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17 March 2022
Conquer grammar rules with a touch of humour: Scientell tips
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Grammar doesn’t have to be boring or difficult. A touch of humour can go a long way to help you remember tricky rules. Here are Scientell's amusing top tips to getting grammar right!

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Climate change
22 February 2022
Debunking the deniers: the 5 pillars of science behind human-caused climate change  
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How can we bust the myths and misinformation and deliver the facts about climate science? Use the 5 pillars of science behind human-caused climate change, refute misleading information clearly and repeatedly, and communicating in a factual, succinct and calm way.

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20 December 2021
Flavour of the future: enhanced, modified and sustainable food
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As lovers of both food and science, Scientell recently attended the 'Future of Food and Nutrition' lecture to hear about emerging trends in food science, nutrition and production. So what will food of the future look like?

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Communication
30 November 2021
Science communicators communicating with, well, science communicators
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Science communicators communicate regularly with researchers, decision-makers, industry representatives, young people and others. But what happens when science communicators get together to communicate with other science communicators? Scientell found out at the Australian Science Communicators 2021 Symposium.

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Fairy bread, temperature, science
21 November 2021
Temperatures, literature and fairy bread
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You may have wondered how scientists take the Earth’s temperature. You may not have wondered about the link between temperature, classic literature and fairy bread, but that’s what this blog is about.

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Butterfly blue
30 September 2021
Nature’s blue illusion
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Did you know most of the ‘blue’ you see in nature isn’t really blue? Blue pigments are rare in nature, which means that when we see blue birds or blue eyes we are not actually seeing blue.

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Science communication
24 June 2021
Engaging audiences in science
Blogging, Communication
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Encouraging our community to use science to solve problems with wide ranging impacts, such as climate change, is a key goal of science communication. These key science communication principles were discussed at a recent science communication panel session.

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Social media tips
9 June 2021
Social-science media
Blogging, Communication
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Social media continues to be a dominant news source for many, especially young people. Here are a few tips on maximising the impact of your science through social media from the experts.

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Fishing
19 March 2021
The science of fishing
Blogging
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Barometric pressure measures the weight of the atmosphere as it presses down on everything on Earth. Air pressure affects a fish’s swim bladder, with low pressure making it uncomfortable for the fish to swim close to the water's surface.

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Coffee
8 March 2021
Bean there? Join us at our favourite café
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With the COVID-19 vaccine rolling out and transmission case numbers remaining low, meeting in person near our city office has become possible in Melbourne again. So we wanted to have an analytical look at the choice of local cafés.

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Sunset
10 February 2021
The Green Flash
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The Green Flash is often considered a myth, but it is actually a fascinating optics phenomenon. You can see the green flash anywhere in the world, at sunrise and sunset. But why?

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Rainbow
10 February 2021
Circular rainbows
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When we think of a rainbow, we probably think of a colourful arch … possibly with a pot of gold at the end. But you may be surprised to learn that rainbows are actually circles.

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Discussion workplace
1 February 2021
Civil disagreements
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Having conversations with someone you don’t agree with can be difficult, exhausting and overwhelming. Here are six tips from the Business Insider experts on how to have these conversations.

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Coffee science
27 January 2021
The science of coffee
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A great deal of science goes into crafting the distinctive mix of aromas, flavours, and textures that make up coffee. Here are 4 key components that can greatly affect taste.

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Wombat. Conservation days
13 January 2021
Conservation days
Environment
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Throughout the year there are days dedicated to an array of occasions and themes. There is everything from ‘world chocolate day’ (7 July) to ‘world day to combat desertification and drought’ (17 June). Some of these days are for fun,

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Reindeer
13 December 2020
Christmas cervines
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Reindeer are a Christmas icon, but how much do we know about these cervines (deer-like creatures)? Here are some fun facts.   Reindeer have 2 layers of coat. Their underneath layer is woolly and warm but the top layer of hairs

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Communication
6 December 2020
Having difficult conversations
Communication
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Communication often involves a conversation, and sometimes those conversations are difficult. Back when I worked at CSIRO, I was fortunate that conversations were usually easy, but I did do a training course on how to have difficult conversations. I recall the

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Brochure
16 November 2020
Why a brochure isn’t just an executive summary with pictures
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We often prepare brochures based on detailed technical reports. One of our clients asked us what the difference was between the text in a brochure and that in a report’s executive summary. We discussed with them the many differences between brochures

