Pisa measures 15-year-olds in reading, maths and science every three years - but is that the best way to test an education system?
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It also explains why there are exceptions to the rule – including humans, who have strikingly short faces relative to the braincase.
If we weren’t here to shape, feed and care for our dogs – how might they change?
Science communication has to start with values – and most of the time it does.
Decades ago, the international community codified science as a cultural right and protected expression of human creativity. Reaffirming science’s value can help it better serve humanity.
Claims about the discovery of a coveted room-temperature superconductor peppered the news in 2023. We pulled three stories from our archives on what superconductivity is and why scientists study it.
The latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) show Australian 15-year-olds have recorded similar results to 2015 and 2018 in maths, science and reading.
Science is essential for human flourishing. So why does so much science communication paint a bleak, nihilist picture of the world?
James O'Hanlon’s easy and humorous style makes Silk and Venom a readily digestible and satisfying meal for anyone with an interest in the natural world.
The movement patterns in sperm could be explained by maths often used to describe the way chemicals interact.
As kids, we’re naturally more likely to enjoy sweet and salty tastes and reject bitterness. But that changes as we grow older.
Borman’s professionalism helped the risky Apollo 8 mission become a success.
In The Manic, Benjamin Labatut tells the story of the ‘smartest man of the 20th century’.
Despite the distances involved, people as far apart as the UK and Australia can see the Moon at the same time.
Why the speed of fast bowling in cricket seems to have stalled.
Only after a species is identified and listed by taxonomists can it be protected. Yet we still don’t have one globally agreed-upon list of every species. A new 74-nation survey points to the solution.
246 scientists looked at the same data sets and drew very different conclusions.
The decline of seaweed as part of the staple diet in Europe remains a mystery.
Louis Brus, one of the newest Nobel laureates in chemistry, speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics, University of York
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Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Cognitive and Parapsychology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Open Evidence Research, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
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Reader in Applied Cognitive Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Deputy CEO (Research), Australian Council for Educational Research
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Honorary Associate, School of Physics, University of Sydney
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Dean of Science, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University
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Professor of Management & Organizations; Professor of Environment & Sustainability; Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Australian Government Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor of Practice, UNSW Sydney
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Emeritus Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
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Head of Developmental Psychobiology Lab, Deakin University
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Professor, University of Sydney
