The Cosmos Podcast
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Cosmos Briefing Bonus: "Breaking bad" - the art of fracture testing
July 07, 2021 22:30 - 10 minutes - 6.93 MBToday we have a special podcast. Dr Deborah Devis is reading a story she wrote that featured in Cosmos Weekly, our online subscription-based deep dive into the biggest issues. She looks at the world of fracture testing, and a new device that is making the task of finding flaws in a thing – like every thing – a whole lot easier. Find the science of everything at Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Watch and listen to all our Cosmos Briefings
Apollo missions and Lunar Roving Vehicles
July 05, 2021 21:30 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MBToday we talk with Journalist Earl Swift. Earl’s latest book, Across the Airless Wilds: The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings, is the follow-up to his acclaimed New York Times bestseller Chesapeake Requiem. In it he investigates the final three Apollo Moon landings, arguing that these overlooked missions, distinguished by the use of the revolutionary Lunar Roving Vehicle, were the pinnacle of human exploration. Today’s interview is hosted by Royal Institution of Australi...
Cosmos Briefing Bonus: Apollo missions and Lunar Roving Vehicles
July 05, 2021 21:30 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MBToday we talk with Journalist Earl Swift. Earl’s latest book, Across the Airless Wilds: The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings, is the follow-up to his acclaimed New York Times bestseller Chesapeake Requiem. In it he investigates the final three Apollo Moon landings, arguing that these overlooked missions, distinguished by the use of the revolutionary Lunar Roving Vehicle, were the pinnacle of human exploration. Today’s interview is hosted by Royal Institution of Australi...
The moment a black hole and a neutron star collided in space
June 30, 2021 22:30 - 7 minutes - 5.04 MBDistinguished Professor of Theoretical Physics at ANU, Susan M. Scott, is a mathematical physicist working on fundamental theoretical aspects of gravitation and, general relativity theory in particular. She has been part of a team of international scientists who have, for the first time, detected the moment a black hole and a neutron star collided in space, not just once but twice. Today’s interview is hosted by Cosmos journalist Ellen Phiddian. Find the science of everything at Cosmos Maga...
Cosmos Briefing Bonus: Black holes and neutron stars
June 30, 2021 22:30 - 7 minutes - 5.04 MBDistinguished Professor of Theoretical Physics at ANU, Susan M. Scott, is a mathematical physicist working on fundamental theoretical aspects of gravitation and, general relativity theory in particular. She has been part of a team of international scientists who have, for the first time, detected the moment a black hole and a neutron star collided in space, not just once but twice. Today’s interview is hosted by Cosmos journalist Ellen Phiddian. Find the science of everything at Cosmos Maga...
Cosmos Briefing Bonus: The science of pearls
June 28, 2021 21:30 - 13 minutes - 9.32 MBJames Brown is a marine biologist and pearl farmer from Broome WA, who was recently recognised as the 2020-21 Australian Farmer of the Year and winner of the Award for Excellence in Innovation for his innovative approach to farming, his support of industry research and development and his dedication to advancing Australian pearls as a premium product around the world. We talk to James about what it is like to farm oysters and pearls and how science is permeating the industry. Today’s intervi...
The science of pearls
June 28, 2021 21:30 - 13 minutes - 9.32 MBJames Brown is a marine biologist and pearl farmer from Broome WA, who was recently recognised as the 2020-21 Australian Farmer of the Year and winner of the Award for Excellence in Innovation for his innovative approach to farming, his support of industry research and development and his dedication to advancing Australian pearls as a premium product around the world. We talk to James about what it is like to farm oysters and pearls and how science is permeating the industry. Today’s intervi...
The science behind retail transactions
June 24, 2021 07:30 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBThere’s a lot more to a retail transaction – whether online or in-store – than there used to be. Information (data) about you and your shopping habits is collected just about every time you make a purchase. How is it used? How will it affect the future of retailing? Jonathan Reeve is GM APAC for Eagle Eye, a software as a service personalised digital loyalty and promotions platform. Clients include Loblaw, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, the Warehouse Group and Woolworths. Jonathan has worked with glo...
