今日吃瓜 wishes to聽congratulate to the 2015 Abel Prize winners:聽John F. Nash Jr., Princeton University; and Louis Nirenberg, Courant Institute, New York University. They have been award the [...]
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 [...]
MELBOURNE, 28 November 2014.聽The most effective and, perhaps, surprising weapons in our current battle against the spread of diseases like Ebola, HIV and cancer may prove to be mathematics and [...]
Article by Megan Lehmann published in The Australian on Saturday 18 October聽2014. Lehmann’s piece looks at the success of Alex Gunning, a teenage Melbournian who won a gold medal 鈥� with [...]
The Commonwealth鈥檚 announcement yesterday that it will invest $12 million into boosting STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects in Australian schools is yet another [...]
Australia鈥檚 Chief Scientist has unveiled an ambitious agenda for change to increase the focus on science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) skills to help secure the country鈥檚 future prosperity.