Wilson da Silva
@wilsondasilva.bsky.social
Science journalist | Co-founder, COSMOS magazine | Former President, World Federation of Science Journalists | www.wilsondasilva.com
Sydney, Australia 🌏 🇵🇹🇧🇷
Sydney, Australia 🌏 🇵🇹🇧🇷
Pinned
Into the void
The end of Cosmos after 20 years is a blow to Australian science journalism, at a time when we desperately need its insights to counter misinformation
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Beautiful requiem to the passing of my beloved creation, COSMOS magazine, by the indomitable @jacksonwryan.com in The Monthly. It's been 20 years since its founding, but it too has surrendered to gravity. Ironically, COSMOS is outlived in the depths of space.
www.themonthly.com.au/july-2025/na...
www.themonthly.com.au/july-2025/na...
What happens when you refuse to accept the status quo?
Happy 158th birthday to Marie Curie: the first person ever to win 2 Nobel Prizes, who discovered radium & polonium, and risked everything in the name of science.
#NobelPrize #WomenInScience #ScienceHistory
Happy 158th birthday to Marie Curie: the first person ever to win 2 Nobel Prizes, who discovered radium & polonium, and risked everything in the name of science.
#NobelPrize #WomenInScience #ScienceHistory
Radiance: The Brilliant Career of Marie Curie
Marie Curie was an undisputed scientific giant and the first person to win two Nobel Prizes. But her research also eventually claimed her…
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November 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
What happens when you refuse to accept the status quo?
Happy 158th birthday to Marie Curie: the first person ever to win 2 Nobel Prizes, who discovered radium & polonium, and risked everything in the name of science.
#NobelPrize #WomenInScience #ScienceHistory
Happy 158th birthday to Marie Curie: the first person ever to win 2 Nobel Prizes, who discovered radium & polonium, and risked everything in the name of science.
#NobelPrize #WomenInScience #ScienceHistory
Remarkable scenes at the IAC 2025 press conference with 10 astronauts from around the world. The room was overwhelmed by a diverse sea of young faces who hung on almost every word. It’s the generation that will live and work in space, and they can’t wait.
#IAC2025 #space #astronauts
#IAC2025 #space #astronauts
October 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Remarkable scenes at the IAC 2025 press conference with 10 astronauts from around the world. The room was overwhelmed by a diverse sea of young faces who hung on almost every word. It’s the generation that will live and work in space, and they can’t wait.
#IAC2025 #space #astronauts
#IAC2025 #space #astronauts
Delightful to catch up with Sophia Casanova, whom I profiled in a feature for Australian Geographic in 2020. She was then a UNSW PhD student on space mining. Now, she's designing missions to prospect for, and mine, water ice on the Moon at ispace Europe! Go Sophia!
#IAC2025 #space
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#IAC2025 #space
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September 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Delightful to catch up with Sophia Casanova, whom I profiled in a feature for Australian Geographic in 2020. She was then a UNSW PhD student on space mining. Now, she's designing missions to prospect for, and mine, water ice on the Moon at ispace Europe! Go Sophia!
#IAC2025 #space
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#IAC2025 #space
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Having a blast at my first International Astronautical Congress. Plenty of opportunity for maximum space geek out. Per passionem ad astra.
September 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Having a blast at my first International Astronautical Congress. Plenty of opportunity for maximum space geek out. Per passionem ad astra.
Sometimes you forget that Sydney is a very pretty city.
September 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Sometimes you forget that Sydney is a very pretty city.
Just a reminder: Science save lives 😊
September 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Just a reminder: Science save lives 😊
Interesting: “It’s no longer about left & right, it’s about online & offline. The greatest division is now between those of us who have become radicalised online …and those of us who continue to cling to the old ways of doing politics, which still prize moderation, compromise & consensus-building.”
Left or right, the real source of extremism is right in front of our faces
America’s epidemic of radicalisation and political violence should be a wake-up call for Australia to address the disastrous impact of the growing online-offline divide.
www.smh.com.au
September 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Interesting: “It’s no longer about left & right, it’s about online & offline. The greatest division is now between those of us who have become radicalised online …and those of us who continue to cling to the old ways of doing politics, which still prize moderation, compromise & consensus-building.”
You just don’t expect random philosophical questions at the supermarket.
September 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
You just don’t expect random philosophical questions at the supermarket.
If you're in Sydney Oct 16: Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, discoverer of the first radio pulsars in 1967, will be giving the 2025 Stibbs Lecture at the University of Sydney, recalling the chain of events that led to her discovery.
www.sydney.edu.au/science/news...
www.sydney.edu.au/science/news...
