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Coronavirus Lockdowns Have Changed the Way Earth Moves
SHARPENING AUSTRALIA’S COMPETITIVE EDGE – Michael Sharpe
THE COMMUNICATION CHALLENGE – Toni Stevens
FROM TROUBLES TO SOLUTIONS – Prof. Gordon Wallace
Packing the Tundra with Animals Could Slow Arctic Melt
Mass testing, school closings, lockdowns: Countries pick tactics in ‘war’ against coronavirus
Coronavirus Lockdowns Have Changed the Way Earth Moves
A reduction in seismic noise because of changes in human activity is a boon for geoscientists The coronavirus pandemic has brought chaos to lives and economies around the world. But efforts to…
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SHARPENING AUSTRALIA’S COMPETITIVE EDGE – Michael Sharpe
SHARPENING AUSTRALIA’S COMPETITIVE EDGEMichael Sharpe is the National Director of Australia’s Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre – an organisation at the heart of the…
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THE COMMUNICATION CHALLENGE – Toni Stevens
THE COMMUNICATION CHALLENGEOn this week’s show we sit down with science-communicator and ecologist Toni Stevens to hear about the Australian Science Communicators Conference in Melbourne…
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FROM TROUBLES TO SOLUTIONS – Prof. Gordon Wallace
Born in 1958 in Belfast, Northern Ireland – Gordon Wallace’s childhood was shaped by The Troubles, a religious and cultural schism that rocked the region for almost 50 years. A…
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Packing the Tundra with Animals Could Slow Arctic Melt
Herds of reindeer or other species could help pack down snows to protect permafrost. Enormous herds of animals roamed the Arctic tundra thousands of years ago. Just a fraction remain today,…
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Mass testing, school closings, lockdowns: Countries pick tactics in ‘war’ against coronavirus
The United States and Europe have stopped hitting the snooze button. After 2 months of mostly waiting and seeing while the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) alarm sounded ever more loudly,…
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ENERGY STORAGE – Dr. Jon Knott
The drive towards to a low-carbon future has driven tremendous progress in clean-energy solutions like solar power and wind turbines. In many cases these technologies are now…
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ROCK AND ROLL AND RESEARCH – Chris Gilbey OAM
Chris Gilbey’s career spans both industries and continents. Born in the UK in the aftermath of WWII and educated in South Africa in the midst of Apartheid, Chris Gilbey’s early life had…
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ZERO TO ONE – An Introduction to Lab Notes
Welcome to Lab Notes! This episode is a quick primer about what to expect from the series – so dive on in! In future episodes we’ll be joined by Australia’s most illuminating…
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The Ocean’s Swirling Currents Are Migrating Poleward
The shift, which may be linked to climate change, can affect sea levels and the distribution of heat and nutrients Enormous, swirling gyres compose some of the world’s biggest and most…
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New sense discovered in dog noses: the ability to detect heat
Dogs’ noses just got a bit more amazing. Not only are they up to 100 million times more sensitive than ours, they can sense weak thermal radiation—the body heat of mammalian prey, a new study…
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New Antarctic island spotted as mammoth glacier retreats
An uncharted island off Antarctica’s western coast could reveal how climate change is altering the continent. A scientific expedition off the coast of Antarctica earlier this month spotted an…
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