Advances in science and medical research and public health policies have meant that life expectancy for Australians is one of the highest in the world. ↗
In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age. ↗
One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen. ↗
It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ↗
I am one of those scientists who feels that it is no longer enough just to get on and do science. We have to devote a significant proportion of our time and resources to defending it from deliberate attack from organised ignorance. ↗
Of course in science there are things that are open to doubt and things need to be discussed. But among the things that science does know, evolution is about as certain as anything we know. ↗
Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone. ↗
Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere globs of gas atoms. I, too, can see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more? ↗
