My day on a plate:Dr Vanessa Pirotta

My day on a plate:Dr Vanessa Pirotta

The marine biologist and science communicator shares her day on a plate.

  • byNicole Economos

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Australia facing urgent maths teacher shortage after 30 years of inaction

Australia facing urgent maths teacher shortage after 30 years of inaction

Fewer than one in four Australian high school students have a qualified maths teacher and the situation is about to get worse,with a projected boom in student numbers following a 30-year decline in the supply of new maths-trained teachers.

  • byPallavi Singhal
Sexual chemistry under the microscope as scientists'partners are probed

Sexual chemistry under the microscope as scientists'partners are probed

How well scientists'partners understand what they do for a living will be put to the test in a special event in Brisbane.

  • byStuart Layt
Kate's career highlight will always appear with her ex-husband's name
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Kate's career highlight will always appear with her ex-husband's name

Three academics explain how their decisions to change or keep their surnames after marriage affected their career.

  • byKate Charlton-Robb,Tara Draper andValerie Caron