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Two peak bodies for science researchers today welcomed the release of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s Science Strategy 2013-2018, a document that aims to ensure government policy…
When we think of cutting-edge innovation, we tend to think of big corporations and their latest wheezes: Google Glass, Sony flat screens or Airbus’s newest plane. But small businesses play key roles in…
“Scientific discovery is not valuable unless it has commercial value.” If this statement came from a politician, the profound lack of understanding of the socioeconomic role of scientific research might…
Plato said true philosophers are “those who love to see the truth” – a desire to seek and expose fundamental knowledge. For most scientists, the search for truth, otherwise known as fundamental or basic…
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Secretary for Science Policy at the Australian Academy of Science, and Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, UNSW
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