Honouring Rose Eccles Mason: The Science Show at work

A recent study in the Australian Journal of Education found that in Australian high school science courses, there was only one unique mention of a female scientist. Radio National’s The Science Show has long tried to herald the contribution of female scientists.  But as Sharon Carleton discovered, it can take for some, 50 years before due recognition is acknowledged. In this case, the daughter of a Nobel Prize winner. The stars aligned. After years of trying to get someone, somewhere to tell th...
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A Tribute to Tim

Tim Bowden, 1937-2024 Legendary ABC broadcaster, producer and author TIM BOWDEN died on Sunday, aged 87. He was a war correspondent in Vietnam, the maker of ground-breaking radio oral history series, the presenter of Backchat on ABC TV, and the author of 18 books. Tim was awesomely talented. Perhaps even more important, he was greatly loved, by colleagues and by the Australian public. Tim, who was always a stalwart supporter of the ABC and its staff, was the third person, other than the foundin...
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