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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Anyone want to see my brain? We'll be talking brain imaging and statistics in our Sunday show for @melbcomedyfestival.bsky.social. Tickets are free, but you'll need to register: www.comedyfestival.com.au/browse-shows...

A moving mri image of the brain. Text reads: I'm so grossed out by this, but at the same time it's so cool. What we can do in medical science is incredible."

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Can't wait for this exploration of science and art crossovers to foster some beautiful moments of creativity. #sciencepoetry

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Get the full story here, on the Australian Highlights website. australianhighlights.com.au/coreytutt

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

New ep! Corey Tutt, founder of DeadlyScience, knows the power of representative educational resources & role models. "Indigenous kids used to say they wanted to be a deadly footballer now they want to be a deadly scientist.” Hear Corey's story & his steadfast vision to make STEM a place for all.

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

There be nerds here... especially as the new episode of Australian Highlights has an #LOTR connection... australianhighlights.com.au/vanessamoss #ASKAP #SAURON @iamseizure.bsky.social

Text panel that reads: AH reaction ten, "Goddamn nerds." Seizure Kaiser

A telescope dish in the outback under a starry sky

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Something beautiful for the weekend: the story of Harriet & Helena Scott. Dr Vanessa Finney, Australian Museum, shares the lives & works of our first professional female illustrators & how they continue to inspire: australianhighlights.com.au/scottsisters Image: Watercolour by Harriet Scott.

Finely detailed image of three moths and a caterpillar amongst a flowering gum. A sketch of colonial Sydney in the background. At the bottom are sketches of antenna and legs

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Ah! Just remembered I have to do the splits on stage for the New Zealand International Science Festival in June... not sure that range of motion exists anymore...why do I do this to myself??!

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

New episode in time for #IWD where I get to talk to @astrokatross.bsky.social about the work of #IncludeHer - giving credit where credit is due for the science we're learning about today. australianhighlights.com.au/katross

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Fine, here's the link 😉 adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/au...

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Say what???! This Saturday in Adelaide, we discuss past and future innovators, and the joy of storytelling. It's free and you don't need a ticket! Come to... I forget... Ah, just google it: Australian Highlights Adelaide Fringe...if the copy-paste isn't too fiddly.

Text: the impact of AI - cognitive offloading - will have some bearing on whether we've got a hope in he'll of doing any sort of useful innovating. - Mark Thomson

Pictures of guests Claire Ford and Mark Thomson

Text: our ability to think critically may atrophy horribly - Mark Thomson on the rise of LLMs and AI.

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Dr Heather Bray, senior lecturer in scicomm & I will be persuading an international comedian that science communication is one of the most important areas of study & answer, what is truth? #scicomm #fringe

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Playing a role in policy-making, education, media & even pandemics, scicommers are guiding critical decision making. So how is Australia involved & how are we continuing to lead the world in untangling big issues for diverse audiences?

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

As part of the Australian Highlights series, we're exploring Australia's role in science communication. This is a niche field of research and expertise, which is having its moment as our complex world requires more & more people to accurately communicate the science underpinning it all.

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Join us on Sun, 9 Feb at 7:30pm, Scitech for an exploration of the questions tackled by science communicators everyday: 🎓What makes someone an expert & how do we know? 🧪Do people trust scientists & what is trust anyway? 📑Why can't we just educate people? #SciComm #Fringe

Woman with dark hair in white shirt in a natural landscape smiles at the camera.

Image of text: AH Moment Live
"That experience really opened my eyes to the disconnect between sci comm research and practice."
Dr Heather Bray

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Omg what? Huge, if true. 👀👀👀

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Two episodes of my new podcast series, Australian Highlights, is launching Saturday, 8 February. Our exceptional highlight is innovator Mik Jade, one of the most amazing people I've had the privilege to speak to.

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Dr Laura Driessen @astrolaura.com · 15/01/2025

Check out this new cosmic weirdo discovered using @csiro.bsky.social's ASKAP telescope! It spins so slowly that you could watch both the Fellowship of the Ring and the Two Towers and still have time leftover before it finishes a full rotation Read more: theconversation.com/blinking-rad...

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Blinking radio pulses from space hint at a cosmic object that ‘shouldn’t exist’

The slowest ‘cosmic lighthouse’ ever found challenges our understanding of how neutron stars work.

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Instagram's Twitter-like fall begins...

