ANU Professor Aidan Byrne to Become Australian Research Council CEO Effective July 23, 2012.    29/05/12

    Aidan Byrne is currently the Australian National University's Dean of Science and Director of its College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. [More]

Archive of the PCAST May 25, 2012 Webcast.    27/05/12

    John Holdren introduces this 17^th public meeting of PCAST. The webcast includes the US Chief Technology Officer, the Future of the U.S. Science and Technology Research Enterprise, IBM's Watson (Jeopardy) Project and Google's Self-Driving Car and... [More].     

Science and Nature Report on the SKA Solomonic Compromise.    26/05/12 [More]

The Greek Tragedy and Its Science.    25/05/12

    Now is the time for European leaders to secure the survival and future development of Greece's most competitive scientific and technological institutions. [More] 

Three Comments on the Chief Scientist's Report on the Health of Australian Science.    24/05/12 [More]

Chief Scientist Releases Health of Australian Science.   23/05/12

    "...the evidence presented in this report suggests that Australian science is generally in good health"... [More] 

AAAS Introduces Online Science Test Construction Kit.    22/05/12

    One of its initiatives is its Science Assessment Website which is designed to assist middle and high school teachers to test their students’ knowledge of key scientific concepts. [More]

US Senators Introduce Bills to Enable Increased Intake of Foreign-Born STEM Immigration.    21/05/12

    Senator Cornyn: American universities are educating the world’s leading STEM graduate students—only to export this talent to our competitors overseas. [More]

Chief Scientist Speaks to the Cooperative Research Centres Association's 2012 Conference on Developing Future Research Priorities.    19/05/12

    What will affect our workforce if/when we do not have enough experts in the areas we need? [More]

Is Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) a Viable Procedure to Mitigate Global Warming?    18/05/12

    At US$1 billion, Technology Centre Mongstad's price tag is 10 times the original cost estimate. [More]

Golden Goose Award to Celebrate Contributions of Basic Science to the Commonweal.    17/05/12

    The award will honour researchers whose work may initially seem obscure... yet contributes to profound new discoveries. [More] 

Global Research Council (GRC) Closes Its Inaugural Meeting.    16/05/12

    Having detailed the proposed merit review system the GRC is to "focus on developing common views on safeguarding research integrity and expanding open access. [More] 

Australian Born Fields Medallist, Terence Tao, Closes in on Solving the Weak Goldbach Conjecture.    15/05/12 [More]

Universities' Risk Management -- if the Roof is Leaking... Cut Staff.    14/05/12

    The collective maintenance backlog across the higher education sector has reached $2-3 billion dollars. [More]

The Mismatch Between Good Statistical Data and Governmental Policy Decisions.    14/05/12

     There is a gigantic mismatch between the production of really good statistical information... and how decisions are made. [More]

U.S. Science Education Community is to Comment on a Set of Science Standards for the Nation's School Children.    12/05/12

    The standards are a 2-year effort built around a novel "framework". [More]

Yet Another Rankings of Universities ─ But With a Difference.    11/05/12

    It has ranked the university sectors of 48 nations as a whole. [More] 

Australia's Chief Scientist Reports on Mathematics, Engineering and Science in the National Interest.    10/05/12

    "[Inaction] by Australia would see the gap between our capacity and those of others widen further." [More] 

Science and Maths to Receive $54m Boost Over Four Years -- ABS Will lose $255m Next Year.    09/05/12 [More or less]

Group of Eight Damns the Federal Budget as Regards Higher Education with Faint Praise.    09/05/12

    In a Budget environment where other portfolios had to make savings, the Minister has maintained funding commitments to Australia's universities. [More] 

Newly Elected President of France François Hollande's Views on Support for French Science.    08/05/12

    ...the trust between researchers and political leaders has been broken. My first objective will be to restore that trust. [More] 

Harvard & MIT To Jointly Go Online With edX to Educate the Planet.    08/05/12

    Harvard President Drew Faust: "edX gives Harvard and MIT an unprecedented opportunity to dramatically extend our collective reach by conducting groundbreaking research into effective education and by extending online access to quality higher education." [More]

Why Stats, Why Maths?    07/05/12

    ""The future demands that scientists, policy-makers, and the public be able to interpret increasingly complex information..." [More] 

Walking With Coffee: Why Does it Spill?    05/05/12 [More]

A Plea for Support for Pre-University Science Teachers.    04/05/12

    "Science teachers' professionalism also rests on their continual active involvement in science through structured collaborations with scientists." [More] 

PCAST Agenda for the May 25, 2012 Meeting. 04/05/12

     Under discussion will be the "Future of the U.S. Science and Technology Research Enterprise", IBM’s Watson Project and Google’s Self-Driving Car". [More]

Wikipedia Founder Enlisted by UK Government to Make Research Findings More Freely Available.    03/05/12

    David Willetts: "To try to preserve the old model is the wrong battle to fight." [More] 

AMSI:  Increases in Undergraduate Numbers in Science and Engineering Insufficient to Overcome Skill Shortages in Maths and Stats.    02/05/12

    AMSI hopes that "a concerted, multi-scale approach to boosting participation in mathematics at all levels in the education system.will be made available when the budget is announced next week". [More]

Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Allows Research Without Fear of Patent Infringement. 01/05/12 [More]