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Bee
10 November 2020
Bee-autiful lawns
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If you’re looking for a spring project that allows you to enjoy the sunshine and also support biodiversity, then look no further than your lawn! Bee benefits Bee lawns, or flowering lawns, are lawns that have grass and flowers. Flowers are the

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Pandemic postcard
2 October 2020
Postcards from a pandemic
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Julie Arblaster (Monash University), Colleen Boyle (RMIT), Ruth Morgan (Australian National University), Kate Phillips (Museums Victoria), Alicia Sometimes, Simon Torok (Scientell), Rachel Webster (University of Melbourne)   How will people 50 years from now view the events of 2020, from bushfires, to

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Science experiments
20 August 2020
DIY science experiments at home
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From Zap! Amazing science experiments, by Paul Holper and Simon Torok (ABC Books) Science is everywhere and what better time to enjoy an experiment or two from the comfort of our own homes – there’s something here for kids and adults alike! For

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14 August 2020
The Australian Government has style
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Paul Holper  Well, the Australian Government certainly has a style manual. If you need to know when to use an en dash or a hyphen, whether to add semicolons after bullet points, and whether an abbreviation list lives at the beginning

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14 April 2020
Webinar workshop wisdom
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Communication, Writing

With COVID-19 leading to an increased use of webinars in place of face-to-face workshops, we’ve compiled a summary of our findings, recommendations and tips for using this technology. While being less engaging than meeting in person, if run well a webinar

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5 April 2020
10 entertaining science books
Blogging, Communication
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Communiation, Writing

Paul Holper Science and technology lie at the heart of so much that is good about modern life. As researchers rush to create a COVID-19 vaccine, let’s begin with a chillingly prescient extract from Bill Bryson’s entertaining 2019 book The Body:

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8 January 2020
On Writing – Stephen King
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By Paul Holper Despite being written 20 years ago, Stephen King’s book, ‘On writing: A memoir of the craft’, is an entertaining read and a great source of information. Someone who has sold more than 350 million books must know a

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20 December 2019
The science of communicating science
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Looking for the ideal Christmas gift for a science communicator, budding or experienced, or for anyone interested in science and its applications and promotion? Look no further. Science communication guru Craig Cormick has distilled decades of his own experience and

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12 December 2019
Collaboration is key
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by Bianca Le More than 30 of Melbourne’s science communicators gathered for lunch at the historic Royal Society of Victoria building, Scientell’s home base. A mix of clients, partners and colleagues – ranging from industry, academia and university – came to

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10 December 2019
15 days at Scientell
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By Bianca Le Being a final year PhD student is tough. Despite the looming deadline, you begin to lose motivation and enthusiasm for the research project you spend every waking hour of the past three years thinking about. What didn’t wane,

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4 February 2019
The story of a budding science communicator – why I’m excited to share science
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Late last year, I met Paul and Simon at the Royal Society of Victoria's celebration for the 50th anniversary of Earthrise, following which, they invited me to be a part of the Scientell team. I'm budding science communicator as well

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15 January 2019
Earthrise, a photo that changed the world
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The following article first appeared in The Conversation on December 21, 2018 as a reflection on the past 50 years since the Earthrise was first captured by Apollo 8 astronauts.  Authors:  Simon Torok - Scientell Julie Arblaster - Associate Professor, Monash

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14 October 2018
The march of technology
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Moore’s Law, named after Intel cofounder Gordon Moore, reflects his 1965 observation that computer transistors, or processors, were shrinking so fast that every year twice as many could fit onto a chip. These days, we’ve become accustomed to processors becoming smaller,

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23 August 2018
Ten top tips for working with consultants
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Scientell’s clients have included all tiers of government; universities and research centres; industry and NGOs; academic associations and professional societies. Furthermore, before founding Scientell, Simon Torok and I worked at senior levels in science agencies where we contracted dozens of

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6 August 2018
Collaborate, motivate and activate communities
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I recently completed a training course on how to engage communities, and you’d be surprised how a bit of structure in a discussion can help motivate people to take positive action to change the world. Community engagement encourages participation in the

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13 June 2018
Seven essential steps to effective communication
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Scientell is a science and environment communication business. We take complex, often technical information and present it in a compelling way for audiences such as policy makers. The product could be a brochure, report, book, website, video, or a traditional

