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http://vimeo.com/61779998 GOCE satellite ‘hears’ 2011 Japanese earthquake Article from news.com.au Russian scientists claim discovery of new bacterial species Article from news.com.au Article published at RiAus Blog: Everyday Science Doubts arise over accuracy of Russian claim Article from AFP Neanderthal brains were ... Continue Reading »

It all started with a telescope. Incredibly, in the 350 years that separate Galileo’s first observations of space and the advent of spacecraft exploration, everything that we knew about the solar system was thanks to the telescope. The invention of the telescope Galileo was not the first to invent the telescope. However, upon ... Continue Reading »

Journey through time and space with Australia's best known astronomer, Professor Fred Watson. He knows all about the madness that drives people to understand the Universe and unlock its secrets. At a special RiAus Book Club event, Fred Watson took us on a unique tour to unravel the ... Continue Reading »

http://vimeo.com/55000615 Curiosity discovers life-supporting molecules on Mars Article from News.com.au NASA to launch new Mars Rover in 2020 Article from NASA JPL More premature babies survive, however health-problems persist Article from The Telegraph Breath test may be able to diagnose colorectal cancer Article from news.com.au Longer use of ... Continue Reading »

This inspiring RiAus event on Thursday 25 October 2012 will unearth the real person behind one of Australia’s biggest names in science: Prof Brian Schmidt, joint-winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics. Prof Brian Schmidt stepped into the public eye when he was presented with science’s highest accolade for his ... Continue Reading »

The 2012 Science Inspiration was presented by Professor Brian Schmidt, joint winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics. Brian shares the accolade with two other scientists, having provided evidence that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. As an award winning astrophysicist, Brian spends his time studying exploding ... Continue Reading »

Imagine a world where time travel, teleportation and extra dimensions all exist. Where clones are commonplace, and where new alien civilisations are often encountered. Okay, at the moment it all seems a little far-fetched, but there are elements from the long-running hit TV-program Doctor Who which may be at least ... Continue Reading »

After an education that included a year at Woodville Primary School in Adelaide and a PhD from Sydney University, Nick Lomb joined Sydney Observatory in 1979. As Curator of Astronomy he has organised numerous exhibitions at the Observatory and at the Powerhouse Museum with the last one being From Earth ... Continue Reading »

2011 Nobel Laureate Appointed a Companion (AC) in the General Division of the Order of Australia in 2013 Distinguished Professor, Australian National University Brian P Schmidt is a Laureate Fellow at The Australian National University's Mount Stromlo Observatory.  Brian was raised in Montana and Alaska, USA, and received undergraduate degrees in Physics and ... Continue Reading »

Your experiment, 250 miles above the Earth, for the whole world to see. What will you do? YouTube Space Lab, Launched with Lenovo, challenges students aged 14-18 to design an experiment that can be performed in space. View full media release View the YouTube Space Lab page at ... Continue Reading »

I have. Of course, that makes a long story very short.  Let me start somewhere else.  Let's go back in time. It was the year 1969.  I was not quite one year old.  My Mum had just finished watching the first lunar landing on a big, old, black & white TV.  ... Continue Reading »

Presented by Dr Tamara Davis, as part of the 2011 Women in Physics Lecture Tour. Observations of the universe over the last few decades have thrown us some curve balls. We thought we had the basic picture—the universe is expanding, and all the structure we now see formed thanks ... Continue Reading »

Andy is Adelaide born and raised and is currently a member of the NASA Astronaut Corps at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He has flown into space on board the space shuttle on four separate occasions including a 20 week stay on board the Russian Space Station, ... Continue Reading »

Professor Peter Quinn was born in Australia and received his BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Wollongong in 1978. He conducted graduate studies in astronomy and astrophysics at the Australian National University (ANU) and received his PhD in 1982 with a thesis dissertation on dynamics of ... Continue Reading »

Wilson da Silva is editor in chief of Cosmos magazine. He has had a long and successful career as a science report and editor, including with ABC TV, Reuters, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and New Scientist. In 2009 da Silva created 'Hello from Earth', a project to collect short ... Continue Reading »

Born: 1946, London, UK Paul Davies obtained a doctorate from University College London in 1970. He held academic appointments at Cambridge and London Universities until he was appointed Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. From 1990 until 1996 he was Professor of ... Continue Reading »

Born: 1946, London, Great Britain Professor John Ellis' research interests lie in the theoretical physics of elementary particles, ranging from standard model physics to string theory. He has made fundamental contributions to the advancement of our understanding of the standard model of particle physics and pioneering contributions ... Continue Reading »

Born: Überlingen, Germany, 1951 Hans Schlegel graduated as an international exchange student from Lewis Central High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa, before studying physics at RWTH Aachen University in Germany. He conducted research in semiconductor physics before being trained as an astronaut in the late 1980s by ... Continue Reading »

Professor Fred Watson is astronomer in charge of the Anglo-Australian Observatory at Coonabarabran. He received his PhD for a thesis on Multi-object Astronomical Spectroscopy with Optical Fibres, and helped to pioneer the use of fibre optics in astronomy in the early 1980s. He has contributed to several major surveys of ... Continue Reading »

Born: 1951, Adelaide, Australia After completing a bachelor's degree and PhD in mechanical engineering at the University of Adelaide, Andy Thomas took up a position as a research scientist with the Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company. In 1989 he joined the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California and worked on NASA-sponsored research. Thomas joined ... Continue Reading »