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The Australian Academy of Science has launched an award to recognise research in the natural sciences by outstanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PhD students and early- and mid-career scientists.

Associate Professor Bhaskaran is Australia’s 2018 nominee for ASPIRE.

A talented local scientist’s work to develop a form of ‘electronic skin’ that monitors the environment and the human body has been recognised by the Australian Academy of Science.

Geoffrey Burnstock, Rose Amal, the late David Cooper and San Thang were named as Companions of the Order of Australia in this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours list.

Seven Academy Fellows have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours list, including four who have received Australia’s highest accolade for their work, named as Companions in the General Division of the Order of Australia.

Anna-Maria Arabia

This month we warmly welcome Professor John Shine AC PresAA as the 19th President of the Australian Academy of Science.

The Academy’s celebration of science held in May each year, Science at the Shine Dome, saw 400 attendees hear from 57 speakers over three days.

Professor Phil Cummins (second from right) with (from left) Dr Pahm Viet Hoa, Dr Fasha Muhamad, Dr Tammy Tabe and Dr Heri Kuswanto at Geoscience Australia.

The Academy’s recently published annual report has highlighted the organisation’s many achievements made in 2017.

The Academy is the Australian member of the International Council for Science (ICSU), a non-government organisation with a global membership of al scientific unions, interdisciplinary science bodies and 120 national scientific bodies representing 140 countries.

The ICSU and the International Social Science Council (ISSC) will merge in July to create a unified, international organisation, the International Science Council, whose vision will be to advance all sciences as a global public good.

A plan for nutrition science in Australia aims to address the challenges associated with changes in food production and consumption. Photo: Providence Doucet on Unsplash 

The Academy's social media communications have continued to gain in popularity. Our Facebook followers have grown in number from 9000 in October last year to around 400,000, showing that people are keen to see more credible science news online. And it's not just social media—even traditional media outlets are using our videos to accompany their website stories. 

Socially intelligent dolphins

We revealed on World Oceans Day (8 June) that people might have more in common with dolphins than previously thought.

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