Discover SKA: The World’s Biggest Telescope
Call for partners and collaborators for our major public outreach campaign
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope is the most exciting and significant scientific project currently underway in the world and it is time for the Australian people to find out all about it. The anzSKA and Inspiring Australia teams […]

Aussies in America

And another request for ideas.
1. We’re pulling together a list of leading Australian scientists working in the US. The beginnings of our list is copied below. We’re interested in some of the leaders, and then in a few early career researchers. The results of this exercise will be published […]

Australia’s top ten for 2010

Dear ASCers,
I’d like to pick your brains again and perhaps fire up a discussion
What do you think were Australia’s top ten science achievements in 2010?
Send me your top 1, 2 or 3 and I’ll compile a list and send it back to the list for discussion. I’ll also use the input in a couple […]

Merry Christmas

Hi All,
It’s a bit early I know but I’m off to Vietnam for Christmas and I’m off the air late today. Have a great Christmas, Happy New Year. Looking forward to more rants with you all next year!!! XXXX
Susan Kirk Bcomm Journalist MEAA ASC HMAQ QWC
39 Shamley Heath Rd, KUREELPA […]

Twitter and ASC

Hi everyone,
On Monday I attended the ASC quiz night, which was held at the RiAus (Adelaide) immediately following the ASC annual general meeting. Great fun! Met lots of lovely people, and finally put a *real life* face to some people I’m in twitter contact with.
It started me thinking that we should try and have some […]

The future of humanity in space

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SPACE: THE FINAL FRONTIER
The first space colonists have already been born! Find out how they’ll live, work and play – and how humanity will change forever – in a 26-page special on the future of humanity in space. Out now in the Dec 2010 issue of COSMOS, Australia’s #1 science magazine.
FINAL FRONTIER: Gigantic space settlements […]

Stefanie Pearce is out of the office

I will be out of the office starting 15/12/2010 and will not return until 16/12/2010.
I am not available on Wednesday 15th December.
I will respond to your email when I return.
Urgent personal messages can be left on my mobile: 0414 891 416.
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ASC-list Digest, Vol 73, Issue 20

Maybe I don’t understand the process of publication in a science journal. This is my (albeit simplified) understanding. An experiment is conducted within certain parameters or controls and the results are then deciphered. The results of the experiment must be able to be replicated with the same result. I thought this experiment was […]