Astrophysicist. Communicator of science & all the weird, wonderful and wacky aspects of life. (she, her) #SuperstarsOfSTEM #womeninSTEM π
Melbourne, Victoria
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I don't normally post this sort of thing.
But if you need to hear this:
Please don't do this. Just don't.
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π "We need to be producing more #polymaths": a main theme of #talks I give to schools &businesses.
How?
ποΈ Take the scenic route, learn lots of different stuff, follow your interests as much as you can. Develop a pervasive inquisitiveness & love of #learning &understanding!
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The more I hear from the Covid enquiry, the more I think that the PM and the majority of ministers did not have the intellectual tools necessary to understand scientific advice and therefore to be able to weigh it successfully alongside economics, social science etc. In my view this can be traced to educational failure - they werenβt taught or didnβt learn the basics of science alongside their chosen disciplines. This also applies the other way round to scientists of course. Breadth of knowledge is key, as well as specialisation / expertise, and I donβt think our system delivered that in the 80s and 90s when I (and they) went to University - whether it does that today is an open question. I think we need to be producing more polymaths.
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Something old
Something new
Something super
Something blue
π»π Looking forward to chatting with Raf this arvo about supermoons - the whats, the whys... And how exactly can it be blue (no, it's not secretly π§)?!
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#radio #space #supermoon #moon #womeninphysics #WomenInSTEM
Up now on Drive with @Raf_Epstein:
β°οΈThe house with a private gorge
ποΈWas IBAC pressured? @TimRRead
π΄ Foodie Tuesday @FoodCornish
π°Morrison's robodebt defence @billshortenmp
β½οΈWWC @P_frim
πSupermoons @RedLippedAstro
+ more
abc.net.au/melbourne/programβ¦
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πAlso. Um. I've watched cricket since I was knee-high... This just occurred to me...
A maiden.
Six balls. Sans soilage. No runs, just... dot balls.
Kinda...yuck
I noted this "lack of soilage" thing and my dear partner, like the people of Krikkit, stated, "this needs to go"...
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Marais Erasmus doesn't need "recommending" he needs some spectacles and some sort of hearing device... I heard it from here... ππ
#howdhemissthat #cricket
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π¦π½ This will be a hoooot!!
Your fate is in our hands, basically...
Come along tomorrow night @HowlerHQ for a bev and a laff! Tix in link below
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#WomenInSTEM #aliens #space #spaceexploration #debate #sciencecomedy #searchforlife #ET
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My latest for @CosmosMagazine π
A lurking #environment #catastrophe & awe-inspiring efforts to clean it up & #restore the #native #bush.
π to @epavic for being so accommodating!
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#environment #kaniva #lemonsprings #pollution #scicomm #womeninstem #illegaldumping #acetylene
After years of work, the toxic waste dump south of Kaniva is finally starting to come clean words and pics @RedLippedAstro cosmosmagazine.com/earth/sus⦠#science via @CosmosMagazine
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Clare Kenyon ππ retweeted
Dear Earthlings: Your 2023 season of my evening visibility is nearly ending. If you want to see me (Betelgeuse) at my brightest, hurry up! Soon, I'll be behind your sun for several months astronomerstelegram.org/?reaβ¦
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βοΈ I really enjoyed writing this article π about #lockdowns, #wfh, #schools and the impact of virtual schooling on students during the #pandemic.
Special thanks to Grace Skrzypiec, Tom Morehouse and Kyra Jenkins for some great insights.
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#womeninstem
What was the psychological impact of school lockdowns? with @RedLippedAstro @FlindersUniNews @Flinders cosmosmagazine.com/people/au⦠#science via @CosmosMagazine
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Keen on #skygazing or #astrophotography or #solareclipse? Don't know where to start?
Tips, tricks & equipment suggestions in Cosmos Weekly! π
bit.ly/amateurastro
π·: @AstronoPunk (1) and Bill Stent (2)
#eclipse #telescope #space #astronomy #science #womeninstem #nature
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#heartdisease prevention: new study shows women told to lose weight, #exercise & eat better, while men are prescribed #statins.
@DrScienceLover from @MonashVHI gives some important insights:
cosmosmagazine.com/australiaβ¦
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#womenshealth #gender #CVD #womeninSTEM #prevention #health
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Well... This is... Creepy...
abc.net.au/news/2022-11-26/lβ¦
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π¬ Peer reviewβs failures and future.
πA stellar line-up including: Adrian Barnett, @MicrobiomDigest @IvanOransky @RebeccaCJordan @kiarafayy @hannahrwardill
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cosmosmagazine.com/science/pβ¦
#womeninSTEM #sciencejournalism #scicomm #peerreview #academia #science
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4οΈβ£ Medical research, π, π·οΈ, fossilsβ¦
Is the #peerreview problem actually a #peopleproblem?
Special π to Glenn Brock for fascinating insight into famous but fraudulent #fossils.
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cosmosmagazine.com/science/rβ¦
#womeninSTEM #fraud #scientificintegrity #scicomm #academia #science
3β£π€ Curious about what β#peerreviewβ actually is? Should it be the gatekeeper for scientific integrity?
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cosmosmagazine.com/science/sβ¦
#womeninSTEM #sciencejournalism #scicomm #academia #Cosmosmagazine #academicpublishing #scientificmethod #science #scienceintegrity #journals
2β£π I spoke to 2 juggernauts in the field: @ivanoransky from @RetractionWatch and famous image sleuth @MicrobiomDigest about the state of #peerreview β how it holds science to account and how it falls short.
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cosmosmagazine.com/science/fβ¦
#womeninSTEM #scicomm #academia #science
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