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Environmental historian will use Moran Award to study climate science past in Australia-thumbnail

Environmental historian will use Moran Award to study climate science past in Australia

Dr Ruth Morgan from Monash University is the recipient of the Academy’s 2020 Moran Award for History of Science Research.

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Mathematics trailblazer and role model wins Prime Minister’s Prize for Science

Emeritus Professor Cheryl Praeger is the 2019 recipient of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science. Academy Fellows have featured each year since the prizes’ inception in 2000.

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Academy reaches two million Facebook likes in two years

What is genetic modification? What does travelling overseas have to do with the measles? What’s the best exercise for losing weight?

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Outstanding Australians recognised for contributions to science

How do we get science into Australia’s culture and more connected with the business community? It’s a question that Australian businessman Peter Yates AM continues to pursue since noticing that science was largely missing from mainstream media and parts of the business community 15 years ago.

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Heading overseas? Measles is one of your risks. Get vaccinated.

Measles outbreaks are happening across the globe and are reaching Australia. In the past month, there have been confirmed cases in Perth, Sydney, the Gold Coast and Cairns. In light of these outbreaks, the Australian Academy of Science is urging Australians heading overseas, for business or pleasure, to make sure their measles vaccinations are up to date.

Michelle Tapper

Michelle Tapper receives Churchill Fellowship to study science communication

Michelle Tapper of the Academy’s Communications and Outreach team has received a Churchill Fellowship to support her to travel across the US, UK and Europe to study science video production with high profile organisations around the world.

Dr Jia Wu

Dr Jia Wu awarded Heidelberg Laureate Forum Fellowship 2019

Dr Jia Wu, an early-career computer scientist from Macquarie University has been selected by the Australian Academy of Science to represent Australia at the highly prestigious 7th Heidelberg Laureate Forum in Germany from 22–27 September.

Panel moderator and speakers with the Presidents of the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Law.

Lawyers and scientists come together to discuss climate change

The Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Law jointly sponsored a symposium on climate change and the law at the Federal Court Sydney on 22 August.

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Eureka Prizes celebrate innovators and leaders in Australian science

Academy Fellow Professor Branka Vucetic of the University of Sydney has been awarded the prestigious CSIRO Eureka Prize for Leadership in Innovation and Science for her major contributions to the science of coding theory and wireless communications that underpin much of the wifi technologies we use today. Professor Vucetic was elected to the Academy in 2017.