13. Cosmos Briefing: Retail Rules
June 24, 2021 07:30 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBThere’s a lot more to a retail transaction – whether online or in-store – than there used to be. Information (data) about you and your shopping habits is collected just about every time you make a purchase. How is it used? How will it affect the future of retailing? Jonathan Reeve is GM APAC for Eagle Eye, a software as a service personalised digital loyalty and promotions platform. Clients include Loblaw, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, the Warehouse Group and Woolworths. Jonathan has worked with glo...
Cosmos Briefing Bonus: The future of medical imaging
June 21, 2021 22:30 - 11 minutes - 7.8 MBCosmos journalist Ellen Phiddian speaks to Dr Karen Alt, Head of the Nano Theranostics Laboratory at the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University, about medical imaging technology using nanoparticles, how it compares to current imaging like MRI, and where it could be seen in the future. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Register for the next Cosmos Briefing
The future of medical imaging
June 21, 2021 22:30 - 11 minutes - 7.8 MBCosmos journalist Ellen Phiddian speaks to Dr Karen Alt, Head of the Nano Theranostics Laboratory at the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University, about medical imaging technology using nanoparticles, how it compares to current imaging like MRI, and where it could be seen in the future. Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine website Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly Register for the next Cosmos Briefing
Cosmos Briefing Bonus: Turning textiles into raw materials
June 16, 2021 22:30 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBIf they can’t be used second-hand, is it possible to recycle old clothes? What about recycling other fabrics and textiles? An Australian company, BlockTexx, has recently received funding to build a textile recovery facility in Queensland. Using technology developed by Queensland University of Technology researchers, the plant will take old textiles and turn them into raw materials that can be used by other industries. One of the central problems with textiles is that they’re often a mix of ...
Turning textiles into raw materials
June 16, 2021 22:30 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBIf they can’t be used second-hand, is it possible to recycle old clothes? What about recycling other fabrics and textiles? An Australian company, BlockTexx, has recently received funding to build a textile recovery facility in Queensland. Using technology developed by Queensland University of Technology researchers, the plant will take old textiles and turn them into raw materials that can be used by other industries. One of the central problems with textiles is that they’re often a mix of ...
Protecting human rights from AI
June 14, 2021 22:30 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBArtificial intelligence technology brings the promise of improvements in many areas of life, but it’s not without problems. Near the top of the list of issues are ways in which it may embed prejudice, for instance through facial recognition, and surveillance. If AI’s to fulfil its potential, it needs to be safe, fair and reliable. About three years ago, the Australian Human Rights Commission began compiling a report into the impacts of AI; the Human Rights and Technology Final Report was pr...
Cosmos Briefing Bonus: Protecting human rights from AI
June 14, 2021 22:30 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBArtificial intelligence technology brings the promise of improvements in many areas of life, but it’s not without problems. Near the top of the list of issues are ways in which it may embed prejudice, for instance through facial recognition, and surveillance. If AI’s to fulfil its potential, it needs to be safe, fair and reliable. About three years ago, the Australian Human Rights Commission began compiling a report into the impacts of AI; the Human Rights and Technology Final Report was pr...
12. Cosmos Briefing: Accessing Antarctica
June 10, 2021 06:30 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBRemote and wild, Antarctica was once solely the domain of hardcore explorers. As the continent becomes more accessible, science and tourism are expanding – but does this come with an environmental cost? Should access to these fragile ecosystems be regulated, and who gets to decide? Professor Steven L Chown FAA FRSsaf is Director of Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future, an Australian Research Council Special Research Initiative and Professor at Monash University. His Antarctic research...
The cost of accessing Antarctica
June 10, 2021 06:30 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBRemote and wild, Antarctica was once solely the domain of hardcore explorers. As the continent becomes more accessible, science and tourism are expanding – but does this come with an environmental cost? Should access to these fragile ecosystems be regulated, and who gets to decide? Professor Steven L Chown FAA FRSsaf is Director of Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future, an Australian Research Council Special Research Initiative and Professor at Monash University. His Antarctic research...
