What Comes Next? Join us for a trip to the future with some of Australia’s finest scientific minds.
| | | | This week on Q+A – What Comes Next? Join us for a trip to the future with some of Australia’s finest scientific minds.
The response to the COVID-19 pandemic has thrust scientists into the public eye and made many of them household names. How do we translate this upsurge of interest into the next generation of scientific superstars? Are our universities doing enough to foster world-class scientists and how do we turn ideas into tangible solutions and products?
The pandemic is changing the way scientists study and work. Will our brightest minds of the future spend less time in the lab and more time in front of quantum computers? What will the future look like? We’ll look at how artificial intelligence will shape our lives and ask, can robots help us tackle cyber-crime?
Australia will become only the second country in the world after the UK to receive technology from the United States to build nuclear-powered submarines. What do we know about the science behind this major security step? And after Christian Porter’s resignation from the Ministry, who will be Australia’s next Federal Science Minister?
And why on earth should we care about whale snot? Our panel will explain all!
Joining Stan Grant on the panel:
Brian Schmidt, Nobel laureate and Vice-Chancellor, ANU
Lidia Morawska, International Air Quality expert
Michael Biercuk, Quantum Physicist and innovator
Vanessa Pirotta, Wildlife scientist and science communicator
Toby Walsh, Artificial Intelligence expert
Please submit a question via our website by 9am Thursday for the chance to ask the panel.
Scroll down to watch Thursday's toughest question asked Joey Yung, who wanted to know if Australia should focus on maintaining a relationship with China as we do with the US. 👇
Watch Q+A Thursday at 8.30pm on ABC TV, streamed live 8.30pm AEST on ABC iview or on our website. |
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| | Job losses at the Australian National University in 2020 highlighted the impact that COVID-19 has had on the tertiary sector. ANU vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt joins Thursday's panel - what will you ask him? | | MORE |
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| | Vanessa Pirotta is a wildlife scientist whose research uses innovative technologies for wildlife conservation. Last week, Vanessa showed ABC News viewers the technique whales use to capture their prey. | | MORE |
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| In 2017, Toby Walsh speculated on 10 ways artificial intelligence will change society by 2050. If you've got a question about AI, make sure you submit it for Toby via the Q+A website. | | MORE |
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| Catch Up on Last Week's Show |
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| Following the announcement of Australia joining the AUKUS pact for nuclear submarines, Joey Yung asks if we should focus on maintaining a relationship with China as we do with the US. | | WATCH |
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| Mayor of Canterbury Bankstown Khal Asfour discussed the impact different restrictions for people based on their vaccination status or place of residence have had on communities like his. | | WATCH |
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| The Q+A panel discuss communities divided by COVID restrictions, the AUKUS pact for nuclear submarines and diversity in Parliament. | | WATCH |
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