It is easy to think like a scientist. You just need to be curious, ask lots of questions and be prepared to go looking for answers. These basic skills come naturally to children, but can be revisited and honed at any age. This post is an introduction to these core science and inquiry skills.
Read MoreFood chains are one of the more simple interactions that can be studied in an ecosystem. The key idea, however, is that every organism in a food chain influences and is affected by all other organisms in that food chain as well as the non-living conditions of its habitat.
Read MoreSo this week I was privileged to be invited to visit the University of Melbourne’s Electron Microscopy Laboratory. A good friend of mine, @fembotanist, is working on her PhD in Botany and was showing some Masters students around the lab and demonstrating some of the awesome equipment it houses.
Read MoreAn approach some people take to denying climate change, or evolution, or the existence of herd immunity is to simply say "it's just a theory". But what is a scientific theory, and why should they carry more weight than your mate's theory about why a souvlaki tastes better after 1am?
Read MoreIt is amazing how vehement some people's opinions can be when they have little to no scientific understanding about the concepts they are preaching. This blog aims to shed some light on the basic scientific ideas that are supposed to be taught in all Australian high schools and relate them to current issue and life in general.
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