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Australian inventions - Australia's Culture PortalImage courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald. Lawrence Hargrave, who achieved the first powered flight in 1894 with four box kites, was said to be symbolic of many Australian inventors and Australian innovation; 'He was interested in the invention, not th...
National Science Week is Australia's major annual science extravaganza. National Science Week is a partnership between the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), ASF Limited, the Australian Science Teachers Association, and the Department of Innovati...
Sir William Bragg - Nobel Prize for physics, 1915. Bragg shared the prize with his son (also Sir William Bragg). Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet - Nobel Prize for medicine, 1960. ...
Observations of Australia's unique fauna and flora, combined with considerations of the continent's geographical isolation, contributed toward Charles Darwin (1809–1882) developing his theory of evolution by natural selection. Darwin's theory of ev...
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Douglas Mawson was a scientist, an explorer and an adventurer. As an explorer and adventurer his contribution to the understanding of the Antarctic continent is well known. This web site seeks to show Mawson's life - his adventures, his success in taking
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Australian scientists celebrate Apollo 11 › News in Science (ABC Science) (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )The GMT will provide up to 30 times better resolution than current land-based telescopes and images 10 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope. Colless says technology has brought an enormous expansion in space exploration horizons since the moon la...
The GMT will provide up to 30 times better resolution than current land-based telescopes and images 10 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope. Colless says technology has brought an enormous expansion in space exploration horizons since the moon la...
The GMT will provide up to 30 times better resolution than current land-based telescopes and images 10 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope. Colless says technology has brought an enormous expansion in space exploration horizons since the moon la...
Professor Paul Davies, Adjunct Professor at the Australian Centre for Astrobiology at Macquarie University, will receive the Royal Society's Michael Faraday Award for 2002, it was announced today. The Royal Society is an independent academy promoting the...
The GMT will provide up to 30 times better resolution than current land-based telescopes and images 10 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope. Colless says technology has brought an enormous expansion in space exploration horizons since the moon la...
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Congratulations to Scott Hocknull, Young Australian Scientist of the Year who was involved in the discovery of Australia's largest and oldest dinosaur, 'Elliott' the sauropod found near Winton in western Queensland in October, 2001. Robyn Williams: Well, ...
The GMT will provide up to 30 times better resolution than current land-based telescopes and images 10 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope. Colless says technology has brought an enormous expansion in space exploration horizons since the moon la...
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The GMT will provide up to 30 times better resolution than current land-based telescopes and images 10 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope. Colless says technology has brought an enormous expansion in space exploration horizons since the moon la...
Australian scientists have told a federal inquiry this week that they will not clone humans. Australian Medical Association vice president Dr Sandra Hacker told the inquiry that the AMA's position was that cloning of human beings should be prohibited. Us...
The GMT will provide up to 30 times better resolution than current land-based telescopes and images 10 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope. Colless says technology has brought an enormous expansion in space exploration horizons since the moon la...
The GMT will provide up to 30 times better resolution than current land-based telescopes and images 10 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope. Colless says technology has brought an enormous expansion in space exploration horizons since the moon la...
Australian scientists are leading the way when it comes understanding these so-called 'ecosystem services', and the Goulburn Broken catchment is the focus of one important project. Transcript: Alexandra de Blas: Here in Australia the CSIRO is a trail blaz...
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