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Community Service

Community Service

STEM Professionals in Schools is a national volunteer program that facilitates partnerships between schools and industry to bring real STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) into the classroom.

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Take a starfish for a walk

Take a Starfish For a Walk

Take 20 seconds to walk with a starfish. This striking video of a starfish walking along on the surface of an aquarium wall demonstrates how the animal moves using hundreds of tube feet.

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The Real World

The Real World

The World Map we’re so used to seeing is really not accurate when considering space and distance, this is what the world really looks like.

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Having an exit plan

Read About Having an Exit Plan

Australia’s PhD graduates can be better utilised in the non‐academic workforce “Our research shows that 80% of job ads looking for employees with high levels of research skills did not mention the PhD as a qualification.”

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Furry Genes

Furry Genes

All our ancestors had plenty of fur. According to a new study on relatively hairless mammals, we still have the means to be hirsute. Those genes, it seems, have simply been switched off.

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