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Adam Spencer on the CSIRO job cuts

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:15:06
Publish Date: 2025-11-23 15:00:00
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Our peak scientific body, the CSIRO, has made extraordinary discoveries and invented everyday wonders like Aerogard, plastic banknotes and WiFi. 

But once again the CSIRO is axing jobs, saying the cost of doing science has outpaced its funding and it needs to refocus on big issues. 

Today, Adam Spencer, ambassador for mathematics and science at Sydney University on what happens when science is underfunded. 

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Adam Spencer, science communicator and University of Sydney’s mathematics and science ambassador

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