The $200 million Australian Synchrotron could be shut down next year after the Baillieu government failed to commit to ongoing funding of the research facility at the centre of Melbourne’s thriving scientific community. The Sunday Age understands the synchrotron’s board has made contingency plans for its closure, with funds due to run out in June next year – just five years after it opened. Last week’s state budget gave no extra funds to the facility, which supports the work of 2500 scientists, has 120 highly skilled staff and is producing scientific discoveries of world importance. (Click on the link below for more….)
In this 200th anniversary year of the birth of Charles Darwin, and 150th anniversary year of the publication of his most famous (and one of science’s and history’s most famous) books, it is well worth a look at the amazing 
The end-of-year shows are always great fun but there is never enough time to highlight all the ‘Science Sensation‘ and ‘Science Silly Sausage‘ stories that I would like to talk about. So, I’ll take the opportunity to do that here!