Stibbs Lecture
www.sydney.edu.au
September 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
If you're in Sydney Oct 16: Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, discoverer of the first radio pulsars in 1967, will be giving the 2025 Stibbs Lecture at the University of Sydney, recalling the chain of events that led to her discovery.
www.sydney.edu.au/science/news...
www.sydney.edu.au/science/news...
Very sad to hear of the passing of John Manrtinus, a foreign correspondent par excellence. A lucid and impassioned journalist committed to the craft and to telling stories the world ignored. Recall fondly the many delightful conversations we had over beers in East Timor.
‘He went where others weren’t’: War correspondent John Martinkus dies
The Melbourne-born war correspondent made his name reporting on East Timor.
www.smh.com.au
September 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Very sad to hear of the passing of John Manrtinus, a foreign correspondent par excellence. A lucid and impassioned journalist committed to the craft and to telling stories the world ignored. Recall fondly the many delightful conversations we had over beers in East Timor.
On this day 39 years ago, I began my career as a journalist on The Sydney Morning Herald. It gave me a taste for big-city newspaper journalism, its proud traditions and odd quirks. I met outstanding colleagues and had some fabulous experiences. Thank you, @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
#journalism
#journalism
September 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
On this day 39 years ago, I began my career as a journalist on The Sydney Morning Herald. It gave me a taste for big-city newspaper journalism, its proud traditions and odd quirks. I met outstanding colleagues and had some fabulous experiences. Thank you, @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
#journalism
#journalism
Here’s an idea: any company that can afford to pay a CEO more than 30 times as much as the average full-time worker, needs to pay a higher tax rate.
How much more do CEOs earn than you? Most Australians get it wrong
Asked how much top executives rake in, we are “astronomically off the mark”, a new study shows.
www.smh.com.au
August 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Here’s an idea: any company that can afford to pay a CEO more than 30 times as much as the average full-time worker, needs to pay a higher tax rate.
How to protect yourself in the zombie apocalypse.
July 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
How to protect yourself in the zombie apocalypse.
Highly-advanced stealth technology update.
July 18, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Highly-advanced stealth technology update.
Beautiful requiem to the passing of my beloved creation, COSMOS magazine, by the indomitable @jacksonwryan.com in The Monthly. It's been 20 years since its founding, but it too has surrendered to gravity. Ironically, COSMOS is outlived in the depths of space.
www.themonthly.com.au/july-2025/na...
www.themonthly.com.au/july-2025/na...
Into the void
The end of Cosmos after 20 years is a blow to Australian science journalism, at a time when we desperately need its insights to counter misinformation
www.themonthly.com.au
July 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Beautiful requiem to the passing of my beloved creation, COSMOS magazine, by the indomitable @jacksonwryan.com in The Monthly. It's been 20 years since its founding, but it too has surrendered to gravity. Ironically, COSMOS is outlived in the depths of space.
www.themonthly.com.au/july-2025/na...
www.themonthly.com.au/july-2025/na...
Who would have thought?
July 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Who would have thought?
How global online scammers in Myanmar rely on Starlink for their operations.
#scammers #Starlink #Musk
#scammers #Starlink #Musk
How Elon Musk’s Starlink enables a multibillion-dollar online scam industry
Looking across the Moei River from Thailand, you can see them on the distant Myanmar rooftops – dozens of white rectangles, arranged in clusters. They’re a warning sign for what could be lurking under...
www.smh.com.au
June 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“In Trumpian circles, many people ostentatiously identify as Christians but don’t talk about Jesus very much; they have crosses on their chest but Nietzsche in their heart—or, to be more precise, a high-school sophomore’s version of Nietzsche.”
David Brooks in The Atlantic.
David Brooks in The Atlantic.
May 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
“In Trumpian circles, many people ostentatiously identify as Christians but don’t talk about Jesus very much; they have crosses on their chest but Nietzsche in their heart—or, to be more precise, a high-school sophomore’s version of Nietzsche.”
David Brooks in The Atlantic.
David Brooks in The Atlantic.
Evolution at work.
May 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Evolution at work.
May the fourth be with you.
May 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
May the fourth be with you.
Election day in Australia: hot dogs, pastry stands and local craft stalls. My ballot includes one Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister. Voting is mandatory, and ranked choice. Nice to live in a proper democracy. 🙂🗳️
May 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Election day in Australia: hot dogs, pastry stands and local craft stalls. My ballot includes one Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister. Voting is mandatory, and ranked choice. Nice to live in a proper democracy. 🙂🗳️
Forrest wonderland in Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain National Park 😊
April 22, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Forrest wonderland in Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain National Park 😊