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Science in public — why nerdy talk is essential

Natalie Filatoff
August 14, 2018
We live in astronomically exciting times. No, really! Australia’s Mars One candidates Dianne McGrath and Josh Richards are podcasting about preparations for life on the red planet. Virtual reality invites us to experience ripples in the fabric of space time.
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The Pioneer: Mary Reynolds Helped Raise A Generation Of Engineers

Samantha Shaddock
March 03, 2018

Mary Reynolds stood on the train platform and waved her parents goodbye. It was 1946, and the 20-year-old was trading the red dirt of Oklahoma for the frigid winters of Schenectady, New York, and an engineering job at GE.

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Superstars of STEM meet Parliament

Natalie Filatoff
February 08, 2018
When Science meets Parliament, conversation sparks, lightbulbs of mutual understanding flicker and glow, ideas flow. As convenor Kylie Walker, CEO of Science & Technology Australia (STA) says, it’s a chance for senators and parliamentarians to connect with a potential “phone-a-friend scientist”. This year on February 13-14, pollies have the bonus opportunity of conferring with 28 Superstars of STEM — no capes, just honed super powers!
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How To Get Boston Kids Into Science And Math? Call The Celtics.

Kristin Kloberdanz
January 01, 2018
Almost every day, 13-year-old Valerie Cameron-Goodwin carries a wooden business card etched with her name, email address and dream job: surgeon. She’s proud of what this card says — and prouder still that she made it herself using an industrial-grade laser cutter in a 32-by-8-foot trailer parked by her middle school’s front door.
“At first it was confusing — how can you create something on a computer and then transfer it to a machine?” says the eighth-grader. “But then it all made sense, and it was so exciting watching my design get carved on the wood.”
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New Horizons: STEM Club Helps Ohio Girls Take The Lead In 3D Printing

Bruce Watson
September 25, 2017
When Jessica Hughes moved to Cincinnati in 2016 for a new job as a sixth-grade STEM teacher, she noticed that something was amiss. Along one wall of her classroom sat three 3D printers, which she planned to use to teach her students about computer-aided design (CAD) and 3D printing. The boys in her class quickly took to the machines. “Many of them were in Lego leagues and robotics competitions, and they already had a lot of experience with CAD design and 3D printing,” she says. But these concepts were brand new to the girls.
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Advice & Inspiring Words from Malaysia’s STEM pioneer

September 18, 2017
To promote fresh thinking, new ideas, and different perspectives in the STEM (science, tech, engineering and mathematics) sector, Malaysia has launched the National STEM Transformation Plan 2017-2025 to attract more women to enrol for STEM education courses - women made up less than half of the graduates in engineering and technology in 2015.
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Word Power: How “be it, see it” Storytelling Inspires Women to Pursue STEM Roles and Careers

August 22, 2017
“Yes, they let women do some things at NASA, Mr. Johnson. And it’s not because we wear skirts. It’s because we wear glasses.”
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Fikarina – The Women Who Is Lighting Up Indonesia

August 22, 2017
This article first appeared on GE Reports Indonesia.
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Flying in the jet stream of the RAAF’s first female pilots

Natalie Filatoff
July 25, 2017
At age 16 Deborah Hicks was the youngest female pilot in Australia to fly solo. By the time she finished high school she had decided on a career in medicine when in 1987 Ros Kelly, then Minister for Defence, Science and Personnel opened up the Royal Australian Air Force to aspiring women pilots. Robyn Williams was one of the RAAF’s first female engineers, and had for years optimistically positioned herself for the moment when women could take their place on the RAAF flight deck.
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Power sisters: women in renewable energy

Jane Nicholls
July 18, 2017
The numbers are too big to ignore: gender equality boosts men and women, as well as industry, innovation and ultimately the planet. As we try to solve a bunch of complex challenges, we need to throw everyone at it.
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