Find out about the Project For Real Science
The Project for Real Science is an exciting new initiative to rebuild the integrity of scientific research in Australia, with a special focus on the Great Barrier Reef.
Dr Peter Ridd, a former Professor of Physics at James Cook University, had first-hand experience of how the search for government funds and media headlines leads to bad science [...]
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Reef Rebels is a program of the Project for Real Science where young Australians are given the opportunity to journey to the Great Barrier Reef with scientist Dr Peter Ridd to investigate the health of the Great Barrier Reef themselves.
The Project For Real Science Team
Project For Real Science is led by Dr Peter Ridd , who is an Australian physicist and former professor at James Cook University, North Queensland, Australia.

Project For Real Science Latest Posts

11, August 2022
Dr Peter Ridd
Time For JCU To Accept It Has A Problem With Research
The University of Delaware has conducted an investigation into Danielle Dixson, on the effect of carbon dioxide on reef fish while at James Cook University. [...]
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11, August 2022
Dr Peter Ridd
Riddikulus Reef-dementors
We should look at the predictions of the reef-Dementors in 2012 when it had relatively low coral cover after a couple of huge cyclones passed across the reef. [...]
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