Rally for Research – Adelaide
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Researchers rally over $400m cuts
Yesterday in Melbourne and Sydney, rallies were held to protest against the possible $400m (20%) reduction in the National Health and Medical Research budget. Thousands gathered outside Parliament house in Melbourne, scientists, students and professors stood alongside those who were the recipients of the medical research scientists had conducted.
From a student at the rally:
I am […]
Medical Research Rally
For those who missed the Australian Science Media Centre’s (AusSMC) online briefing yesterday. Here tis
Gentlemen’s rules are out, scientists: it’s time to unleash the beast
by Rod Lamberts and Will J. Grant
War has been declared, and those who recognise the fundamental role science plays in everyday life need to decide where they stand.
Building on the budgetary and rhetorical slights of recent months, rumours are now afield that the Gillard government is looking at cutting the National Health and Medical Research […]
Send in the Scientists
A story that highlights: the apparent lack of scientific input into government policy. The effectiveness of anonymous dissident websites…
A proposal to amend the Federal Criminal Code Act could see a number of plants species become outlawed.
The proposed schedule reads as follows:
Any plant containing mescaline including any plant of the genus Lophophora.
Any plant containing DMT […]
Science more complex with bureaucracy?
First we have the complexities and uncertainties of science and then we introduce a bureaucratic process that can be inefficient and sometimes, incompetent.
I give you a prime example in the case of the Asian honey bee eradication program. Full story continues……
SENATE COMMITTEE ORDERS RECONVENING OF CCEPP TO CONTINUE ERADICATION PROGRAM FOR ASIAN […]
Science communication and social media
Announcing the future of social technologies one day event on 27 April, with a special offer for ASC members Continue reading
What has trust got to do with it?
Will Rifkin invites comment on the importance of trust in science communication Continue reading
Event: ‘Innovate and communicate’ + Canberra AGM
[ 24 November 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Join ASC Canberra to hear James Bradfield Moody talk about the emerging new wave of innovation and participate in the ASC Canberra Annual General Meeting. Continue reading
should science journalists take sides?
Great article by Ed Yong on discover blogs: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/09/23/should-science-journalists-take-sides/