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Welcome to the Citizen Science Show, a place to share stories of purpose about ecology.We explore the diverse activities of passionate people who record observations, gather empirical evidence and use technology to uncover scientific proof for positive social, cultural and…
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#204 TAFE NSW's Nick Whalan-Daniels on AR Welding, AI and the Future of Advanced Manufacturing (opens the original)
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Recorded live in the Citizen Science Show podcast booth at the Hunter Science Festival, Dani sits down with Nick Whalan-Daniels, Head Teacher for the TAFE NSW Manufacturing Centre of Excellence at Tighes Hill, to talk about a stand packed with augmented reality welding, robotics and renewable energy demonstrations. Nick explains how the new centre is training the Hunter's next generation of advanced manufacturing workers, why the region's shift away from coal is creating fresh skills gaps in ren
#203 How Newcastle Library and Museum is Turning Preschoolers into Citizen Scientists with Karen Eastwood (opens the original)
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Recorded live in the Citizen Science Show podcast booth at the Hunter Science Festival, Dani sits down with Karen Eastwood, Program Delivery Officer for Newcastle Museum and Library, to talk about the library's new Little Bang Discovery Club, a hands on program turning preschoolers into "little scientists" (and their parents into "lab assistants"). Karen shares what's inside the program's take home discovery box, how the four week journey builds to a mini science fair, and how Newcastle Museum a
#202 Fresh Honey, Hard Science: Inside the Fight to Save Australia's Bees with Heather Wightman (opens the original)
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Recorded live in the Citizen Science Show podcast booth at the Hunter Science Festival, Dani sits down with Heather Wightman, biosecurity officer for the Hunter Valley Amateur Beekeepers, to find out about a gold medal winning Australian invention putting fresh, spin-your-own honey on the kitchen bench, and what's changed for beekeepers since Varroa mite arrived in Australia. Heather explains how a new mite strain resistant to standard treatments is spreading, what it could mean for pollination
#199 Polar Blast and Yachts for Science. Mapping the ocean floor with Dr Paige Maroni (opens the original)
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Ever wondered how you could contribute to ocean science without being a scientist yourself? In this episode, we speak with Dr Paige Maroni, founder of the Polar Blast Project, about how private yacht owners, captains and crews around the world are helping scientists access some of the most remote and least understood marine environments on Earth. From automated water samplers to remotely operated vehicles surveying the Antarctic seafloor, Paige reveals just how many ways an ordinary vessel, and
#201 The Rainforests of the Ocean: Natalie Coy on Seagrass, Seeds and the Fight to Save Posidonia Australis (opens the original)
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Beneath the waves, one of the ocean's most important ecosystems is hiding in plain sight. In this episode, Sarah talks with Natalie Coy, a PhD candidate and founder of the citizen science project Seeds of the Sea, about Posidonia australis, an endangered, flowering seagrass found only in Australia, and home to a single clone in WA stretching 180 kilometres, making it the largest known organism on Earth. Natalie explains why seagrass meadows matter so much for carbon storage, coastline protection
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