A collection of articles written by us and our collaborators about designing a museum and our experiments in science, art, and innovation.
Over the course of a week, three of us work experience students (Layla, Zeenath and Noah) have studied a few artists that we thought the public should put under the spotlight. We tried to focus on artists who aren’t currently very famous but have the potential to do amazing things and inspire many young Indigenous […]
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Words by Sarah Keenihan.
When making art is like going into the wilderness Artists make art, right? Paintings. Drawings. Sculptures. Things that exist in the physical world. But UniSA PhD candidate Thomas Folber says art isn’t just about the end point. “Art is about going into the wilderness,” he says. “You know, when you go for a walk in […]
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Words by Walter Marsh.
By day, software developer Samantha Schaffer helps provide practical solutions to digital challenges. By night, they’re making ‘micro-art’ games that raise big questions about our relationship with technology. “I work at a company called Cogent,” Samantha says. “They’re based in Melbourne and we basically do software consulting — we’re asked by clients to evaluate their […]
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Words by Walter Marsh.
Matilda has a front row seat to one of life’s most intimate and personal experiences For all the diversity of experience that exists in the world, there’s one thing every single human being shares: being born. As a midwife, Matilda gets to know her clients inside and out, and gain a front row seat to […]
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Words by Sarah Keenihan.
Parinaz Ahangar wants to heal skin from the inside out. Many of us won’t ever need her expertise. But those of us who develop diabetes may be grateful for it. If you become catastrophically burned in an accident, you could require her help too. “I’m working on therapies to treat slow-healing skin wounds, like the […]
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Words by Sarah Keenihan.
Testosterone. It’s known as a male hormone. The hormone that makes a deep voice. Body hair. Muscles. Actually, testosterone is active in lots of different body systems. Women make it, and respond to it. So do babies. And placentas too, during pregnancy. Ashley Meakin is interested in how testosterone and other hormones shape the lifelong […]
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Words by Walter Marsh.
How a speech pathologist navigates human connection in the simplest terms It was the story of Adelaide-born speech therapist Lionel Logue in The King’s Speech that gave Sharon Khoo her first introduction to the world of speech pathology. But the reality of the profession has proved far more all-encompassing than treating a monarch’s stammer. “People […]
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Words by Walter Marsh.
Early career wildlife conservation biologist Tiahni Adamson hopes to build a more sustainable and equal future by working at the junction point where western science and the knowledges of First Nations communities intersect. “I always knew that I was Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, but I didn’t have that connection to my dad,” Adamson says of […]
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Words by Sarah Keenihan.
Larissa Braz Sousa is tracking mosquitoes in Australia’s backyards. It’s complicated, so she recruited citizen scientists to help Mosquitoes love to hang out in your back yard. After all, you’ve set it up perfectly for them: plenty of shady plants for shelter, plus water in the dog bowl and bird bath to lay eggs in. […]
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Words by Walter Marsh
The technical problem solving that brings CG superheroes and cats to life From near-invisible retouching to entire worlds composed inside a computer, digital effects are a staple of modern film-making. At Rising Sun Pictures, Nik Shankar-Noble helps provide the technical solutions that underpin the wizardry. “The work we do, it’s an interesting merger of being […]
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