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what's the difference between STEM and STEAM?

  • Written by: Bronwen Wade-Leeuwen, Project Manager, Sustainability Research, Macquarie University
what's the difference between STEM and STEAM?There are lots of hands-on learning opportunities popping up in schools and institutes all over the country, generally called "maker spaces".Fabrice Florin/flickr, CC BY-SA

Gonski 2.0 urges us to get our children back to basics through the “three Rs” of reading, writing and arithmetic. For educators, there is now a greater need for...

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Looking online for info on your child's health? Here are some tips

  • Written by: Karen Scott, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
Looking online for info on your child's health? Here are some tipsMost parents look online for information about their child's health.from shutterstock.com

Many parents can be anxious when their child is sick. So looking online for health information can help them understand their child’s medical condition and take an active role in treatment. Seeking health information can also be a coping strategy for...

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Australia relies on volunteers to monitor its endangered species

  • Written by: Matthew H Webb, Dr Matt Webb, Australian National University
Australia relies on volunteers to monitor its endangered speciesNik Borrow/Flickr, CC BY-NC

The King Island Scrubtit and the King Island Brown Thornbill have the dubious distinction of being considered the first and third most likely birds to go extinct in the next 20 years.

Yet the only reason we know the status of the scrubtit and the thornbill is the diligent efforts of volunteers.


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Life in a herd – and why in health watching symptoms is easy, but finding causes is hard

  • Written by: Will J Grant, Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
Life in a herd – and why in health watching symptoms is easy, but finding causes is hardshutterstock

With a rollicking story to set the scene, this piece from two science communication experts explores the notion of population health – what is it, and why does it even matter?

The article is part of our occasional long read series Zoom Out, where authors explore key ideas in science and technology in the broader context of society...

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  1. Michelle Grattan on the changes to foreign interference laws
  2. from the meaning of time to the marvels of fungi
  3. Commonwealth Bank's $700 million fine will end up punishing its customers
  4. Revisiting metadata retention in light of the government’s push for new powers
  5. Most people don't benefit from vaccination, but we still need it to prevent infections
  6. Is Australia's current drought caused by climate change? It's complicated
  7. Government needs to slow down on changes to spying and foreign interference laws
  8. A bird’s eye view of New Zealand's changing glaciers
  9. Turnbull government shrinks Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme register
  10. Traffic is complex, but modelling using deceptively simple rules can help unravel what's going on
  11. Male dolphins use their individual 'names' to build a complex social network
  12. what might heaven be like?
  13. Bees join an elite group of species that understands the concept of zero as a number
  14. what's the difference between formative and summative assessment in schools?
  15. Why breakups are so hard and how to cope with them
  16. Twenty years on, One Nation is still chaotic, controversial and influential
  17. Criminal charges against banking 'cartels' show Australia is getting tough on competition law
  18. Liberals' Georgina Downer trailing in early Mayo poll
  19. Government and Labor unite to erect the barriers against foreign interference
  20. Passing the brumby bill is a backward step for environmental protection in Australia
  21. Here's what a privacy policy that's easy to understand could look like
  22. Fewer men who have sex with men are using condoms when taking PrEP, and that's OK
  23. Tony Albert’s politically charged kitsch collection confronts our racist past
  24. Australian fished populations drop by a third over ten years, study finds
  25. Manifeste pour les entreprenants… Par-delà les premiers de cordée
  26. Apple acknowledges the iKid generation at its developer conference with new parental controls
  27. Nature's traffic engineers have come up with many simple but effective solutions
  28. Religious freedoms should include spiritual beliefs too
  29. Haitch or aitch? How a humble letter was held hostage by historical haughtiness
  30. Five things parents can do to improve their children's eating patterns
  31. Many Australian school students feel they 'don't belong' in school: new research
  32. Live sheep exporters get longer 'grace' period for sub-standard ships
  33. 'Western civilisation'? History teaching has moved on, and so should those who champion it
  34. What's driving the sky-high child marriage rates in South Sudan
  35. Kate Spade, the archetypal New Yorker, sold whimsical, affordable luxury to women
  36. Paramedics need more support to deal with daily trauma
  37. three things you should know about volcano risk
  38. the quiet rise of gender-neutral toys
  39. Despite strong words, the US has few options left to reverse China's gains in the South China Sea
  40. Making a global agenda work locally for healthy, sustainable living in tropical Australia
  41. ANU's new entrance criteria won't do much to improve equity
  42. Why do our ears pop?
  43. Deterring cyber attacks: old problems, new solutions
  44. The world’s economic crisis-fighting mechanisms are dangerously inadequate
  45. Greens release annual figures for income tax package
  46. Turnbull wants Joyce to have continuing 'prominent role' in public life
  47. The flu vaccine is being oversold – it's not that effective
  48. why Chinese telecoms participating in Australia's 5G network could be a problem
  49. Labor trailing in Longman and Braddon, and how Senate changes helped the Coalition
  50. No evidence that sexbots reduce harms to women and children

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