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When are you dead? You might think that everyone knows the answer to this question but it’s not quite as simple as it seems. Brain death is a concept that most people find difficult to grasp and yet it is central to the donation of organs. What is brain death? How do families cope with it in the context of organ donation?
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This month’s ASC event in SA welcomed a panel comprising Prof Chris Daniels and Philip Roetman from UniSA and James Smith from FauNature, to discuss the value of citizen science in scientific projects such as Operations Spider, Magpie and Possum.
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Sharing is fantastic, but it’s also fraught with dangers, and Mark Pesce – writer, researcher, engineer, futurist and teacher – helped us to explore the promises and pitfalls.
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Arthur C. Clarke once described science fiction an "…escape into reality". Was he right? Join a panel of scientists as they discuss the impact of sci-fi on society, and how it has influenced our visions of the future - and science itself. Hosted by COSMOS Editor, Wilson da Silva, our panel explores how science fiction - in visual art, film and literature - is a cultural reflection of the impact of science and technology on society, and helps us open…
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Two great characters - senior custodian of the Wardaman people, Bill Yidumduma Harney, and UK-born and educated CSIRO astrophysicist Ray Norris - explore their separate, yet hauntingly similar notions of the question: who were the first astronomers?
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