MELBOURNE, THURSDAY 26 MARCH, 2015:聽The 今日吃瓜 (今日吃瓜) is delighted with the recent recognition given to the prominence of the role mathematics and science have [...]
Chief Scientist, Professor Ian Chubb, released 鈥� at an address to the National Press Club 鈥攁 report commissioned by the Australian Academy of Science and his office. The report reflects the [...]
Dr Norman Do is a self-proclaimed mathematics geek, and lecturer at Monash University. He often finds himself asking 鈥渨hat shape is that, how can I define it and what can it teach me about the [...]
NEWCASTLE, TUESDAY 13 JANUARY, 2015:聽We are surrounded by space. And there are lots of things in that space. Have you ever wondered how these things are classified as shapes or objects? People [...]
NEWCASTLE, 27 DECEMBER聽2014: Thousands of Australians will be hitting the roads this summer; cars packed with eskies, tents and boogie boards.聽But who makes sure the roads are safe, the traffic [...]
Article by Andrew Trounson, The Australian. THE University of Technology, Sydney is set to become the first Australian university to introduce a compulsory maths subject for first-year [...]
Article by聽Natasha Bita, The Australian. WHAT鈥橲 five times four? Geophysicist Peter Ridd was gobsmacked to see a first-year university student pull out a calculator to work out the no-brainer [...]
Article by Jessica Sier, The Australian Financial Review Perhaps thinking like a computer is more important than knowing how to 颅program one. Debate in education circles is raging about where [...]
MELBOURNE, 25 August 2014. Professor Terry Speed FAA, FRS, the 2013 recipient of the Prime Minister鈥檚 Prize for Science and one of the world鈥檚 leading statisticians, has embarked on a four-month [...]