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Sophia Thomas

An exhibition of projects, accomplishments and skills as an aspiring journalist and radio announcer.

Marcos Torres

Sou biólogo e jornalista. Trabalho desde 2021 na Academia Brasileira de Ciências escrevendo sobre eventos científicos e entrevistando pesquisadores. Já cobri mais de 150 congressos, palestras e seminários sobre todas …

Rafa Martí

Soy periodista de la Agence France-Presse en su oficina de Madrid y colaborador de Condé Nast Traveller. Antes he sido redactor jefe de PlayGround, donde también fui editor de Reportajes …

Adam Elhady

piers van der heide

hi. my name is piers van der heide. i'm a journalist, podcaster, advertising art directer, copywriter and content creator studying at deakin university. i have a passion for cinema, books …

André Leslie

I'm a Launceston-based writer that loves to delve into stories from all walks of life.

Latest Articles

Checkmate! What it takes to beat a chess grandmaster as a 10-year-old

"Every chess master was once a beginner" - Irving Chernov A grade 4 age British chess player, Bodhana Sivanandan, has beaten Peter Wells, a chessmaster with a 50 year age difference at the 2025 British Chess Championships in Liverpool. Five-time Oceania women's chess champion Irina Berezina spoke to Brigitte Duclos …

By piers van der heide
14th August 2025 • ABC

Queenslanders Battle Mould After Full Summer Swing

Summer is in full swing and the last thing anyone wants to deal with on top of the hot, stuffy, and humid weather is mould.

By Sophia Thomas
4th February 2025 • ABC

ABC News Internship

During my internship at ABC News, I had the opportunity to observe journalists, editors, graphic designers, directors, camera operators, and radio productions.

By Sophia Thomas
20th January 2025 • ABC

Coligação Lula-Alckmin se compromete com política de Estado para Ciência e Educação

Neste 8 de julho, Dia Nacional da Ciência, a Academia Brasileira de Ciências (ABC) recebeu o grupo de trabalho responsável por elaborar a parte de ciência, tecnologia e inovação (CT&I) da coligação Lula-Alckmin para as eleições à presidência. Os representantes da chapa foram liderados pelo ex-ministro Aloizio Mercadante, que chefiou …

By Marcos Torres
8th July 2024 • ABC

Reunião na ABC debate a situação dos jovens cientistas brasileiros

Em 2023, um grupo de membros afiliados da ABC divulgou os resultados do projeto Perfil do Jovem Cientista Brasileiro, que ouviu 4.115 pesquisadores com até 15 anos de doutoramento sobre o que pensavam da carreira. Responsáveis por liderar o trabalho, as pesquisadoras Ana Chies e Raquel Minardi trouxeram alguns dados …

By Marcos Torres
26th April 2024 • ABC

Beauty Point residents rally to save historical diving board

Beauty Point residents were shocked by a suggestion their river diving platform would be removed due to safety concerns. Tasmania's Parks and Wildlife Service says no such decision was ever made.

By André Leslie
12th February 2024 • ABC

Os INCT no Sistema Nacional de Ciência & Tecnologia

Apesar de sua centralidade no Sistema Nacional de CT&I, os INCTs passam por um período de indefinição. A última chamada para o programa contemplou apenas novos projetos, deixando centros de excelência antigos e consolidados com dúvidas sobre a continuidade. Para debater o assunto, a ABC convidou representantes dos INCTs para …

By Marcos Torres
25th January 2024 • ABC

Updated anti-siphoning scheme aims to keep iconic sporting moments on free TV - RN Drive

The federal government is bringing in new laws in order to prevent 'iconic' sport moments slipping behind TV paywalls.The government says it wants to keep more content accessible on free-to-air television, and place Australian free networks on a level pegging with streaming platforms on smart TVs. So how might this …

By Daanyal Saeed
1st December 2023 • ABC

Concern among Tassie winemakers about new bottle labels

Additional health warnings for alcohol bottles and cans could be on the way, but some in the industry say it's not the right approach.

By André Leslie
2nd November 2023 • ABC

King Island mine to be diesel-powered for years

Operators of a mine on Tasmania's King Island plan to use a multi-million-dollar government grant to lease diesel generators to power the project, despite the money being initially granted to connect the mine to the island's grid.

By André Leslie
1st April 2023 • ABC

Giggle and Hoot

By Graeme Taylor Photography
16th December 2022 • ABC

Zoo Media Debuts a Green Alternative to Plastic Bottles to Promote Zoos, Aquariums, and Fish Hatcheries

By Adam Elhady
29th November 2022 • ABC

How one of Tasmania's scariest roads was built

When John Richards was asked to climb into a bulldozer and clear the road for Jacobs Ladder in the early 1960s, he admits it was a daunting task.

