2012 Winners from the 60SecondScience Video Competition
Results from the 2012 60SecondScience Video Competition have been released. For the last two years
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The tribe that eradicated rinderpest
Karamoja region in northern Uganda is one of pastoral communities and closely dispersed ethnic groups
Science or fringe science? Removing the ‘giggle factor’ from Near Earth Object impacts
On June 30, 7.17am in a remote, sparsely inhabited area in Siberia, Russia, near the
BioGrid and Victorian Cancer BioBank Join Forces for Cancer Research
September 7 2012 Cancer research has taken a major step forward in Victoria as the
Lighting the Imagination in Science
Imagination in Science In my policy work in early childhood education, I get to travel
Does my Science look big in this? August 2012 in review
August was a momentous month for science and technology. In my top five events are:
Environmental Sabbath Day – A Simple Proposal
In our efforts to reduce greenhouse gases we often overlook the cultural dimensions. These days,
The Mathematics of War
Scientists often exercise a certain detachment when doing their work. I’ve often seem friends and
The (nuclear) alchemists of Darmstadt and the doubly magic tin-100 nucleus
An international group of researchers announced in the journal Nature that they had succeeded in
Reducing the Digital Divide: Internet Society Supports Establishment of Internet Exchange Points across Africa
[Johannesburg, South Africa –23 August 2012] – The Internet Society announced that it has been selected
Arctic sea ice extent is plummeting to a likely new record low
The plot is from US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and shows the
It’s a wheel! It’s a wheel – a wheel on Mars!
NASA’s rover Curiosity was safely on Mars. It was a perfect landing. The novel sky-crane
Fear of Ebola
“…the last big outbreak I experienced in Uganda [was] in 2007. When MSF arrived a
Libraries Now! Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering #IFLA2012
”The victory of book has been proved. Books should be treated as people” – Peter von