Dr Katie Mack

Dr Katie Mack

Research Fellow in Theoretical Cosmology, School of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

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Sciences & Technology

Equality in science: A mission still not accomplished

Hidden Figures, the movie of three African-American women who helped put astronauts into space, should inspire us to do more to end the inequality in science and engineering

Sciences & Technology

Planet search more than a numbers game

Identifying 1,284 new planets is one thing, searching for life forms on them will be more difficult

Sciences & Technology

Why science matters: Five of the best stories

A potential Ebola vaccine, water on Mars, record warming, 3D body parts and the cancer risks of processed meats all made headlines during the past 12 months

Sciences & Technology

An astrophysicist meets The Martian

Dr Katie Mack says there’s science and there’s fiction in Ridley Scott’s new blockbuster