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TechNyou
Secondary teachers: TechNyou Nano- and Biotechnology Webinars
Dates2 webinars over two days.The first, nanotechnology on 16 MayThe second, biotechnology on 17 May Start times for both:8.00 pm Eastern states7.30 pm SA/NT6.00 pm WA10.00 am UTC What and howThe ...
technyou.edu.au
Education
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Aus_ScienceWeek
Telling science stories with Randy Olson
Event date: Tuesday 15 May 2012 - 07:00pm to 08:30pmLocation: The Science Exchange. Bookings have closed for this event.Are you sick of “narcoleptic nature documentaries”? Randy Olson was, so he le...
riaus.org.au
Education
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abcscience
'Button' batteries growing risk to children › News in Science (ABC Science)
News in Science Tuesday, 15 May 2012 Reuters More and more household electronics, such as hearing aids and toys are using button batteries (Source: design56/iStockphoto) Growing concern Children fa...
abc.net.au
Science
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abcscience
Earliest wall art features female genitalia › News in Science (ABC Science)
News in Science Tuesday, 15 May 2012 AFP A close up of a carved image of a vulva from the rock art discovered at Abri Castanet (Source: Raphale Bourrillon /) Ancient art A massive block of limeston...
abc.net.au
Science
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PopSciAU
Engineer Details Plans to Build a Real Starship Enterprise
Engineer Wants to Build a Real Starship Enterprise Real Starship Enterprise IMAGE BY BuildTheEnterprise.org The year 2245 is just too distant - we should build and commission a real USS Enterprise ...
popsci.com.au
Environment
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abcscience
study › News in Science (ABC Science)
News in Science Tuesday, 15 May 2012 Emily SohnDiscovery News Ninety percent of mammal species will lose habitat because of climate change in the coming decades (Source: Bryan Faust/iStockphoto) Fa...
abc.net.au
Environment
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ScitechWA
Darwin's Creepiest Experiment Brought Back to Life | Wired Science
Muscles galvanized: Platysma, corrugator supercillii, depressed lower jawDarwin's description: Frightened, agonizedToday's consensus: Horrified/shockedCharles Darwin liked to freak out his friends—...
wired.com
Education
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ScitechWA
Best holiday snap? Student sends family into space
Michael Gruber, 15, sent a family photo into space as part of a school project. BEFORE launching his family into space last month, 15-year-old Michael Gruber wanted to be sure his spacecraft was fi...
theage.com.au
Environment
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upulie
Microwave test – an eye opener | Employee News
Very interesting!!!! Is it time to act??????? Below is a Science fair project presented by a girl in a secondary school in Sussex. In it she took filtered water and divided it into two parts. The f...
2012indyinfo.com
Health
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ScitechWA
New Planet Found in Our Solar System?
Richard A. Lovett in Timberline Lodge, Oregon An as yet undiscovered planet might be orbiting at the dark fringes of the solar system, according to new research.Too far out to be easily spotted by ...
news.nationalg...
Science
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ScienceAlert
Bees may improve robot vision (Science Alert)
The research shows that a honeybee brain is sophisticated enough to learn rules and process visual problems, suggesting a robot could one day do the same. Image: Antagain/iStockphoto An internation...
sciencealert.c...
Science
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sciencesarah
Writing about writing about research.
Hadas Shema, Judit Bar-Ilan, Mike Thelwall. 2012. Research Blogs and the Discussion of Scholarly Information. PLoS ONE. I suppose it was inevitable that someone would publish a scientific paper ...
evol-eco.blogs...
Education
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SNWA
Perth’s groundwater gets thorough recharge assay
“Our primary concern is with the ecological function of the bush and how it relates to the water balance, as well as trying to measure the recharge going into our most important water resource.”—Dr...
snwa.net.au
Environment
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ausgeo
Australia's most dangerous animals - Australian Geographic Outdoor
By:Chris Ord | May-14-2012 We've got the experts' advice on how to avoid Australia's top predators and what to do if you fall victim. Saltwater crocodiles are one of the most dangerous animals in A...
australiangeog...
Health
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SNWA
ICT activity in WA going from WApp to OzAPP
Mr McDougall says winners of the Awards would receive significant resources to build and launch their apps. Image: Leon Lee A COMPETITION aimed at finding the best new mobile phone app in Australia...
Education
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upulie
Antarctic Ice Sheet Collapse Recorded In Octopus DNA
Map of current land and ice separating the Weddell and Ross seas, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Wutsje/CIA Octopuses have made themselves at home in most of the world’s oceans—from the warmest of t...
blogs.scientif...
Environment
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CSIROnews
Interview: Professor Paddy Nixon, Deputy Vice Chancellor Research, University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Professor Paddy Nixon is the Deputy Vice Chancellor Research, at the University of Tasmania (UTAS).Prior to taking up this position he was Science Foundation Ireland Research Professor at Universit...
cebit.com.au
Environment
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CSIROnews
Ensuring sustainable water resource use
OverviewSenseT: A Sensor Network for TasmaniaSenseT: A Sensor Network for Tasmania The Tasmanian Government and the University of Tasmania are working in partnership to create SenseT (a state-wide ...
csiro.au
Environment
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CSIROnews
Plants in 4D | The RiotACT
This in from the CSIRO: Plants in 4D, Come find out about new techniques used to understand physical characteristics (phenotype) of a plant and how they change over the plant’s lifecycle. Dr Xavier...
the-riotact.com
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CSIROnews
Fascination of Plants Day | Home
The first international "Fascination of Plants Day" will be launched under the umbrella of the European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO). The goal of this activity is to get as many people as poss...
plantday12.eu
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