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21 April 2018
Plastic not fantastic
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Climate Change, Enrivonment, Waste

I’m a baby boomer. I grew up in the ‘60s. I remember the early morning clip-clop of the milkman’s horse. Each night my mum would leave out two or three empty bottles. The milkman would replace them with full bottles. We

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13 April 2018
Communicating Climate Change Internationally
Blogging, Climate Change, Communication, Environment, Uncategorized
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The international climate change assessment body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has launched a communication guide for scientists, put together by Climate Outreach — a UK-based team of social scientists and communication specialists focused on climate communication. The IPCC’s

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4 March 2018
When in doubt, cut it out: editing tips
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Recently I edited a large, complex scientific report. As an editor, one of the first things you do is remove extraneous words. Why force a reader to read two or more words, when one will do? As I worked through the

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20 November 2017
20 Top Twitter (and social media) Tips
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These pointers come from Twitter science social media stars ‪@AstroKatie, ‪@EuanRitchie1 and ‪@astroduff who were panellists during an Innovation week event hosted by @miss_toni on 11 November 2016, at the Royal Society in Melbourne. ‪Hash tags: #SciSocialites ‪#innovationwk The advantage of Twitter is that you can engage

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9 November 2017
Writing in Nature, naturally
Blogging, Communication, Uncategorized
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Communication, Environment, Writing

Scientell’s new home, the historic Royal Society of Victoria building, houses a stunning library that includes the first edition of the journal Nature. It’s clear that people communicated science in 1869 differently from now. The first research article in that first issue

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20 October 2017
Calendar photos bring ecology to life
Blogging, Environment
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Dingo puppies in the Great Sandy Desert (Pilbara Region), WA. Photo by Bradley Smith. The 2018 Ecology Society of Australia calendar features spectacular images of Australian flora, fauna, landscapes, coasts, skies and marine environments. Many disciplines contribute to ecology and ecosystem science,

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21 September 2017
Learning from failure
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As part of a major national project on innovation, Scientell has examined the contribution that learning from error and failure can make to innovation and progress. This is part of our work with the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA)

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13 September 2017
Lead influencing crime, Ice drug contaminating homes, and other highlights from CleanUp2017
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700 scientists, engineers, regulators and other environmental professionals from more than 20 countries have been in Melbourne this week at the biennial CleanUp global forum. CleanUp 2017, organised by the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment

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8 August 2017
Winning, even if you don’t win (and we did)
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Business, Communication

Recently our company Scientell won the 2016–17 Monash Business Award in the Micro Business category. My co-Director, Simon Torok, said in his acceptance speech in front of a packed ballroom, ‘We were delighted to have been nominated for this award

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13 July 2017
Today Al Gore reminded me that when someone tells you something, do something
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Ten years ago I saw the Al Gore film, An Inconvenient Truth. Driving home from the cinema that night, I passed a car with its headlights off – and flashed my headlights at them using the local language for ‘you’ve

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12 July 2017
Short-circuiting a superpower, city by city
Environment, Uncategorized
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The US is withdrawing from the Paris climate accord, but there are reassuring signs of action at a sub-nation scale. At the opening of the Ecocity World Summit being held in Melbourne this week, I heard a lot about the many environmental

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23 June 2017
Climate change and health: the future isn’t what it used to be
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Climate change could have far‐reaching consequences for human health across the 21st century. But there is at least some good news on how health systems are adapting. ‘It doesn’t take an extreme weather event to have an extreme health impact,’ said

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16 June 2017
A safer, cleaner environmental future: the CRC CARE High School Essay Competition
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Enter the CRC CARE High School Essay Competition with a 500- to 1000-word essay about contaminants in the environment (for a safer, cleaner environmental future) and you could win a great prize! Choose from two categories: * The Dr Roneal Naidu award

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15 June 2017
How to write a media release
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Communication, Writing

Scientell prepared this summary for members of the Ecological Society of Australia, who have employed us to provide communication support and advice. Despite the rise of social media, writing and distributing a media release is still a very effective way of communicating

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9 June 2017
Everyone has a good story
Climate Change, Communication, Environment, Uncategorized
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I had the privilege of interviewing half a dozen of Australia’s newest ecologists this week, after more than $1 million in funds for students were announced by the Ecological Society of Australia. In speaking with just six of the 100 students

