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The new plan to unlock secrets of Australasia’s megadiversity-thumbnail

The new plan to unlock secrets of Australasia’s megadiversity

The Academy has announced the commencement of a new initiative to develop a 10-year strategic plan for biosystematics and taxonomy in Australasia.

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Three Academy Fellows elected to Royal Society

Three Academy Fellows have been elected to the Royal Society of London.

‘Evolution-bending’ gene editing technology—do the potential benefits outweigh the risks?

With new gene-editing technologies that override natural selection set to come into use in the next 3-5 years, now is the time for Australia to have a national discussion about the implications of the new technology, according to a new report released today by the Australian Academy of Science.

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New corresponding members admitted to the Academy

Dr Raghunath Mashelkar (India) and Professor Rüdiger Wehner (Switzerland) have been admitted to the Australian Academy of Science for outstanding scientific contributions to their fields.

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Internationally renowned scientists admitted to Academy

The Academy has just admitted two internationally renowned scientists as Corresponding Members, Dr Raghunath Mashelkar (India) and Professor Rudiger Wehner (Switzerland).

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Students to seek solutions to future challenges

How will we provide enough food, water and energy for the 9.7 billion people living on Earth in 2050? This will be one of the questions to challenge school students in National Science Week this August, thanks to a new sustainability science resource by the Australian Science Teachers Association (ASTA).

Australian scientist in the running for APEC ASPIRE Prize

Australian scientist in running for APEC ASPIRE Prize

An expert in optoelectronic engineering has been announced as the Australian nominee for the 2017 international ASPIRE Prize.

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Max Day Award supports parrot conservation and bushfire research

Mr Nicholas Leseberg from the University of Queensland and Dr Marta Yebra from the Australian National University are the first two recipients of the Academy’s Max Day Environmental Science Fellowship Award.

Supporting research to improve the health of Indigenous children

Supporting research to improve the health of Indigenous children

The Academy has awarded the Douglas and Lola Douglas Scholarship to Dr Bianca Middleton for her research on improving the health of Indigenous children.