Cosmos Briefing Bonus: A new approach to reforestation
June 03, 2021 07:30 - 8 minutes - 5.86 MBLauren Fuge, a science journalist with the Royal Institution of Australia, talks to Brett Krause, the president and cofounder of Brettacorp Inc, a not-for-profit building forests in the Cassowary Coast region of Tropical North Queensland, Australia, about Brettacorp’s mission to revegetate degraded lands and rehabilitate habitat through conservation and preservation techniques. Find the science of everything at cosmosmagazine.com
How to build a forest
June 03, 2021 07:30 - 8 minutes - 5.86 MBLauren Fuge, a science journalist with the Royal Institution of Australia, talks to Brett Krause, the president and cofounder of Brettacorp Inc, a not-for-profit building forests in the Cassowary Coast region of Tropical North Queensland, Australia, about Brettacorp’s mission to revegetate degraded lands and rehabilitate habitat through conservation and preservation techniques. Find the science of everything at cosmosmagazine.com
11. Cosmos Briefing: Intelligent Manufacturing
May 21, 2021 02:30 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBOver the next decade, the Australian manufacturing industry will need to change its practices to continue making things for the rest of the world. Dubbed the Fourth Industrial Revolution, AI and smart technologies have the potential to make the sector more productive and less wasteful, but the implementation needs to be done right. How will AI change our manufacturing sector, and what skills will we need to stay competitive? Professor Giselle Rampersad, Professor of Innovation at Flinders U...
Intelligent Manufacturing
May 21, 2021 02:30 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBOver the next decade, the Australian manufacturing industry will need to change its practices to continue making things for the rest of the world. Dubbed the Fourth Industrial Revolution, AI and smart technologies have the potential to make the sector more productive and less wasteful, but the implementation needs to be done right. How will AI change our manufacturing sector, and what skills will we need to stay competitive? Professor Giselle Rampersad, Professor of Innovation at Flinders U...
10. Cosmos Briefing: Water policy in Australia
May 06, 2021 21:30 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBWater is the most vital resource on Earth and underpins all areas of survival. Over the next ten years, we will need more fresh water to sustain us – even as drought and contamination make our current resources dwindle. How do we protect our most precious resource? Assoc. Professor Bradley Moggridge is a Kamilaroi Man with over 20 years’ experience in Aboriginal engagement, water & environmental science. Bradley is currently an Associate Professor in Indigenous Water Science (hydrogeology &...
Water policy in Australia
May 06, 2021 21:30 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBWater is the most vital resource on Earth and underpins all areas of survival. Over the next ten years, we will need more fresh water to sustain us – even as drought and contamination make our current resources dwindle. How do we protect our most precious resource? Assoc. Professor Bradley Moggridge is a Kamilaroi Man with over 20 years’ experience in Aboriginal engagement, water & environmental science. Bradley is currently an Associate Professor in Indigenous Water Science (hydrogeology &...
Cosmos Briefing Bonus: Balancing mining and sustainability
April 28, 2021 22:30 - 12 minutes - 8.73 MBDr Deborah Devis, a science journalist with the Royal Institution of Australia, talks to Philippa Sjoquist, principal advisor of sustainability strategy and development at Rio Tinto, about Rio Tinto’s proposed strategy to address the environmental costs of mining. Find the science of everything at cosmosmagazine.com
Balancing mining and sustainability
April 28, 2021 22:30 - 12 minutes - 8.73 MBDr Deborah Devis, a science journalist with the Royal Institution of Australia, talks to Philippa Sjoquist, principal advisor of sustainability strategy and development at Rio Tinto, about Rio Tinto’s proposed strategy to address the environmental costs of mining. Find the science of everything at cosmosmagazine.com
Dr Alan Finkel - Getting to zero
April 21, 2021 08:30 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBDr Alan Finkel AO FAA FTSE is an Australian neuroscientist, engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He served as Chancellor of Monash University from 2008 to 2016 and was Chief Scientist of Australia from 2016 to 2020. He is also President of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ex-officio) and Patron of the Australian Science Media Centre, and he contributes to a number of research institutes. A neuroscientist, entrepreneur and philanthropist, he invented a c...
