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Abstract: Human space flight is not and probably will never be a low risk activity. However, the two major space shuttle accidents that took the lives of fourteen brave and dedicated 'astronauts' were accidents that could and should have been avoided. In the Challenger accident it was clear that (...)

Presented by Douglas Osheroff, J.G. Jackson and C.J. Wood Professor of Physics, Stanford University and 1996 recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics (with co-recipients David M. Lee and Robert C. Richardson).

How advances in science are made, and how they may come to benefit mankind at (...)

Connect your career to the world, enhance your degree and improve employment prospects with postgraduate courses in Integrated Human Studies and Science Communication. Investigate postgraduate educational possibilities with course coordinators Prof Neville Bruce and Assoc Prof Nancy Longnecker.

A free public lecture by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, Director of the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative

Research on how people learn is now revealing how many teachers misinterpret what students are thinking and learning from traditional science classes and exams. However, research (...)

The Science Experience (formerly Siemens Science Experience) is a three-day program of events aimed at high school students about to enter Year 10, and will be held at UWA from the 19th to the 21st of January 2010.

It aims to showcase the courses and facilities available to future (...)