Australian innovators are using space data to tackle the planet’s problems in national challenge
Australia’s brightest young innovators have come together to tackle some of the planet’s most-pressing problems as part of GRAVITY Challenge that kicked off last week.
$1 million available for STEM grads who want to become teachers
Australian graduates who hold a STEM Bachelor's degree could be eligible for a generous scholarship aimed at attracting maths and science teachers to disadvantaged...
Future conscious farming: edible insects now stocked at major supermarket chain
Insects are the most sustainable source of protein on earth. They produce 80 per cent less methane than cows, require far less resources to...
STEM is in the air: Chelsie and Matt’s maths-themed date was romance goals
Australia’s most famous astrophysicist bachelor Matt Agnew has made no secret of the fact that he’s got a mad crush on chemical engineer Chelsie...
Student performance improves with more diverse school leaders: study
Students would be better off if our teaching workforce looked more like our students (and the rest of Australia), according to a new report
Here’s where Friday’s student climate strikes are going down
This Friday thousands of Australian school kids are expected to ditch class to protest global inaction on climate change.
Global warming is arguably one...
We have to ask: R U OK?
September 12 is R U OK? Day, and we’re checking in.
We usually hit you with stories about inspiring STEM careers and study pathways,...
Expert hackers attack model city in Cyber War Games
Cybersecurity experts from 14 government departments and private sector organisations have been battling it out this week in the third annual Cyber War Games.
Outwit, outlast, outSTEM: we career stalk the physicist currently on Survivor
STEM and reality TV rarely hang out in the same sentence, but with Ten’s current bachelor an astrophysicist and a stack of STEMinists with...
Want to become a top CEO? Study science
More than 1 in 5 of Australia's top CEOs studied science at uni, according to a new report.
Scientists are training for Mars 2020 in the Aussie outback
Scientists from NASA and the ESA have joined UNSW astrobiologists in the remote Aussie outback in preparation for Mars 2020 missions.
Women who want to study engineering at UTS will now get 10 extra ATAR...
We asked four women in engineering what they thought about the move by UTS to add 10 points to the ATAR score of women who want to study engineering, and this is what they said
A guide on changing preferences for Australian universities
If exam stress meant you didn’t have your head on straight while choosing your uni preferences, we’ve got good news: it’s ok to change your mind, and changing preferences at this stage could mean studying your perfect degree. Here's how to do it.
Virtual reality is revolutionising remote mental health care
Virtual reality (VR) may pave the way for myriad new opportunities.
Fighting antibiotic resistance is a full time STEM job
The war against antibiotic resistance requires some serious revision, says Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2009) laureate Ada Yonath.