Cosmos Briefing Bonus: Dr Alan Finkel - Getting to zero
April 21, 2021 08:30 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBDr Alan Finkel AO FAA FTSE is an Australian neuroscientist, engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He served as Chancellor of Monash University from 2008 to 2016 and was Chief Scientist of Australia from 2016 to 2020. He is also President of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ex-officio) and Patron of the Australian Science Media Centre, and he contributes to a number of research institutes. A neuroscientist, entrepreneur and philanthropist, he invented a c...
Supercomputing & Big Data, what does it really mean for business in Australia?
April 15, 2021 08:30 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBThink of a computing process underpinned by masses of complex data – such as modelling planet-wide shifts in climate or simulating the detonation of an atomic bomb. The process is known as supercomputing, and it’s run on a powerful system working at its maximum potential performance – a supercomputer. Dr Karen Lee-Waddell (Director of the Australian SKA regional centre, and Project Scientist for WALLABY, the all-sky neutral hydrogen survey that is being conducted on the CSIRO’s new telescop...
9. Cosmos Briefing: Supercomputing & Big Data, what does it really mean for business in Australia?
April 15, 2021 08:30 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBThink of a computing process underpinned by masses of complex data – such as modelling planet-wide shifts in climate or simulating the detonation of an atomic bomb. The process is known as supercomputing, and it’s run on a powerful system working at its maximum potential performance – a supercomputer. Dr Karen Lee-Waddell (Director of the Australian SKA regional centre, and Project Scientist for WALLABY, the all-sky neutral hydrogen survey that is being conducted on the CSIRO’s new telescop...
Australia’s Chief Scientist and the future of AI
April 08, 2021 00:30 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBDr Cathy Foley is a physicist and commenced her term as Australia’s ninth chief scientist in January 2021. Before that she had a long and distinguished career at CSIRO, where she was appointed chief scientist in August 2018 – only the second woman in that role. Over the course of her career, she has made significant contributions to the understanding of semiconductors and high-temperature superconductors. Her work led to the development of field-deployable superconducting devices that locat...
8. Cosmos Briefing: Australia’s Chief Scientist and the future of AI
April 08, 2021 00:30 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBDr Cathy Foley is a physicist and commenced her term as Australia’s ninth chief scientist in January 2021. Before that she had a long and distinguished career at CSIRO, where she was appointed chief scientist in August 2018 – only the second woman in that role. Over the course of her career, she has made significant contributions to the understanding of semiconductors and high-temperature superconductors. Her work led to the development of field-deployable superconducting devices that locat...
The rise of COVID-19 in Papua New Guinea
March 31, 2021 21:30 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBPapua New Guinea has been somewhat sheltered from the COVID-19 pandemic, with relatively low numbers throughout 2020. Since late February, however, the country has experienced a spike in new cases. Dr Deborah Devis, a science journalist with the Royal Institution of Australia, talks to Professor Leanne Robinson, Program Director of Health Security and Group Leader and Vector-Borne Diseases & Tropical Public Health at the Burnet Institute, to discuss the situation. Find the science of e...
Cosmos Briefing Bonus: The rise of COVID-19 in Papua New Guinea
March 31, 2021 21:30 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBPapua New Guinea has been somewhat sheltered from the COVID-19 pandemic, with relatively low numbers throughout 2020. Since late February, however, the country has experienced a spike in new cases. Dr Deborah Devis, a science journalist with the Royal Institution of Australia, talks to Professor Leanne Robinson, Program Director of Health Security and Group Leader and Vector-Borne Diseases & Tropical Public Health at the Burnet Institute, to discuss the situation. Find the science of e...
