Neurons are sensational – they help you see, hear, taste, smell and feel amazing things! They also look pretty amazing themselves. It’s because I love stunning microscopic images that I decided to put them on T-shirts and designed the Invisible Body range for women and men. I want everyone to appreciate the wondrous cells and…
Month: July 2014
Working to get the women of science on to Wikipedia
About a year ago the Australian Academy of Science decided to do something about the paucity of women scientists on Wikipedia. Inspired by the UK Royal Society’s work to increase the presence of British women of science on Wikipedia, and somewhat appalled by our children’s inability to think of any women scientists other than Marie…
Becoming Martian, and other things
National Science Week is just a month way, and things are starting to get chaotic here in Perth. After Inspiring Australia’s amazing support last year, lessons about running science events have been learnt… so we’re going bigger. Much MUCH bigger! I’ll be proudly introducing kids & parents to the wonders of space exploration, inviting them…
Science Fiction at Kawana Waters State College
My name is Jordan Knight, I am a student at Kawana Waters State College and am running an event in the school for National Science Week. For the whole of Term 2, I’ve had been doing science presentations for my class covering the concepts of: The Big Bang Theory, Black Holes, Dinosaurs, and Evolution. After…