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ScienceogramAU

@ScienceogramAu

The Australian government spends $9bn funding science R&D each year. Where does it go and is it enough to tackle the problems we face?

 Brisbane, Queensland
scienceogramaustralia.com/
Joined May 2017
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This is important everybody. Very important. We can not allow this to disappear from view. It's not just the media that has to keep pushing this, it's all of us. Coffee shops, facebook, letters to the editor - whatever. Scott Morrison is in this up to his neck. #sportsrorts
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Andrew Steele@statto27 Aug 2019
For those of you Down Under, did you know that there’s a growing Australian Scienceogram? Check out @SarahScience1’s first investigation, uncovering how the Australian Government inflates its internal R&D stats…
ScienceogramAU (@ScienceogramAu) profile pictureScienceogramAU@ScienceogramAu26 Aug 2019
We've analysed the Australian Government's Science, Research and Innovation Tables, and the result is startling. $9.6 bn for R&D in 2018/2019? Less than $7 bn, according to the OECD definition of R&D. Read more here... scienceogramaustralia.com/20…
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Andrew Steele@statto23 May 2019
This is mesmerising… How human carbon dioxide emissions have changed the carbon cycle: teapawt.net/RARohde/status/1131224…
Dr. Robert Rohde (@RARohde) profile pictureDr. Robert Rohde@RARohde22 May 2019
Animated diagram of the Earth's Carbon Cycle and how it has changed over time. Carbon, in various forms including CO2 and organic materials, is continually exchanged between the atmosphere, oceans, and biosphere. However, human activities have perturbed the carbon cycle.
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We’re thrilled that @unimelb has been selected as a finalist for the @Macquarie 50th Anniversary Award for @FREO2_AU. If successful @FREO2_AU will get $10m to roll out the project to Uganda and the Pacific saving the lives of countless children go.unimelb.edu.au/ae3x @SciMelb
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Jack Ashby@JackDAshby2 May 2019
MIND BLOWN: a #fungi expert sampled fifteen pieces of mushroom from a supermarket jar of porcini mushrooms. They found that there were three species in the jar, NONE of which were porcini mushroms, and ALL were unknown to science. 🤯🍄🤯🍄🤯🍄 @curataceae at #NatSCA2019
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Just learned that I received a grant for which my cat accidentally clicked 'submit' while I was out walking the dog Mochi now has a higher grant hit-rate than I do and will be submitting all of my applications until further notice Here she is looking unimpressed:
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Raymond Volkas@RVolkas19 Apr 2019
Image of Large Electron Positron collider turned into art by mould.
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It's about time we arrest the haemorrhaging in #STEM funding for the good of the country #auspol theconversation.com/stem-is-…
STEM is worth investing in, but Australia’s major parties offer scant details on policy and funding

STEM is worth investing in, but Australia’s major parties offer scant details on policy and funding

We’ve had ten federal ministers with titular responsibility for science since 2007 – five under the coalition and five under Labor. That variation and a lack of consistent vision has an impact.

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Dr. Simon Albright@PhysWiz11 Apr 2019
I love this picture, it's just so *human* and something we can all relate to. I've had this feeling from my own work. Without doubt everyone has had it from something. This is a side of being a scientist that needs to be used in #SciComm more often, the giddy excited side.
MIT CSAIL (@MIT_CSAIL) profile pictureMIT CSAIL
@MIT_CSAIL10 Apr 2019
Here's the moment when the first black hole image was processed, from the eyes of researcher Katie Bouman. #EHTBlackHole #BlackHoleDay #BlackHole (v/@dfbarajas)
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Doing ScienceogramAU data update...found this interesting entry. Clearly computerised records hasn't completely resolved GP handwriting issues...
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Led By Donkeys@ByDonkeys4 Apr 2019
💥MESSAGE DELIVERED💥
Guy Verhofstadt (@guyverhofstadt) profile pictureGuy Verhofstadt
@guyverhofstadt4 Apr 2019
Quite something to see the White Cliffs of Dover turn blue. But the European project is much more than a lifebuoy. It's our rock on which we have to build our future, especially in turbulent times. (📷 = @ByDonkeys)
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”Climate and ecological crises can be tackled by restoring forests and other valuable ecosystems.” Today we are a few scientists, authors and activists who offer a natural solution to #ClimateBreakdown including @NaomiAKlein @GeorgeMonbiot & @MichaelEMann theguardian.com/environment/…
A natural solution to the climate disaster | Letters

A natural solution to the climate disaster | Letters

Letters: Climate and ecological crises can be tackled by restoring forests and other valuable ecosystems, say scientists and activists

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In space, water is precious: Every drop is conserved. 💦 A new pre-treatment that makes water recycling more efficient could increase access to safe drinking water on Earth, too. 🌎 It's one of our "Spinoffs of Tomorrow," developed by us, ready for you. spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2019…
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Pulsars were 1st seen 50 years ago this week! Here's the Vela pulsar spewing out a jet of particles at ~70% the speed of light! #PulsarWeek
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Hubble
@NASAHubble31 Jul 2017
Happy #PulsarWeek! This image reveals Hubble's view of the pulsar at the heart of the famous Crab Nebula. READ: go.nasa.gov/2f238wm
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If you want to know more about the stats in @statto’s speech at @LDNsciencemarch today, check out @scienceogram: scienceogram.org/
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Scienceogram@scienceogram9 May 2017
Australians! We’ve got a lot of numbers for an Aussie Scienceogram…could anyone help @SarahScience1 with graphics and web stuff? Tweet us!
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