So what is a circular economy?
March 25, 2021 20:30 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBThe global economy sees unprecedented levels of resources extracted at great expense and effort, as well as polluting emissions in the process, to forge new products but all too often these then go to landfill at the end of their lives. A revolutionary, yet beguilingly simple, idea known as the circular economy would see all these products entirely recycled and their resources returned to form new products in turn. Just how realistic is the intention to transform the entire economy to realis...
7. Cosmos Briefing: The Circular Economy (25th March 2021)
March 25, 2021 20:30 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBThe global economy sees unprecedented levels of resources extracted at great expense and effort, as well as polluting emissions in the process, to forge new products but all too often these then go to landfill at the end of their lives. A revolutionary, yet beguilingly simple, idea known as the circular economy would see all these products entirely recycled and their resources returned to form new products in turn. Just how realistic is the intention to transform the entire economy to realis...
Unlocking migraines
March 17, 2021 21:30 - 14 minutes - 9.87 MBAustralian-born Professor Peter Goadsby is the NIHR-Wellcome Trust King’s Clinical Research Facility at King’s College London in the United Kingdom and is Professor of Neurology at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. He is also Honorary Consultant Neurologist at King’s College Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond St, London. Professor Goadsby is one of four neuroscientists who have won this year’s prestigious international Brain Prize. The group has been reco...
Cosmos Briefing Bonus: Migraine Masters
March 17, 2021 21:30 - 14 minutes - 9.87 MBAustralian-born Professor Peter Goadsby is the NIHR-Wellcome Trust King’s Clinical Research Facility at King’s College London in the United Kingdom and is Professor of Neurology at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. He is also Honorary Consultant Neurologist at King’s College Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond St, London. Professor Goadsby is one of four neuroscientists who have won this year’s prestigious international Brain Prize. The group has been reco...
The hydrogen solution
March 11, 2021 22:30 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBTo combat the climate crisis, the world needs to decarbonise its economy, and that means finding ways to store and transport renewable electricity. Hydrogen has the potential to be a completely clean supply of energy, but it could just as easily become the next emissions and resource-intensive industry. If hydrogen takes off, where can we expect it to go? Dr Jessica Allen (an electrochemist and an engineer working in chemical engineering at the University of Newcastle) and Associate Profess...
6. Cosmos Briefing: The Hydrogen Solution (11th March 2021)
March 11, 2021 22:30 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBTo combat the climate crisis, the world needs to decarbonise its economy, and that means finding ways to store and transport renewable electricity. Hydrogen has the potential to be a completely clean supply of energy, but it could just as easily become the next emissions and resource-intensive industry. If hydrogen takes off, where can we expect it to go? Dr Jessica Allen (an electrochemist and an engineer working in chemical engineering at the University of Newcastle) and Associate Profess...
5. Cosmos Briefing: Science vs Law (9th March 2021)
March 10, 2021 20:30 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBThe recent pardon petition by leading Australian scientists regarding the Kathleen Folbigg case – in which new scientific findings have shown her four children could have died of natural cases – has raised a number of questions about how specialised scientific evidence is regarded by our system of courts. Gary Edmond (law professor at University of NSW), Anna-Maria Arabia (chief executive of the Australian Academy of Science) and Richard O’Brien (endocrinology professor at the University of...
Science vs law
March 10, 2021 20:30 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBThe recent pardon petition by leading Australian scientists regarding the Kathleen Folbigg case – in which new scientific findings have shown her four children could have died of natural cases – has raised a number of questions about how specialised scientific evidence is regarded by our system of courts. Gary Edmond (law professor at University of NSW), Anna-Maria Arabia (chief executive of the Australian Academy of Science) and Richard O’Brien (endocrinology professor at the University of...
The data driving precision health care
March 03, 2021 20:30 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBHealthcare has been changing rapidly since genomic data became available, and has opened the door to precise, targeted therapies and treatments for an individual. However, the amount of data that can be collected from a single genome is immense, especially when looking to learn about whole populations. For this, high processing computers and AI are necessary to help distil and analyse genomic data. Dr Deborah Devis, a science journalist with the Royal Institution of Australia, talks to Dr M...