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26 May 2017
Being a mentor can feel like being a mentee – in a good way
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Discussing the communication of scientific and technical information with the next generation, and influencing their thinking about it, is something I’d like to do for all students. As Director of the science communication company Scientell, I see it as vital

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12 April 2017
Rent, don’t buy?
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When I was young, my parents always told me that if I wanted to buy something, I should save my money and pay for it outright. ‘Buy, don’t rent’, was their recommendation for procuring everything from a TV set to

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24 February 2017
On stones, mathematics and eschewing bad puns
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Excluding patients with multiple titanium joint prostheses, the most common metal in the human body is calcium. This fact will assist in countless pub trivia competitions. Chemist Humphry Davy first isolated pure calcium in 1808 by electrolysis of limestone. He named

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8 November 2016
Book review: ‘Surviving the 21st Century: Humanity’s Ten Great Challenges and How We Can Overcome Them’
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Australia has no better science writer than Julian Cribb. He is knowledgeable, extraordinarily well informed and superbly adept at presenting accurate, fascinating information in a way that just begs to be read. His latest book is Surviving the 21st Century: Humanity’s Ten Great

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6 October 2016
Movin’ on up to cooler climes
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Climate change impacts on the natural world are accelerating rapidly. ‘Many plants and animals are proving to be highly sensitive to the changes in climate we have experienced over the last few decades’ says Professor Lesley Hughes from Macquarie University. Lesley says

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9 September 2016
Is there a doctor on this flight?
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Scientell is working with the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) to synthesise a wealth of information into a book on securing Australia’s future. As part of this, we have examined the contribution that learning from error and failure can

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29 August 2016
Robot servants: lending a metal hand
Blogging, Uncategorized
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Robots are ideally placed to help with future housework, since they can perform repetitive tasks without becoming bored. Since the 1927 film Metropolis, robots have lent a helping hand to humans in many science fiction movies, such as Star Wars, Wall-E

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16 August 2016
Faster food: 3D print your dinner
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You arrive home from school, hungry for a snack. You feel like something different; not the usual food your fridge and pantry automatically order based on what you normally eat. So you search for a treat on the internet, find

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2 August 2016
Sky highway
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Flying cars are considered to signal the arrival of the future – or rather, the lack of its arrival. They have been promised by inventors for decades, and always seem to be just around the corner, but have never become

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20 July 2016
Eternity: could we ever become immortal?
Health, Uncategorized
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People now live longer than ever before. A girl born in Australia today can expect to live for about 84 years, but a girl born in the late 1800s was expected to live for just 54 years. We owe this improvement

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5 July 2016
Climate of change
Climate Change, Environment, Uncategorized
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Ice and heat are enemies. As the world warms, the ice on the land melts. Most glaciers are in retreat, with their water gushing into the sea. This makes the sea level rise. Add the expansion of the oceans, which

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21 June 2016
Can we become invisible?
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We all love the idea of being able to creep around, watching people without them knowing, eavesdropping on conversations. Think of all the fun you could have if, at the snap of a finger, you could become invisible. Lots of books

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1 June 2016
Imagining the future: a guide to the incredible inventions just over the horizon
Communication, Uncategorized
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Technology, Writing

       We are living in a rapidly changing world – when most of today’s primary school students grow up, they’ll have jobs that don’t exist right now, and they’ll be using technologies that haven’t been invented, to solve things we

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18 May 2016
Help! Lending a hand to vulnerable species
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Global hotspots, such as the waters southeast of Australia, have warmed dramatically and dozens of marine animals have moved south. Many others need our help. Dr Alistair Hobday, from CSIRO, says these sea temperature changes are clear – not only in

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18 April 2016
Ouch! Feeling the record heat
Climate Change, Uncategorized
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Last summer, temperatures around the world showed an unusual upward spike. Globally, February was more than a degree warmer than usual, breaking the record set in 2015 that had itself broken the record set in February 2014. A stable climate

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13 April 2016
Innovation and Australian inventions
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Australians are great inventors. We have a history of ideas and thinking up new ways of doing things. Perhaps our inventiveness comes from the fact we have unique problems. Or maybe it’s our geographic isolation: in the past, if we

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11 April 2016
The value of local knowledge
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When a coastal town faces increased flooding, what comes next must come from the community. The most important thing for Councils when planning adaptation to climate change is to identify the risk to people, and then work with the community to

