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National Science Week 2024 took place from 10 to 18 August

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Celestial emu; Traditional Knowledge saving the planet; and TikTok’s favourite Indigenous astrophysicist

Great National Science Week First Nations science stories up for grabs now around Australia

Celestial Emu: Connecting Sky Country and astronomy – Sydney
The Indigenous night sky, bush food, and technology – Redfern, NSW
Telescopes and TikTok: meet Indigenous astrophysicist and social media star Kirsten Banks – Albury, NSW
Help us find the birds at Red Lily Lagoon – Jilkminggan, NT
140,000 years in 30 minutes: The Earth Above: A Deep Time View of Australia’s Epic History – Perth
First Nations science and culture for conservation – Mamadawerre, NT
Indigenous technology: Noongar axe making – Kondinin, WA
Art-science exhibition explores science fiction – Melbourne
Why can’t you see the stars? Why Australia needs to be kept in the dark – online

More on these below and visit ScienceWeek.net.au/events to find more stories in your area.

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TAS: De-GOOPing wellness; wildlife caught on camera; Antarctic blasts; and vaginal vignettes from the animal kingdom

Dozens of Science Week stories around Tasmania

An Aussie astronaut, adult ADHD, de-GOOPing wellness, and 150 roving scientists – Hobart
Tracking cats, robot cars, drones, fossils, and more at Festival of Bright Ideas – Hobart
Vaginal vignettes: Sex in the animal kingdom – Hobart
Ice blasts, penguin eggs, and mobile Antarctic classroom – multiple locations
Nature’s jewels: The tiny, enchanting world of slime moulds – Westbury
Where the krill are going, and the whales are following – online
The art and science of relaxing your nervous system – Kingston, Cygnet, Deloraine & Ulverstone
Tasmanian wildlife caught on camera – Launceston & Hobart
Space treasures on tour – multiple locations, West Coast and North West Tasmania
Can you see the stars? Dark skies versus light pollution

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National Science Week in Tasmania is coordinated by Inspiring Tasmania. Visit their website: inspiringtas.org.au.

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ACT: Fang-tastic science; shopping with daleks; ‘green steel’ from old tyres; and inside the ‘digital memory’ of trees

Dozens of Science Week stories around ACT

Step into the ‘digital memory’ of an endangered forest at the NFSA – Canberra
Want to work as a scientist on Capital Hill? – Canberra
Meet the inventor of green steel from old tyres – Canberra
Early signs of blindness you can stop – Canberra
Surviving in the wild without an iPhone or having to drink your own wee – Canberra
Fang-tastic: For the love of bats, vampires and pop-culture flick, Blade – Canberra
Shop alongside reptiles, daleks, dinosaurs, robots, and more – multiple locations
Can you see the stars? Dark skies versus light pollution

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QLD: FarmBots; 3D printed meds; and ‘accessible’ dinosaurs

Science Week stories abound across Queensland

Please touch the dinosaurs: museum accessibility for visually impaired kids – Brisbane
Should we 3D print pills? – Brisbane
‘We’re All Aliens, Baby’: science songs and astrophysicists at a live Planetarium concert – Brisbane
What the froth? Raise a glass to innovation and discovery at ‘Science in the Brewery’ – Gladstone
Play with rocket scientists – Springfield Central & Toowoomba
When ‘bad’ fungi attacks: is there a doctor in the forest? – Julatten
How will quantum reshape Queensland? – Fortitude Valley
The Sound of Symmetry: the interplay between maths and music – Cloncurry & Brisbane
Are robots rolling onto farms? – Royal Queensland Show, Brisbane
Can you see the stars? Dark skies versus light pollution

More on each of the highlights below.

National Science Week in Queensland is coordinated by Inspiring Australia Queensland. Visit their website: www.inspiringqld.com.au

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VIC: Scifi art, genetics and the law, the future of the Otways

National Science Week in VIC

Dozens of Science Week stories around the state

Art-science exhibition explores science fiction – Parkville
A morning with Aussie astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg at Scienceworks
How to grow a Martian garden – Melbourne, Shepparton, Wodonga & Bendigo
Breakfast in a petri dish: inside the lab of ‘The Man Who Invented Vegemite’ – Beaufort
What should be the future of the Otway Ranges? – Colac
Hedy Lamarr’s Hollywood glamour and scientific genius on stage – Bendigo & Melbourne
Today’s women in science on their historical foremothers – State Library of Victoria
Canine happiness 101: if dogs could talk, you might be shocked
Raising rarity: saving Victoria’s most threatened plants – Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne
Dark matter on the move – Ballarat, Dandenong & Melbourne
Can you see the stars? Dark skies versus light pollution

More on each of the highlights below.

