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Learners understood human evolution better after interactive workshops at a museum.
Pop culture about the ‘trial of the century’ reflected broader cultural rifts.
Social media is an effective way to raise conservation awareness about wildlife living on the urban edges.
Less than a month since the government paused New Zealand’s science curriculum refresh, an international study puts our students in the middle of the pack – with worrying results for poorer schools.
New research shows how the beach provides many ways to teach young children about biology, chemistry and physics.
If you stop to think about it, most of your knowledge can’t be clearly tied to one particular experience.
A course exemplifies one way group collaboration to address the climate crisis can begin: with each person identifying key moments in their engagement, and contributing this to a larger ‘river’ model.
A growing number of states are passing laws that call scientific theories into question.
Australia’s Women in STEM ambassador initiative has been discontinued. Is this a setback for diversity?
One community college created a science pathway program that boasts a 100% employment rate for graduates.
Eclipses are rare, fantastic celestial events. Here’s how educators can help visually impaired students enjoy eclipses alongside their sighted peers.
Jokes can be a healing contagion as they expose hypocrisy, spark laughter and open minds.
The astronomical community has thrived and world-class astronomical facilities have been established in South Africa.
Astronauts living and working on the Moon will need something to eat. The Growing Beyond Earth program supports international space crop research.
Poetry and prose are prominent features in this course about how climate change is affecting the world.
‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills claim to use science to justify a binary definition of sex based on certain traits. But the biology of sex and gender is not so simple.
Children learn more science when they watch an AI-powered cartoon character than with a regular Mickey Mouse or Dora the Explorer, a new study finds.
Inspiring our children to value and connect with science is key to improving society – and there are ways to do this safely in the classroom.
A microscope slide that can diagnose cancer, mapping how what we eat affects the environment, and an effort to track bushfire damage are among the winners at Australia’s leading scientific awards.
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PhD; Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (retired) and Research Fellow, University of California, Davis
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Laureate Professor of Mathematics, University of Newcastle
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Distinguished Professor, Australian National University
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Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer, Murdoch University
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Emeritus reader in science education and communication, University of Sussex
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Director, UNSW Sydney
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Maseno University
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Professor of Science Education, The University of Western Australia
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Assistant Curator of Museum Education, University of Florida
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Science communicator and communication consultant to Questacon, and alumni, CSIRO
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Professor of science education, Deakin University
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Professor, STEM Education, North Carolina State University
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Vice-Chancellor and Prinicipal, Brunel University of London