Lyndal Byford
Lyndal has an Honours Degree in biotechnology from Flinders University and a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication from the Australian National University.
She has ten years experience in communicating science in a range of settings including science museums, within the pharmaceutical industry and in media relations. Moving to the UK in 2005, Lyndal joined the UK Science Media Centre as its sole engineering press officer.
She returned to Australia in November 2007 to take up the Media Manager role at the Australian Science Media Centre, an independent not for profit organisation that works with the news media to inject more evidence-based science into public discourse.
Articles by Lyndal Byford
Swine flu’s birthday: Should we have reacted differently?
One year ago this weekend, the World Health Organisation issued its first Disease Outbreak Notice on swine flu, confirming the…... Read more
Balance in climate coverage nothing without quality
In what was an unprecedented move, Australia’s two leading climate science agencies, the CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology, combined…... Read more
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Would you kill for a job?
Who would work in an abattoir? Most of us have done jobs we didn’t want to do because we needed…
Friday Dilemma: child cruelty or harmless fun?
Parenting. It’s the new oneupmanship. Ah, how quaint the days now seem when parents could raise…
Hipsters with hip replacements
Someone once told me that when people reach a certain age they begin dressing in the manner they did…
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From: Punch on: Open thread 09/02/2012
marley says:
I'm one of the older ones, so I've certainly seen a few changes in my time. When I started school I learned to write with a nib pen, dipped in an inkwell (no, I'm not kidding). My mother became a dab hand at getting inkstains out of my clothes. Flicking ink at one another in the classroom was an essential… [read more]From: I’d rather have a piece of toast than listen to crap lyrics
Erick says:
Led Zeppelin are responsible for my all-time favourite mixed metaphor: "There you sit, sit and stare, like a book on a shelf rusting." (Misty Mountain Hop) I laugh every time I hear it. Hmmm, I believe I've decided what to play on the way to work today. [read more]Gentle jabs to the ribs
No wuckin forries. These nuckin futs are tuckin fops
Well, puck me with a fitchfork. The F-word is apparently an acceptable part of Australian speech. That’s… Read more
