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Aug 18, 2024 | 
sightmagazine.com.au | Alice Gorman |David Adams
JUSTIN ST P WALSH and ALICE GORMAN, in an article first published on The Conversation, look at the findings from the first archaeological fieldwork conducted in space…New results from the first archaeological fieldwork conducted in space show the International Space Station is a rich cultural landscape where crew create their own “gravity” to replace Earth’s, and adapt module spaces to suit their needs.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
sciencealert.com | Alice Gorman
New results from the first archaeological fieldwork conducted in space show the International Space Station is a rich cultural landscape where crew create their own "gravity" to replace Earth's, and adapt module spaces to suit their needs. Archaeology is usually thought of as the study of the distant past, but it's ideally suited for revealing how people adapt to long-duration spaceflight.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Alice Gorman
New results from the first archaeological fieldwork conducted in space show the International Space Station is a rich cultural landscape where crew create their own “gravity” to replace Earth’s, and adapt module spaces to suit their needs. Archaeology is usually thought of as the study of the distant past, but it’s ideally suited for revealing how people adapt to long-duration spaceflight.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Alice Gorman
Our cultural touchstones series looks at influential books. Alice B. Toklas wrote one of the bestselling cookbooks of all time. One reason for its popularity was the inclusion of stories of her 39-year relationship with the great modernist writer Gertrude Stein. Another was its recipe for hash fudge, which made Toklas an icon of 1960s counterculture. Alice wasn’t a very common name in the 1980s when I was an undergraduate.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
theconversation.com | Jen Webb |Alexander Howard |Alice Gorman |Anna Clark |Carl Rhodes |Carol Lefevre | +13 more
Jen Webb has received funding from the Australian Research Council. Anna Clark has received funding from the Australian Research Council. Edwina Preston has received funding from Australia Council for the Arts and Creative Victoria. She is currently employed by the Australian Education Union Heidi Norman is affiliated with the University of Technology Sydney where Graham Akhurst is also a colleague. Julienne van Loon receives funding from Creative Victoria.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
theconversation.com | Alice Gorman
In 1963, six years after the first satellite was launched, editors from the Encyclopaedia Britannica posed a question to five eminent thinkers of the day: “Has man’s conquest of space increased or diminished his stature?” The respondents were philosopher Hannah Arendt, writer Aldous Huxley, theologian Paul Tillich, nuclear scientist Harrison Brown and historian Herbert J. Muller.
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Nov 23, 2023 | 
thewire.in | Alice Gorman
In 1963, six years after the first satellite was launched, editors from the Encyclopaedia Britannica posed a question to five eminent thinkers of the day: “Has man’s conquest of space increased or diminished his stature?” The respondents were philosopher Hannah Arendt, writer Aldous Huxley, theologian Paul Tillich, nuclear scientist Harrison Brown and historian Herbert J. Muller.
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Oct 3, 2023 | 
science.thewire.in | Alice Gorman
Billions of people around the world have received the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. The rapid development of these vaccines changed the course of the pandemic, providing protection against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. But these vaccines would not have been possible it if weren’t for the pioneering work of this year’s winners of the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine decades earlier.
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Feb 8, 2023 | 
hashtag.net.au | Alice Gorman
Jane Carey’s new book Taking to the Field explores a paradox: women have been excluded from Australian science for many social and political reasons, but were also present and active within it from its earliest days. It’s a story of extraordinary achievements as well as struggles to gain recognition and fair treatment. Review: Taking to the Field: a History of Australian Women in Science - Jane Carey (Monash University Publishing)An array of fascinating and talented characters populates the book.
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Feb 8, 2023 | 
theconversation.com | Alice Gorman
Jane Carey’s new book Taking to the Field explores a paradox: women have been excluded from Australian science for many social and political reasons, but were also present and active within it from its earliest days. It’s a story of extraordinary achievements as well as struggles to gain recognition and fair treatment. Review: Taking to the Field: a History of Australian Women in Science - Jane Carey (Monash University Publishing)An array of fascinating and talented characters populates the book.
