Jacinta Den Besten

Laby Teaching and Outreach Fellow, School of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

Arts & Culture

Alien life as we know it

The discovery of life on another planet is becoming more likely - so the movie Life isn’t purely fiction

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

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