@SHengst81

Science promoter. Astrophysicist. Amateur Photographer. Podcaster @STEMpunk3

 Sydney, New South Wales
Joined June 2017
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How trying to avoid #COVID19 feels right now 🎨:@ivyhish
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EVENT: STEMpunk podcast FREE online Sydney show. Saturday August 14 2:30-3:30 featuring @AnnieHandmer @joelwerner & @all_isee Tickets here: eventbrite.com.au/e/signific… @Aus_ScienceWeek #nationalscienceweek
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Researchers discover 'hellish' new planet, TOI-1431b, where temperatures reach 2,700C abc.net.au/news/2021-04-27/h… via @ABCaustralia

'A hellish world': Astronomers have discovered a new planet but you won't want to visit

Queensland astronomers have discovered a new planet, but it offers a welcome far too warm for any human visitors. 

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Sounds delicious! - Indigenous grains grown in northern NSW deemed 'commercially viable' abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-1…

'They taste delicious': Forget quinoa, Indigenous native grains could be all the rage

Ancient native grains could kick off a new industry in north-west NSW, after a year-long study by the University of Sydney finds them to be commercially viable.

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Prime Minister @ScottMorrisonMP has just announced @DrCathyFoley as the new Chief Scientist of Australia. @ChiefScientistAU
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AMA w/ Emily from Birdlife Q: With fires being more frequent what are some ways we can protect bushland from fire? Are Aboriginal scientists being consulted on how to protect the land?
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Be part of #SavingOurSpecies this #ScienceWeek! Experience the scientific process and practice the skills used by ecologists to protect the endangered Regent Honeyeater. Sign up for @PraxicalProject's 1 hour online, self-led conservation workshop now! eventbrite.com.au/e/conservi…

Conserving Endangered Species – Individual Online STEM Workshop

Praxical Workshops give you the opportunity to learn science by doing science. Register here for our Conserving Endangered Species workshop.

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Great to be a part of the @PraxicalProject led by @steller_luke and @AstroBonology!
Praxical@PraxicalProject3 Aug 2020
In our Exploring Habitable Worlds workshop, you will learn about types of planets & different conditions that can support life. You will make your own planets using the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's planetary simulator & determine the factors necessary for life as we know it.
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In just a few days NASA will launch a new Mars rover, which will travel to the red planet to search for signs of life. But how do scientists work out which planets might be good candidates to look for life? @InspiringNsw @Aus_ScienceWeek @AussieAstrobio
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The Native Regent Honeyeater is critically endangered. In the wild, less than 400 birds remain. Find out how ecologists try to save them in our free, online, self-led workshop. More here - tinyurl.com/y72w2f42 @InspiringNsw @BirdlifeOz @nswenviromedia @Aus_ScienceWeek
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Well done to BEES PhD students Luke Steller @steller_luke and Bonnie Teece @AstroBonology for developing Praxical, a series of free, online workshops that gets participants to use real scientific data and real scientific tools so that they can experience being a scientist!
Praxical@PraxicalProject5 Jun 2020
Praxical is a learning initiative to create online workshops where participants can actively engage in science. The team at Praxical is building free, entirely online, self-led STEM workshops for National Science Week. @InspiringNsw @Aus_ScienceWeek inspiringnsw.org.au/2020/06/…
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Our Habitable Worlds workshop is free, fully online and self-led. This workshop is designed in conjunction with @AussieAstrobio for @Aus_ScienceWeek. So far the only world we know of that has life is Earth, so how do scientists look for other potentially habitable worlds?
The earth as seen from Apollo

ALT The earth as seen from Apollo

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[NEW EPISODE]: n=60 STEMpunk does @VividSydney Ideas event Significant figures with @AstroKirsten (@UNSWScience) @corey_tutt @ivyhish @TanyaLatty (@Sydney_Science) A Panel show of Significant figures learning about insects wildlife & humans stempunkpodcast.blogspot.com…
Significant figures

ALT Significant figures

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Some Good News with John Krasinski: The SGN Community Episode! youtu.be/TXdKrtmexWU via @YouTube
The Office Cast Reunites for Zoom Wedding: Some Good News with John Kras... youtu.be/NDjNX3nEfYo via @YouTube
Graduation 2020: Some Good News with John Krasinski Ep. 6 youtu.be/IweS2CPSnbI via @YouTube
SGN Potluck: Some Good News with John Krasinski Ep. 5 youtu.be/o1zIgTwENPg via @YouTube
Baseball is Back: Some Good News with John Krasinski Ep. 3 youtu.be/Eg08rJGKjtA via @YouTube
@UNSW Student Ambassador Scarlet Kong broke down the great resources available to science students at UNSW. "We have amazing research and academics to help give you the education you deserve." #NYSFoz #STEMeducation
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"We need to be accepting the fact that climate change is real." Indigenous fire practitioner @V_Steffensen says there's a 60,000-year-old way to help stop Australia burning. More @business: bloom.bg/2YYZS7Z #bushfires
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