Watching paint dry is boring at a macroscopic level, but it’s actually really interesting at a microscopic level!
Addressing weaknesses and limitations in your science will reassure potential funders, use these three questions to address rigour and reproducibility concerns in your grant proposal.
The world map as we’re used to seeing it was made for navigation, not for a true comparison of country size. Have a play with this clever tool
Over the past 10 years, R&D gross funding value has stayed the same, despite an increase in the cost of doing research, coupled with the increase in the population of scientists.
Cosmic gamma-rays are the highest-energy form of light. They fill the night sky but are invisible to our eyes, and this NASA animation helps us ‘see’ it.
“To be accessible to the general population, documents should have a reading ability requirement of year 7.” Improve your science communications with the general public with the Australian Government Style Manual.
Excellent NASA concept visualisation of the evolution of our Moon.
Try taking up the hobby of ‘soap bubble freezing’, and read the science behind how it works.
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