Cosmos Briefing Bonus: Precision Health Care
March 03, 2021 20:30 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBHealthcare has been changing rapidly since genomic data became available, and has opened the door to precise, targeted therapies and treatments for an individual. However, the amount of data that can be collected from a single genome is immense, especially when looking to learn about whole populations. For this, high processing computers and AI are necessary to help distil and analyse genomic data. Dr Deborah Devis, a science journalist with the Royal Institution of Australia, talks to Dr M...
4. Cosmos Briefing: Building Australia's Space Industry (25th February 2021)
February 25, 2021 06:30 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBIt has been two years since the official launch of the Australian Space Agency. While the Agency is still young, it has opened exciting doors for the nation from fast-growing startups to multi-national collaborations. We look at how Australia’s space industry is expanding, what we can do to stay competitive, and how to maximise the benefits of private industry alongside government at the final frontier. Dr Cassandra Steer (Mission Specialist with the ANU Institute for Space, and a Senior Le...
Building Australia's space industry
February 25, 2021 06:30 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBIt has been two years since the official launch of the Australian Space Agency. While the Agency is still young, it has opened exciting doors for the nation from fast-growing startups to multi-national collaborations. We look at how Australia’s space industry is expanding, what we can do to stay competitive, and how to maximise the benefits of private industry alongside government at the final frontier. Dr Cassandra Steer (Mission Specialist with the ANU Institute for Space, and a Senior Le...
3. Cosmos Briefing: The Future of Food (11th February 2021)
February 11, 2021 06:30 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBA major threat of climate change is to future food security. With a projected Australian population of 35.9 million in 2050, and rising average temperatures of up to 4°C, how will agricultural science work to feed the future? Should we lean on gene technology or traditional methods? Professor Rachel Burton (Head of the Plant Science Department & Chief Investigator ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology at Waite Campus, University of Adelaide) and Dr Angela Pattison (Research Scient...
2. Cosmos Briefing: Lithium, Politically Charged (21st January 2021)
February 11, 2021 06:30 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBDemand for renewable energy technologies is growing across the world, but their constituent materials – such as the lithium used in batteries – are non-renewable, as the Earth contains only finite amounts. Currently, 55% the world’s lithium supply comes from Australia, so we must ask ourselves: how do we mine these materials in a sustainable and responsible way? Dr Mahdokht Shaibani (Research Fellow at Monash University, with expertise in materials synthesis, engineering, and scale-up for ne...
1. Cosmos Briefing: Epidemiological Modelling (17th December 2020)
February 11, 2021 06:30 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBBarely known to the public before the COVID briefings of early 2020, epidemiological modelling informs public health decisions that can shutter communities and alter lives. But what does it mean? Professor Jodie McVernon (physician and director of Doherty Epidemiology) and Professor Tony Blakely (an epidemiologist, specialist in public health medicine and Director of the Population Interventions Unit at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health) join our host Professor Alan Duffy ...
Epidemiological modelling explained
February 11, 2021 06:30 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBBarely known to the public before the COVID briefings of early 2020, epidemiological modelling informs public health decisions that can shutter communities and alter lives. But what does it mean? Professor Jodie McVernon (physician and director of Doherty Epidemiology) and Professor Tony Blakely (an epidemiologist, specialist in public health medicine and Director of the Population Interventions Unit at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health) join our host Professor Alan Duffy ...
The future of food
February 11, 2021 06:30 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBA major threat of climate change is to future food security. With a projected Australian population of 35.9 million in 2050, and rising average temperatures of up to 4°C, how will agricultural science work to feed the future? Should we lean on gene technology or traditional methods? Professor Rachel Burton (Head of the Plant Science Department & Chief Investigator ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology at Waite Campus, University of Adelaide) and Dr Angela Pattison (Research Scient...