The UNSW Bragg Student Prize for #Science Writing opens for entries April 29! In the meantime, meet this year's judges 🤩 Janice Vaz DeadlyScience Carl Smith jack ryan 🙏

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A new season of our lil show is ready for your lil’uns.
Good music, bad artist
Queue jumping
Elves vs fairies
And of course, leaving a vast fortune to cats:
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ABC Top 5 is open!
I had a wonderful Top 5 experience with ABC News and it’s what spurred me on to apply for #SuperstarsOfSTEM . So if you’re a budding science communicator and researcher, I really recommend this media residency with ABC ✨
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SO GREAT to see so many enjoying a weekend of science and stories at World Science Festival Brisbane, including this packed show with the inimitable Dr Karl

I’ll be editing the Science and Technology section The Economist on and off over the next few months, so very keen to receive pitches from freelancers who get our style. Feel free to pass on.

Get your entries in!

I'm humbled to be one of the judges for this wonderful prize for emerging writers. Can't wait to get reading ✨

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In February 2014, Olly Mann 🎙️ and I made a documentary for BBC Radio 4 called Podcasting: The First Ten Years (dating podcasting from Ben Hammersley coining the term). Another decade has whooshed by, and we have not made a sequel. Firstly, because nobody asked. Secondly:

Such worthy winners - amazing results, amazing story. And obviously such great mates!

Come join us over at ABC Science!

We’re looking for a new cadet from regional parts of the country to get nerdy this year 🤓

Info and contact details:

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I thought a near-death experience would be a wake-up call. I was a fool | Health | The Guardian theguardian.com/australia-news…

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New: League of Geeks has 'indefinitely paused' production on Jumplight Odyssey and made about half its workforce redundant.

Spoke to staff at LoG and other Aus studios about the layoffs, the impacts and why the industry is having such a tough time.

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Congratulations to Nicky Phillips who has won the 2023 UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing for her essay ‘Trials of the Heart’.

Runners-up prizes were awarded to Jo Chandler and Amalyah Hart.

#BASW2023 UNSW Science Copyright Agency

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Australian academics apologise for false AI-generated allegations against big four consultancy firms theguardian.com/business/2023/…

As Australia considers new facial recognition legislation, Detroit man Robert Williams shares his story - falsely identified by AI and then locked up for a crime he didn't commit. EP 2 two of our six-part podcast series on AI is out today ABC Science abc.net.au/listen/program…

From within a culture of suppression and self-censorship abc.net.au/news/2023-10-2…

Very proud to say that I'm hosting a new six-episode podcast series / RN radio show all about the human stories behind AI. And first episode is out today! This one is about the moment seven years ago when modern AI came of age. Please have a listen :) abc.net.au/listen/program…