Australian Science Media Centre

🎂The AusSMC is celebrating 20 years of fighting misinformation with evidence, and helping journalists cover everything from #COVID to #climate. Scimex is also turning 10 this year, and has connected journalists with over 34,000 science stories. buff.ly/VzDBTVS

🚨 Do you hate seeing a clickbait headline? 😤 So do WE! (well... sometimes) 🎧 Tune in Monday to hear about what we like to call a 'showstopper' ➡️ Available wherever you get your podcasts buff.ly/QVJQLEG #science #sciencefacts #offembargo #sciPod #clickbait

🚘Drivers in the US are wasting 25.4 million litres of fuel a day speeding, say researchers, who found slowing down could cost you less than a minute while reducing fuel usage and CO2 emissions buff.ly/JVjgBr9 #science #sciencefacts #speeding #driving #fuelprices

🧑‍⚕️EXPERT REACTION: Major cyber breach at GP clinic network Partnered Health ✨Commentary from @Flinders @CurtinUni @Sydney_Uni @chrisrudge @MurdochUni @tobycmurray @uommedia @CurtinUni @UNSW @RMIT: scimex.org/newsfeed/exper… #science #expertreaction #cyberattack #databreach

🥤Experts from @heartfoundation @UQ_News @DocPJHarvey @Uni_Newcastle respond to new research linking micro- and nano-plastics in blood and heart attack scimex.org/newsfeed/micro… #science #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #expertreaction #microplastics #nanoplastics #heartattack

👴👵Grandparents were nearly 10% more likely to get COVID-19 in the week of their grandchildren's birthdays during the pandemic ✨Follow the link for more information on this story✨ buff.ly/o3HZrXT #science #sciencefacts #COVID #COVID19 #pandemic #infectiousdiseases

🔥 @MonashUni @UniofAdelaide @UNSW @QUT and @UQ_News say sustained extreme heat was linked to an increased risk of heading to the hospital for issues relating to mental health scimex.org/newsfeed/heatw… #science #sciencenews #research #stem #heatwave #mentalhealth

🦆 EXPERT REACTION: First case of H5 bird flu in a local Australian seabird detected ✨commentary from @TheDohertyInst @UNSW @Sydney_Uni @UTAS_ @Griffith_Uni @BirdlifeOz @CurtinUni @usceduau @latrobe @jane_younger @Acanthoplus @profesterman @DuckSwabber scimex.org/newsfeed/exper…

👃 European scientists say that subjectively feeling like you're losing your sense of smell is linked with depression ✨More information here✨ buff.ly/n2PBJ3y #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #senseofsmell #depression #mentalhealth

🍫 Want to feel more full, less hungry and get more reps in at the gym? Malaysian scientists say you should sniff some dark chocolate buff.ly/usSZfaJ #science #sciencenews #research #stem #knowledge #sciencefacts #gymgains #gym #weights #exercise #circuittraining

📵 There’s been a major Telstra outage and experts from @Flinders @CurtinUni @UQ_News @Sydney_Uni @UniofAdelaide @mohi_1257 @EdithCowanUni @usceduau @ANUmedia @latrobe @Swinburne @HusseinDia @Griffith_Uni respond: scimex.org/newsfeed/exper… #science #telstra #telstraoutage

Happy 🍫World Chocolate Day🍫! 🎊To celebrate this wonderful day, here's new research on our favourite treat ✨Follow the link for more information on this story✨ buff.ly/TyRIIsC #science #research #knowledge #sciencefacts #worldchocolateday #chocolate #cacao

🐦‍⬛ Need an expert to talk to about #birdflu? 📣 Today's #EXPERTSPOTLIGHT is @DrMeaganDewar from #FederationUni 🔍️ Meagan is an expert in all things wildlife health, and you can find her details here: buff.ly/06MIKYv

🐬 Up to 76% of the trawlers that drag the bottom of the Adriatic Sea are followed by bottlenose dolphins, which might reflect a lack of prey to hunt elsewhere buff.ly/Hw1vWvg #science #sciencenews #research #knowledge #sciencefacts #dolphin #bottlenose #overfishing

🎊 OFF EMBARGO IS OFFICIALLY LIVE! 🧐 This week, we talk to Professor Crystal Abidin about misinformation, meme factories, and companies being cool. 🎧 Available NOW wherever you get your podcasts! buff.ly/E3ZwKZy 👯‍♀️ Special thank you to @inspiringSthAus

🎊 IT'S OFF EMBARGO! Tune in to get a look at interesting stuff that’s just ✨off embargo✨, hear insightful interviews with scientists and journalists, ensuring credible science hits the headlines 🙏Made possible through a Science Engagement Grant from @inspiringSthAus

🪑New research has strengthened the link between sedentary behaviours and cancer: scimex.org/newsfeed/prolo… 📣Speak to our #EXPERTSPOTLIGHT Prof David Dunstan from @BakerResearchAu for help on this story! 🔎Details available here: scimex.org/experts?name=d…

💊 Some contraceptive options containing progestogens are linked to an increased risk of developing a type of brain tumour called meningioma, but experts from @uommedia @dralexpolyakov and @UQ_News note that the overall risk is still very low buff.ly/TwtH1pv #science

🪐 International researchers using the #JWST to look at a planet orbiting a distant white dwarf say they might know what will happen to our solar system after our Sun's inevitable demise buff.ly/QRomnPt #science #sciencenews #space #whitedwarf #astronomy #astrophysics

🫁 Higher levels of vitamin A are linked to better lung function in people with asthma, say researchers, while vitamin D is linked with similar results, with the added benefit of potentially slowing biological ageing buff.ly/miwwbWp #science #asthma #ageing #lunghealth

💊 A large study of over 120,000 children has found no link between paracetamol use during pregnancy and the risk of ADHD or autism buff.ly/wYokZMP #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #paracetamolandpregnancy #pregnancy #autism #ADHD