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Published by: STEM Matters
Launched August 2020
How the Covid-19 pandemic pushed preprint-based journalism into the mainstream
“Verifying preprints appeared to be a real challenge for journalists, even for those with advanced science education.”
A big shout out to the Ibis who use a 'stress and wash' technique to eat poisonous cane toads.
Too often maligned in Australia, but actually a brilliant bird.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-23/ibis-find-way-to-eat-toxic-cane-toads/101683596
Combining physics and mathematics with new technologies, Professor Jason Sharples tackles the fires we don’t understand, finding ways to explain their behaviour and help predict where and when they might occur.
“For me, it’s important to focus on these fires we don’t understand. They are the real culprits, doing the lion’s share of the damage,” says Sharples.
His brilliant story
https://thebrilliant.com.au/profiles/jason-sharples/
Great article on five thoughtful ways to approach artificial intelligence in schools
@badastro on bad astronomy, good sci-comms and finding the ‘it factor’ in every discipline.
Science communication has exploded in the past 50 years, says Plait, yet some in the scientific community are yet to embrace it. “I still get pushback, sometimes – astronomers telling me that I’m wasting my time,” he says. “And I’m like, ‘Your paycheck comes from the public! .."
Read his Brilliant story
https://thebrilliant.com.au/case-studies/phil-plait/
Internationally renowned visual artist, Anna Dumitriu, uses pathogens in her art and helps to uncover new insights into biology through her unconventional collaborations.
"There are a lot of scientists aren’t able to look outside the questions that they’re funded to research,” says Dumitriu. “The funding structures impose what they’re allowed to study, and so there’s very little time to play about or make and happy accidents.”
By connecting high-school students to robotics through play, Laila Berchane hopes to change the face of STEM education in Morocco.
"When I was at school, I didn’t even know what engineering was,” says Berchane. “I come from a small town in Morocco where we did not have extracurricular activities at all. If only I could have learnt STEM this way.”
Read her brilliant story
https://thebrilliant.com.au/case-studies/learning-robotics-through-play/
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