Instagram notification list that reads "elonmusk.625 has started following you"

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

It is very very very small...in comparison

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Ah yes, I've used a golden marsupial mole for scale, it's in the bottom left corner...

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I'm really loving the shade of purple! Is it a specific shade to radio astronomy?

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Using new, advanced telescopes like CSIRO's ASKAP radio telescope has shown this supernova remnant to be closer than previously thought. Discovered in 1988, G278.94+1.35 is estimated to be 8,800 light years away. Now, this figure is at 3,300 light years. Credit: Filipović et al., 2024

A wobbly bubble expands from a central point. Dots are scattered across the background, each one another galaxy.

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

High praise! That is exciting news. Full credit to musician Michelle Cashman and editor Graham Hunter for piecing my mad ideas all together.

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Our trailer is here! Give it a listen and subscribe on your favourite podcast app! australianhighlights.com.au/trailer

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Australian Highlights

and celebrating the people behind them

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Last minute Chrissy gift for the Perth set? Why not tickets to Fringe World? Why not this show... Across two nights of laughter with Perth's finest thinkers, discover the fields where Australia is leading the way: we'll head into space on Sat, 8 Feb, then bring science to life on Sun, 9 Feb.

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Australian Highlights - Live | FRINGE WORLD Festival - 17 Jan to 16 Feb 2025

The Australian Highlights podcast and article series is the place where we find the innovative people and ideas which are not – yet! – common knowledge. Join us for a live recording where we'll be bri...

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

There's a case for a strong sentence!

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 17/12/2024

Issue 19 of the science, poetry, & art journal Consilience, has just been published! This issue features poetry and artwork that explores the scientific topic of ‘Insects’. www.consilience-journal.com/issue-19 #SciComm #SciArt 🧪 #Poetry

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Consciousness (Issue 19) — Consilience

Issue 19 of Consilience features poetry and artwork that explores the topic of 'insects'.

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I've been hiding away working on a big project that I'm so nervous about! It's a podcast and article series that I'll be touring around the festivals next year. It's also online at www.australianhighlights.com.au

Dark green square with text: Australian Highlights, our stories of innovation with host Rachel Rayner, Science Explainer. Launching 8 Feb

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 14/08/2024

We've heard of spiral galaxies, elliptical galaxies, lenticular galaxies, even irregular galaxies. BUT HAVE YOU HEARD OF CORKSCREW GALAXIES?! Awesome work from CSIRO friends using #ASKAP. @raynerexplainer.bsky.social covers: www.instagram.com/p/C-myBWpMJR... academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... 🔭🧪📡

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ASKAP reveals the radio tail structure of the Corkscrew Galaxy shaped by its passage through the Abell 3627 cluster

ABSTRACT. Among the bent-tail radio galaxies common in galaxy clusters are some with long, collimated tails (so-called head-tail galaxies) shaped by their

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Either way, it was an absolute gift! How lucky you are

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 19/05/2024

My goodness, what a fucking fantastic night. You guys were amazing! Thank you for coming, you absolutely made it a blast.

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 19/05/2024

Opening night was so much fun! We had a good representation of astronomers too, so we could throw in some starry jokes. Have an amazing Birthday Weekend, and thank you a bunch! ⭐️🚀💫

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 10/05/2024

@cosmicrami.bsky.social and @funfactscience.bsky.social - I feel there is a few physicists we know who might enjoy this!

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 10/05/2024

Calling all nerds, dorks and the curious... come hang out with me (described as Dr Karl meets Barbie) next weekend - there will be puns, jabs at the patriarchy, yoga and quantum physics!! Tix: sydneycomedyfest.com.au/event/rachel-r…

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 31/03/2024

Happy Easter to all those who celebrate! Especially to those who celebrate the hatching of the Bunny from the Egg. A famously mammalian thing to do.

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 28/03/2024

Anyone here have Melb International Comedy Festival recommendations, or something they would love to go to but just can't make?

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 22/03/2024

Alright - what's your favourite science puns? Next week is the Victorian debut of my show, Atomically Correct for the Melb Int Comedy show. I can't wait to share my fave quantum puns and atomic entendre. Tickets: www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/shows/a...

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 17/03/2024

It was so awesome to introduce to this crazy, zany world. Thank you for coming along and being so awesome on stage! 🤩

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Rachel Rayner @raynerexplainer.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

A man on the street told me I had a lucky face, but I needed to think less. Did not ask me to smile though!

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