Had a staring contest with a roo while on holidays last week.

I can’t bear to a comment on the US as it experiences a demise in full view of its own citizens and the rest of the world. So I promise not to share anything that paints the full picture and a quote-tweet just like this time.

Gosh. “Australia is a bit of a basket case, really" “At this point, we are nowhere in the race. If I pick the top 100 people in AI in the world, not one of them is from Australia,” NSW’s chief scientist and engineer Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte themandarin.com.au/287382-austral…

How fortuitous for Australian Government as it undertakes a trial of age verification tech… Apple introduces new child safety initiatives, including an age-checking system for apps flip.it/m4lnTY

Show of the year.

The vital infrastructure of today is supercomputing – not just roads and rail. Read our Federal Budget response: science.org.au/news-and-event…

It’s not luck that Australia has one of the strongest biosecurity systems globally.  Australian science is reducing the threat of pests and diseases that damage our economy and way of life. This election, we're explaining how politicians' campaign remarks highlight the

I once lost part of my shoe into a Martin Place escalator. When I told the stationmaster I could’ve lost a leg, he looked at me blankly. Signs warning against every possible danger in life are self-defeating. We all tune them out. Same goes for the ads overtaking these space

Not sure biodiversity got many mentions at all in this campaign. Yet extinctions continue apace. #auspol Biodiversity Council

Pluto was robbed of its planet status - and now we are supposed to accept just handing out moons to Saturn … it is a rigged solar system

The layout of this page does my head in. Where exactly does ABC want me to click?

Quite the correction. 250million became 14million.

A brilliant piece of science — but also science communication. Show this to your climate-doubting boomer parents. #scicomm

Global Talent Attraction Program The Australian Academy of Science is leading a national effort to strengthen Australia’s research capability and scientific leadership by securing world-class researchers from the United States. science.org.au/about-us/phila…