NATIONAL TALK BLACK – 09/09/2025
On todays National Talk Black via NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service we have:
Professor Chris Lawrence, National Indigenous Space Academy (NISA) Lead and Monash University Associate Dean (Indigenous) – Faculty of Information Technology, talking about the First Nations STEM stars heading to UK and NASA. Eight Indigenous Australian university students have been selected for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at two of the world’s leading space and science research centres as part of Monash University’s National Indigenous Space Academy (NISA), supported by the Australian Space Agency and CSIRO. Coming from across Australia, the students will head to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA/JPL) in California and the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) RAL Space for a ten-week education program to work on exciting space science projects like the biological testing of UV-resistant space organisms, analysing datasets from Jupiter’s atmosphere and working on software within NASA’s Flight Software Framework. Now in its third year, NISA has expanded beyond NASA/JPL to also include placements at RAL Space in the UK. Departing Melbourne on 4 September, six of the students will head to NASA/JPL and two will be stationed at RAL Space for ten weeks. To learn more about the National Indigenous Space Academy, please visit the link below! (Photo Credits: James Cutler/Monash University)
https://www.monash.edu/it/nisa
Shannon Roach, @zyrtecaustralia Pacific Business Unit Director, talking about the New research revealing Australian parents lack awareness about home allergens fuelling their child’s hayfever symptoms. New research reveals that 83% of Aussie parents worry about home allergens affecting their kids’ health, yet 32% don’t adjust their home routines during peak pollen season. Even among parents of children with hayfever symptoms, only 17% believe the home environment could be making things worse. To help address the awareness gap, Zyrtec is re-releasing Zac and Zoe: Hide and Sneeze as a bath book. The book provides parents with a playful and informative story format to help identify allergic rhinitis. Bath time offers a calm, distraction-free moment where parents and children can connect, making it the perfect opportunity to introduce important conversations about allergy triggers and symptoms. You can find out more via the link below! (Photo Credits: Zyrtec Australia)
https://www.zyrtec.com.au/storytime
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