Citizen Scientists Discover Four-Star Planet with NASA Kepler
The discovery of planets continues to expand beyond the domain of professional astronomers. A joint
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Ada Lovelace Day: celebrating women in science, technology, engineering and maths
In the 1800s, Ada Lovelace, an English mathematician, worked with inventor Charles Babbage on a
The evolution of human mortality
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This past week was made notable by the Nobel Prizes awarded. So much great research being
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For sale: One world class infrared telescope
The world’s largest and most productive dedicated infrared observatory just went on the market in
Growth of Scholarly Open Access Agricultural Repositories in India
After the successful organisation of workshop and seminar on Open Access Indian Academy of Sciences
Botanist Wins Prestigious Nature Conservancy Award to Work on Grass Trees
24 September 2012. MEDIA RELEASE Botanist Todd McLay has won the 2012 prestigious Australian Conservation Taxonomy
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Music Underlies the Ability to Acquire Language, Theorists Propose
Contrary to the prevailing theories that music and language are cognitively separate or that music
Open Monograph Press 1.0 (Beta)
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Open Access Initiative policy recommendations for the next 10 years
Ten years after the release of the Budapest Open Access Initiative, OA advocates last week released updated
Got Science? Australian Science on Display at Mitchelton State School
In my last post, I talked about the role of imagination in science and early
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Sigh, my photo caption sums it all up… But here are the news stories that