People don’t stutter when no-one is listening

While most people dislike public speaking, some have it worse than others. Roughly one percent of people are stutterers – their speech is constantly disrupted by pauses and repetitions. However, this only happens when others are around to hear it. Many stutterers have claimed that they speak perfectly clearly when alone. However, this has never … Continue reading People don’t stutter when no-one is listening →

The Ig Nobel Prize round-up 2021

The Ig Nobel Prizes are my favourite event in the scientific calendar, so once again here's my summary of this year’s ten achievements “that make people laugh, then think”. Biology – Susanne Schötz, Robert Eklund & Joost van de Weijer Wouldn’t it be great if we could understand what our pets are saying? That’s the … Continue reading The Ig Nobel Prize round-up 2021 →

From space to schools – What’ll Happen to the Wattle??!

All across Australia, thousands of school students are growing space wattles. They’re doing the What’ll Happen to The Wattle??! program, run by the One Giant Leap Australia Foundation. One Giant Leap director Jackie Carpenter organised for hundreds of wattle seeds to travel to the International Space Station for six months. Now they’re back on Earth, … Continue reading From space to schools – What’ll Happen to the Wattle??! →