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1 April 2016
CoastExchange: Another brick in the seawall
Climate Change, Uncategorized
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Scientell is proud to be helping the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) launch their online discussion about coastal adaptation, CoastExchange. You can sign up at https://connect.coastadapt.com.au/. The purpose of this virtual community of adaptors is to provide a forum in

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25 March 2016
The greatest discovery since fire
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Adapted from Torok, S.J., and Holper, P.N. (2006) Inventing millions: 25 Inventions that changed the world. 224 pp., ABC Books.   ‘The greatest thing since sliced bread,’ is an accolade often bestowed on an invention. However, it never seems to surpass the actual

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17 March 2016
How to create a blog that everyone will truly love
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This blog is competing for your attention with more than 152 million others. Nearly 173,000 blogs are added to the Internet ever day. There are now four more than when you started reading this. That’s according to the Journal of Applied

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4 March 2016
9 things that I learnt in my first year of business
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This article was first published on the Flying Solo web site, a site for small business. In 2014, after 25 years at CSIRO, I established my own science communication business. Now, some 12 months later, here are some of the things that

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20 February 2016
The 60-second guide to world water
Climate Change, Health, Uncategorized
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Written by Paul Holper The ocean covers 71 per cent of the Earth’s surface and contains almost 97 per cent of the planet’s water. But only 2.5 per cent of Earth’s water is freshwater, and just a fraction (1.2 per cent)

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9 February 2016
Observations on observers
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Written by Simon Torok With hundreds of climate scientists meeting in Melbourne this week for the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society conference, it is worth reflecting that climate research owes a great debt to voluntary weather observers who, through their careful documentation

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2 February 2016
New climate change brochures for Victoria
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Recently we worked with the Victorian Government to prepare a series of regional brochures explaining the likely impacts of climate change and describing how best to adapt. This project was a collaboration with Karen Pearce of Bloom Communication and Rohan Hamden & Associates. The 8-page brochures

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23 December 2015
Cli-Fi: cautionary tales to prompt action
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Written by Simon Torok Cli-fi, or climate fiction, also known as Eco-fiction, is a relatively new genre of literature that sets narratives in an often dystopian world affected by climate change. I love it because fiction can be used to convey

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7 December 2015
The psychology of communication: Here and how; not gloom and doom
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Written by Paul Holper Science organisations want to explain their work to increase impact and use of results. Scientists know that science is important and would like others to feel the same. They also realise, that science that no one knows

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1 December 2015
Communicating to a young audience
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Ever since the early 1700s, when the first books for young people were written by authors including John Newbery, Thomas Boreman, and Thomas and Mary Cooper, communicators have endeavoured to target young audiences with specific products.   Non-fiction writing for young people

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4 November 2015
How to attract research funding
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This article was first published in the April 2015 issue of BAMOS   Communication serves many purposes, including helping to attract research funding. This funding can come from government (federal, state and local), business, philanthropic funds and international sources. If you are to be

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2 November 2015
10 tips for great public speaking
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If I could just say a few words…I’d be a better public speaker.  Homer Simpson Captivate, compel and communicate clearly next time you give a talk. Here are 10 tested steps to help you become a better presenter, and to truly do

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2 November 2015
Beginners guide to editing
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For starters, there’s editing and editing. And editing. Three forms really: substantive, copy and proofing. For most clients, ‘editing’ means copy editing. That is, reading through a document and checking that it makes sense and reflects what the writer probably meant. Copy editing

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6 Jun

To meet demands that humans make on nature each year, it would take 1.6 Earths
#WorldEnvironmentDay #WorldEnvironmentDay2022 #ClimateEmergency

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Oceans cover 70% of our Earth.
So what can you do to care for our oceans?
Read more: https://t.co/zz8qM009hF
#WorldOceansDay #worldoceansday2022

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5 Jun

Sometimes it can be disheartening and we feel a sense of helplessness at #ClimateChange. But @fernhames lists ways we can all pitch in as individuals: keep your pets indoors, wildlife gardening (even with just a balcony), citizen science, and advocate for nature.
@VicParliament

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5 Jun

There is no clean air without forests, there is no agriculture without pollinators... @BrenWintle highlights that nature is invaluable.

We therefore need innovative solutions to protect our biodiversity, like creating cities where native species thrive.

@VicParliament @TSR_Hub

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