Anna Salleh
Anna Salleh is a journalist with ABC RN Science Unit. As well as producing online content, she produces radio output for programs such as Science Friction, All in the Mind, the Science Show, Earshot and The Health Report. Anna has also worked as a TV researcher and producer on Australian Story, Quantum, The Investigators and Insight (SBS TV), and produced articles for Nature News, New Scientist, Australasian Science Magazine, Griffith Review, the Medical Observer, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Canberra Times and Choice Magazine. She has degrees in science and journalism, a PhD in science and technology studies and has a special interest in the intersection between science and society. Anna has also taught journalism at university, contributed to the development of science journalism courses, and to a number of books. She also sings, plays – and produces radio documentaries about - Brazilian jazz.
Out-of-this-world space careers you can have without leaving Earth
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Becoming an astronaut or going to Mars is often the first thing people think about when it comes to working in space, but there's so much more on offer.
Topics: science-and-technology, business-economics-and-finance, international-law, engineering, careers, education, career-counselling, space-exploration, spacecraft
Here's what happens when a volcano erupts
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Volcanoes are spectacular — sometimes deadly — forces of nature and Planet Earth is covered in hundreds of them. But how do these iconic wonders form, and what risks do they really pose?
Topics: science-and-technology, volcanic-eruption, earth-sciences, bali, indonesia, vanuatu, hawaii, iceland
The tricky business of defining new species
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What gives an animal the uniqueness required to be classified as its own species? The problem is that scientists can't agree.
Topics: science-and-technology, ecology, biological-diversity, conservation
Three ideas about time that will bend your mind
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According to some of the latest physics, time isn't exactly what we think it is. In fact, it may not even exist at all! When our best scientific theories sound crazy, can philosophers help science make better sense of time?
Topics: science-and-technology, philosophy, physics, australia
Why does time seem to fly ... or not? It's all in your mind
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How many times have you felt the time fly on a busy day or felt it drag when you least wanted it to? Scientists explain what's behind some of our everyday experiences of time.
Topics: science-and-technology, neuroscience, psychology
Scientists create 3D-printed brain-like tissue from stem cells
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Scientists use a 3D printer to create brain-like tissue in the lab using a 3D printer and special bio-ink made from stem cells — an innovation that may be used in the future to help treat epilepsy, schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease.
Topics: science-and-technology, biotechnology, diseases-and-disorders, bio-ethics, australia
Einstein's light bending theory directly observed in distant stars for first time
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Astronomers use the gravitational warping of light, predicted by Einstein nearly a century ago, to measure the mass of a distant star as it passed in front of another star — an event Einstein himself thought would be impossible to directly observe.
Topics: science-and-technology, physics, astronomy-space, australia
What are scientists allowed to tell the public?
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A dispute within the CSIRO about whether its climate science advice has been "missing in action" opens a fresh chapter in a long-running debate about the freedom of government scientists.
Topics: science-and-technology, federal-government, research-organisations, research
Leaked emails reveal claims CSIRO 'missing in action' on climate advice
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Leaked emails from 2015 reveal a bitter dispute within CSIRO, Australia’s leading science body, as management tried to prevent top scientists from breaking ranks before the Paris climate summit.
Topics: science-and-technology, government-and-politics, research-organisations, research, australia
Extreme heat pushes parts of Great Barrier Reef beyond recovery
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Parts of the Great Barrier Reef will never fully recover from repeated bleaching of its corals, caused by spikes in the water temperature, a detailed analysis of the reef over the past 20 years shows.
Topics: science-and-technology, climate-change, conservation, marine-biology, great-barrier-reef, port-douglas-4871, cairns-4870, qld, australia
Quiz: Tone deaf or musical whizz?
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Test your ear with this short quiz that probes your musicality — can you pick out subtle variations in pitch and rhythm?
Topics: science-and-technology, neuroscience, music
So you think you can't sing? It could be all in your mind
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Many people believe they are "tone deaf", but can they be cured with training? We explore why tone deafness may literally be all in the mind.
Topics: science-and-technology, community-and-society, diseases-and-disorders, music-education, music, neuroscience
Revisiting a trailblazing Top End bilingual maths program
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In the 1970s and 1980s, a north-east Arnhem Land school pioneered the use of Aboriginal culture and language to teach mathematics and other subjects. Where are they now and what future lies ahead for such programs?
Topics: science-and-technology, mathematics-education, indigenous-policy, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, yirrkala-0880, nt
Five reasons to love brush turkeys
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Have brush turkeys taken over your garden? Brush turkeys have got a bad reputation, but there are good reasons to admire — if not love — this native bird.
Topics: science-and-technology, animal-behaviour, ecology, animals, environment-education, environment, natives, australia
Are your 'sea legs' actually in your brain?
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The best defence against seasickness is the ability to adapt to the motion of a boat or a ship — this is also known as getting your 'sea legs'. But scientists disagree about the cause of seasickness and how getting your sea legs works.
Topics: science-and-technology, oceans-and-reefs, australia
Why space junk is coming back to bite us
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Space junk is crowding out spacecraft and telecommunication satellites, and putting humans at risk. It's a big problem, and getting bigger every day.
Topics: science-and-technology, engineering, air-and-space, astronomy-space
What can we bring home from the 'Bionic Olympics'?
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What will it take for hi-tech wheelchairs, exoskeletons, robotic arms and mind control to really change the everyday lives of people with physical disabilities?
Topics: science-and-technology, robots-and-artificial-intelligence, computers-and-technology, disabilities
Bright radio flash sheds light on the Universe's cosmic web
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An ultra-bright cosmic flash of radio waves from a galaxy far, far away gives scientists an unprecedented view of what lies between galaxies in the Universe.
Topics: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, galaxies, stars, australia
Amazing things animals get up to when we're not looking
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What does a penguin get up to out at sea? How high can a condor fly? The Jekyll and Hyde nature and hidden talents of wild animals are revealed when we track their every move.
Topics: science-and-technology, information-technology, animal-behaviour, conservation
Indigenous scientist Karlie Noon reaches for the stars
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Indigenous science graduate Karlie Noon fought hard to get a double major in pure math and physics. She talks about her journey and her hopes for the future.
Topics: science-and-technology, careers, education, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander
Oldest squawk box suggests dinosaurs were no songbirds
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The discovery of the oldest known bird voice box is shedding light on what sounds dinosaurs were capable of making — or not!
Topics: science-and-technology, dinosaurs, palaeontology, birds
Quiz: How deep is your knowledge about tsunamis?
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Tsunamis are the stuff of legend, but scientists rely on the latest technology to predict them. Take this quick quiz to see how much you know about these unusual big waves.
The Torres Strait Islanders who use the stars to predict weather
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Traditional stories in songs show how Indigenous people on Murray Island observe the features of twinkling stars to predict weather and changes in season.
Topics: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, torres-strait-islands
How Pluto's moon Charon got its red cap
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Pluto's moon Charon's dark red north pole used to leave researchers "scratching their heads", but now scientists think they can explain the phenomenon.
Topics: science-and-technology, astronomy-space
'Catastrophic' global loss of 10pc of wilderness over past two decades
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Planet Earth has lost one tenth of its area of wilderness since 1993, equivalent to half of Australia in size, new research reveals.
Topics: science-and-technology, conservation, ecology
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