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Tear Down These Walls 27 Aug 2013 | 05:06 am
This article originally appeared on the Nature Soapbox Science blog. I am excited to be joining the Australian Science team, and wanted to re-post this article here as it encompasses my approach to sc...
Connectomics: a window to the mind 26 Aug 2013 | 05:08 am
Connectomics as a 3D graph. Cell types with stronger connections are positioned closer to each other, using an algorithm. Three spatially segregated groups are observed that closely match the pathways...
Weekly Science Picks 25 Aug 2013 | 05:03 am
It’s that time of the week again. Time for some science-y goodness from around the globe!! NASA Spitzer Telescope celebrates 10 years in space! Ten years ago the Spitzer Space Telescope was launched...
Space Open Day at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex 23 Aug 2013 | 05:35 am
The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC), located on the rural outskirts of Canberra at Tidbinbilla, is one of only three NASA deep space tracking stations spread around the globe. On Sun...
The Forgotten Home of Coffee 22 Aug 2013 | 05:17 am
Coffee is one of the world’s favourite drinks, one of the most important commercial crop-plants, and the second most valuable international commodity; Arabica coffee is considered to produce the fines...
Hyperloop – A Reality for Commuters? 21 Aug 2013 | 05:04 am
Hyperloop concept. Via AP Photo/Tesla Motors As many of you may have heard, Elon Musk – founder of Tesla Motors, PayPal and SpaceX – released his plans for an extraordinary new mode of transportation...
Water, water everywhere? 20 Aug 2013 | 11:33 am
Gulf of Carpentaria showing Flinders River in north Queensland. Department of Natural Resources via www.abc.net.au We often don’t plan for water in the broader sense when we think of developing commu...
Pulsars make a GPS for the cosmos 20 Aug 2013 | 05:11 am
CSIRO scientists have written software that could guide spacecraft to Alpha Centauri, show that the planet Nibiru doesn’t exist … and prove that the Earth goes around the Sun. Dr George Hobbs (CSIRO)...
The Psychology of First Impressions 19 Aug 2013 | 01:18 pm
Though one must not judge a book by its cover, a job candidate only has thirty minutes to prove his or her worth to a hiring manager. Thus an interviewee’s cover must be able to represent the qualific...
Weekly Science Picks 19 Aug 2013 | 12:04 am
After the Perseid meteor shower last weekend, it seems that lots of exciting things have been discussed this week. Here are a few of the things which caught my eye. The first of my picks is homegr...
