sky became polluted with light from electrified cities, people built planetariums. Today, they’re more impressive than ever.

George Christensen and Bob Katter seem to be using the science replication crisis to cast doubt on research findings that farmers don’t like. Mick Tsikas/AAP Image

September 24, 2019

Real problem, wrong solution: why the Nationals shouldn’t politicise the science replication crisis

Martin Bush, The University of Melbourne; Alex O. Holcombe, University of Sydney; Bonnie Claire Wintle, The University of Melbourne; Fiona Fidler, The University of Melbourne, and Simine Vazire, University of California, Davis

Across science, only around half of published results can be successfully replicated. But while this is a serious problem, the proposed public audit looks like a political bid to cast doubt on science.

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