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Jen Martin
Dr Jen Martin spent many years studying the sex life of possums among other zoological questions. These days she is an award-winning Lecturer: Jenny founded, designed and teaches The University of Melbourne’s highly acclaimed science communication program. She has a popular weekly segment Weird Science on 3RRR Breakfasters and has also been a co-host of 3RRR’s popular Sunday science show, Einstein-a-go-go for more than a decade. Jenny blogs about science for a general audience at www.espressoscience.com and is also a writer for Double Helix, CSIRO’s science magazine for 9 – 13 year olds.
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Video Explainer: F1 Drivers Aren’t Real Athletes – They’re Elite Athletes
By JT Yeung, class of 2017 (Image by www.twin-loc.fr via Flickr) I’ve always had a burning ambition to turn my scripts into videos. Particularly since we are living …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/science-communication/2021/07/27/video-explainer-f1-drivers-arent-real-athletes-theyre-elite-athletes
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This building looks like a duck…and other facts about pareidolia
By Leslie Ng, Class of 2016 We’ve all experienced it before, and we can’t escape it. Whether it’s a building that looks like a duck, or …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/science-communication/2021/07/13/171
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Ants: Australia’s gift to us
By Elizabeth Newton, Class of 2016 If you asked a person to think of Australian wildlife, the animals that are likely to come to mind are …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/science-communication/2021/07/06/ants-australias-gift-to-us
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Manakin mania: the birds that dance with style
By Elizabeth Newton, Class of 2016 Have you ever heard of dancing manakins? No, not dancing mannequins. Manakins are small birds found in the forests of …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/science-communication/2021/02/17/manakins
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Cringe-attacks: learning how to #scicomm
By Lachlan Tegart, Class of 2016 You know those memories that you think of and immediately undergo a whole body cringe? They’re just the worst. One of my …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/science-communication/2021/02/10/cringe-attacks-learning-how-to-scicomm
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Science & Art, Flowers & Feynman
By Sam Spillane, Class of 2016 Is it artists, or scientists, who can most appreciate the natural world around them? Richard Feynman has this beautiful piece from …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/science-communication/2021/02/03/science-art-flowers-feynman
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How do taste buds change?
By Rosie Arnold, Class of 2017 (Cat food image credit Roger H. Goun via Flickr) When I was a kid I accidentally ate cat food. …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/science-communication/2020/09/09/how-do-taste-buds-change
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Could ‘love potions’ be real?
By Josh Munro, Class of 2016 (Image by Brianna Fairhurst via Unsplash) If you’re a sucker for love, then you’re not alone! Have you been struggling …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/science-communication/2020/09/02/could-love-potions-be-real
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Netflix and…Run?
By Kelsey Smith, Class of 2016 I am a loud and proud, self-professed lazy person. I am. I like long days on the couch, reading or …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/science-communication/2020/08/26/netflix-and-run
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Steve McGain
Science has been my passion ever since I could remember. As a child you would find me turning over rocks in the backyard in search of …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/science-communication/2020/08/24/steve-mcgain
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