Tag: Australia
Equation tells you when to pop the question
March 1st, 2010, No Comments
Okay, so this is just cool. Statisticians from the University of New South Wales have made an equation that tells you the optimum age to propose.
It isn’t the first time people have made love equations…
The difference is this one actually comes up with some answers and uses numbers. In fact it’s pretty complicated. [...]
Meet telomerase, the enzyme that won a Nobel Prize
February 17th, 2010, No Comments
As a pirate I am rarely afforded the luxury of meeting the rich and famous, but today I met Elizabeth Blackburn. She was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, making her the first first FEMALE Australian born scientist to win a Nobel Prize. (I also met the PM and Senator Kim Carr, [...]
When fish started to breathe air
February 12th, 2010, No Comments
The Devonian Period was a golden age for life in the ocean, in fact it’s called the Age of Fishes. First the jawless fish evolved but soon swimming around in a fishy way seemed pretty sweet and everyone was doing it. Fish with jaws emerged and were hardcore with the eating of other fish, then [...]
Australian Science Communicators Conference Day One
February 8th, 2010, No Comments
Just got home after a massive day at #asc2010. Though I’m exhausted I’m feeling too excited to sleep, so instead I’ll give you my blow by blow account of the conference.
Welcome session
The day opened with a welcome from an Aboriginal elder who was not at all interested in science (actually, she said she hated it [...]
Weighing anchor and moving interstate
January 26th, 2010, No Comments
Even though exciting things are happening in science, such as slime moulds being used to design railway systems, I have been otherwise occupied. What has harnessed most of my attention of late is my imminent move interstate.
Pirates have a certain inclination to horde treasure, and as such my cupboards are filled with nifty trinkets [...]
My sparkly new website design
January 18th, 2010, No Comments
Ahoy!
I’m pleased to announce the new layout and design of me blog. For all you people who RSS me, click through and check it out. It’s very sexy, if I do say so myself… I must confess a secret desire to marry the Twitter icon to the right and have feathery babies with it. Massive [...]