By André Leslie
12th August 2022 • ABC

Segundo Webinário ABC/CNPq debate Desigualdade e Democracia

A primeira mesa abordou “Desigualdade e Democracia”, teve a participação do filósofo Wilson Gomes, coordenador do INCT em Democracia Digital (INCT.DD), e dos membros titulares da ABC Roberto Kant, coordenador do Instituto de Estudos Comparados em Administração de Conflitos (INCT InEAC); e Nadya Guimarães, ex-coordenadora do INCT para Estudos da …

By Marcos Torres
9th June 2022 • ABC

Primeira Conferência Magna traz panorama preocupante sobre mudanças climáticas

Para encerrar o primeiro dia da Reunião Magna da ABC 2022: O Futuro é Agora, a Academia Brasileira de Ciências convidou o diretor do Instituto Stanford Woods para o Meio Ambiente, Chris Field, para apresentar a 1ª Conferência Magna. Field é um dos maiores especialistas em mitigação de mudanças climáticas …

By Marcos Torres
6th May 2022 • ABC

Instituto Nacional do Mar está perto de virar realidade

Uma reinvindicação histórica da comunidade oceanográfica brasileira está prestes a sair do papel. O Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Oceânicas (INPO) foi selecionado no Chamamento Público nº 31/2021, realizado pelo Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (MCTI), para constituir uma Organização Social (OS) e atuar em conjunto com a União para …

By Marcos Torres
3rd February 2022 • ABC

How to spot fake online reviews

As lockdowns along Australia's east coast spark an online shopping boom, many Australians are growing increasingly reliant on online reviews to make purchase decisions.

By Kate Reynolds
7th October 2021 • ABC

Green's draft success was a lifetime in the making

A young man sits on his couch dressed in a light blue suit, surrounded by family and friends in the US state of Arizona, an Australian flag hanging on the wall. The camera remains focused on him as music booms and the announcer's voice pipes up. In the split-screen, NBA …

By André Leslie
22nd November 2020 • ABC

«La vuelta al cole es una bomba de relojería si se ignora la transmisión aérea del coronavirus»

José Luis Jiménez, experto en aerosoles de la Universidad de Colorado en Boulder (Estados Unidos), alerta sobre el peligro de volver a las clases sin tener en cuenta el riesgo que suponen espacios poco ventilados ocupados por muchas personas

By Gonzalo López Sánchez
26th August 2020 • ABC

Científicos avisan de que la estrategia de España frente al coronavirus «conduce a pérdidas económicas enormes»

Una treintena de expertos considera que «la estrategia actual basada exclusivamente en la «convivencia» con el coronavirus es mejorable» y que «conduce a unas pérdidas económicas enormes»

By Gonzalo López Sánchez
19th August 2020 • ABC

El sistema inmunitario, el maravilloso escudo que ganará la guerra contra el coronavirus

Las defensas se acabarán imponiendo, pero los investigadores todavía desconocen muchos de los aspectos fundamentales de esta lucha invisible. Varios expertos explican cuáles son

By Gonzalo López Sánchez
9th August 2020 • ABC

Alan Stern, de la NASA: «Debemos aceptar que en el sistema solar hay incontables planetas»

Entrevista a Alan Stern, investigador principal de varias misiones de la NASA

By Gonzalo López Sánchez
5th July 2020 • ABC

¿Han encontrado los cazadores de materia oscura una señal de nueva Física?

Científicos del experimento XENON1T han detectado un nuevo tipo de contaminación o un nuevo tipo de partícula. Tres expertos explican la importancia de estas observaciones

By Gonzalo López Sánchez
19th June 2020 • ABC

Descubren pruebas de que hay todo un sistema solar en la estrella más cercana al Sol

Una nueva investigación ha confirmado la existencia de Próxima c, una fría supertierra, en la órbita de Próxima Centauri, a 4,4 años luz de distancia

By Gonzalo López Sánchez
7th June 2020 • ABC

Nostalgia de fútbol

Reseña de Miguel Ángel Barroso para ABC Cultural

By Jordi Brescó
29th May 2020 • ABC

Luis Enjuanes: «Poder hacer nuestra propia vacuna en España es una necesidad de seguridad nacional»

Entrevista a Luis Enjuanes, investigador principal en el laboratorio de Coronavirus del Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC).

By Gonzalo López Sánchez
24th May 2020 • ABC

África González, inmunóloga: «Es muy probable que el catarro común haya protegido frente al coronavirus»

La presidenta de la Sociedad Española de Inmunología y Catedrática de Inmunología en la Universidad de Vigo comenta las últimas novedades acerca de lo que se sabe y no se sabe sobre las defensas del organismo frente al SARS-CoV-2

By Gonzalo López Sánchez
22nd May 2020 • ABC

Los candidatos a vacuna "Made in Spain"

By Gonzalo López Sánchez
10th May 2020 • ABC

Los candidatos a vacuna "Made in Spain"

By Gonzalo López Sánchez
10th May 2020 • ABC

«Detuvimos el desarrollo de nuestra vacuna porque el coronavirus dejó de ser una prioridad»

María Elena Botazzi codirige un laboratorio donde se trabaja en una vacuna para el SARS, que parece dar protección para la COVID-19, y en otra vacuna específica para esta enfermedad

By Gonzalo López Sánchez
2nd May 2020 • ABC