Fascinating ABC report by Bel Smith on the science of crisp / chip flavours (mentions my Museum of Crisps) amp.abc.net.au/article/103031…

... and I'll be the supporting act tonight 👇

Talking sciencey stuff with DA from 8pm AEDT 🤘

Very very proud of my other half who’s nabbed a #MetcalfPrize . Very very disappointed that a cold virus means I can’t see the preso in person

>> Can stem cells make drugs to stop osteoarthritis? Jiao Jiao Li UTS
>> Stomach stem cells behaving badly: Dustin Flanagan Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute
Congratulations to Jiao Jiao Jiao Jiao Li and Dusty Dusty Flanagan, the winners of our 2023 #MetcalfPrizes
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Wild chimpanzees undergo menopause: here's a great account of today's @Science paper by Science, Space & Robotsbelinda ABC News
abc.net.au/news/science/2…

Love these legends 💙♥️🤍

Darebin Falcons masters league premiers 2023!

📸 Donovan Chin

Many thanks Bel Smith ABC News for travelling to the Marshall Islands to talk about our work in decarbonizing ocean transport ⛵️🌏
abc.net.au/news/science/2…

Explore the Pacific & meet scientists living and working across the region in our new ABC Science series:
✨Pacific Scientific✨

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ABC Pacific ABC Radio National ABC Australia

In June I had the immense privilege of travelling to Majuro to record two stories for Pacific Scientific. The podcast has now dropped + the first RMI program, featuring Atina Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport + Waan Aelõñ in Majel (Canoes of the Marshall Islands), will be broadcast next week 😊

It's happening, people! There'll be an ARC Board,
& it will approve grants, not the Minister!

❗️That's right: No more Ministerial vetos❗️*

Finally, less politics in research grants! 🥳

(* Presumably there'll be space for national security-based vetos in the final legislation)

From one of the best listeners around Bel Smith : Let's hear it for fossils
abc.net.au/news/science/2…

Vale Professor Mary-Louise McLaws, a colleague I have known and collaborated with since 2008 when I joined @unsw - a great loss to us. abc.net.au/news/2023-08-1… via ABC Australia

Hang it in the Louvre 🖼️

#Matildas #FIFAWWC #TilitsDone

Ladies, if you’re up for a mansplain, may I suggest changing a punctured bike tube near a busy intersection at peak hour. Three blokes came up to me with their advice during the 12 minutes it took me to change it. One even started with “this might be mansplaining but …” 🤦🏻‍♀️

Spoke to scientists in UK, Germany, U.S and Australia on the huge reductions in sea ice around Antarctica. An area bigger than Mexico has failed to freeze. “Something weird is going on’: search for answers as Antarctic sea ice stays at historic lows” theguardian.com/world/2023/jul…

PVCs ... You'll recognise them from such adventures as the pipes beneath your kitchen sink, the pipes beneath your toilet, or the pipes strutting Parisian catwalks or Hollywood Boulevard in the form of tight fitting vinyl pants.

Nick Kilvert 👏👏👏

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'It’s as if the human race has received a terminal medical diagnosis & knows there is a cure but has consciously decided not to save itself.

'But those of us who understand, & who care, just have to keep trying – after all, what other choice do we have?'

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This week we're over the moon to have the opportunity to chat with Bel Smith, journalist with ABC Science.

We pick Bel's brains about how to write accurate, accessible and engaging science stories.

Episode out tomorrow 🥳🥳