National Science Week in Victoria is coordinated by Inspiring Victoria. Visit their website: inspiringvictoria.org.au.

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Decoding the ‘school-aged brain’; counting koalas; science careers in government; and inflatable DNA

National Science Week Education stories up for grabs now around Australia

Neurodiversity, teenage attention spans and the school-aged brain
How do you count koalas?
200+ schools make fake blood
Inflatable DNA: meet the molecular biologist-turned-balloon artist teaching kids what makes them unique – multiple locations, ACT
You could have a science career in government – Canberra
Tracking cats, robot cars, drones, fossils, and more at Festival of Bright Ideas – Hobart
Ice blasts, penguin eggs, and mobile Antarctic classroom – multiple locations, TAS
Naracoorte’s giant ancient kangaroos, Tasmanian tigers, and a singing palaeontologist – online
Students make stars – multiple locations, NT
The Indigenous night sky, bush food, and technology – Sydney
Bug Barcode Blitz: WA’s creepy crawlies need your help
Family tree of Tassie devils – Sydney
Why can’t you see the stars? – online

More on these below and visit ScienceWeek.net.au/events to find more stories in your area.

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WA: Black holes, bug blitz, beer science, and Matt the Feral Cat

Dozens of Science Week stories around Western Australia

140,000 years in 30 minutes: The Earth Above: a full-dome planetarium show
Bomb bacteria with beanbags at the Broome STEM Festival
How to grow a Martian garden
Meet dark matter hunters and quantum experts
Bug Barcode Blitz: WA’s creepy crawlies need your help
What happens when beer brewing goes wrong?
Unbreakable bones, black holes, Shark Bay, and fantastic rays and where to find them – meet the top young scientists brought to WA by Forest Research Foundation to conduct their research
Find out about the secret maths of crochet… with cocktails
Matt the Feral Cat – make and meet this feline fiend in Albany
Noongar axe making: Indigenous technology and knowledge
Can you see the stars? Dark skies versus light pollution

More on each of the highlights below.

National Science Week in Western Australia is coordinated by Inspiring Western Australia. Visit their website: inspiringwa.org.au.

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Australians need to be kept in the dark

Tell us if you can see the Milky Way. Help us bring back the dark night sky.

Media contacts: Shelley Thomas, shelley@scienceinpublic.com.au or 0416 377 444; or Tanya Ha, tanya@scienceinpublic.com.au or 0404 083 863.

Participate at: www.abc.net.au/nightsky from 31 July.

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Humanity grew up seeing the Milky Way: feeling a sense of awe and wonder, and questioning our place in the Universe. But now, due to light pollution, it is disappearing from our view.

The ABC and Australian National University (ANU) invite you to become a real-life ‘guardian of the Galaxy’ to help conserve our dark night sky.

“The Milky Way is disappearing before our eyes,” says ANU astrophysicist and cosmologist Dr Brad Tucker, of Earth’s ‘home galaxy’, estimated to contain over 100 billion stars and stretching 100,000 light years in diameter.

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Martian garden; adult ADHD; dark matter on the move; exploding elephant toothpaste; and your brain on AI

National Science Week is coming up in August. There are hundreds of stories, events, and interesting people to interview.

Here are some early highlights from around Australia:

Your brain on AI at the Opera House. Step into a future where mind and matter converge – Sydney
An Aussie astronaut, adult ADHD, de-GOOPing wellness, and 150+ roving scientists at Beaker Street Festival – Hobart
Dark matter hunters and quantum experts bring the mysteries of the Universe to a city, town or pub near you – National tour starts in Queensland
How to grow a Martian garden – Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne & regional Victoria
The secret life of orangutans – Newcastle
Daleks, drones, Nitro Nat, and exploding elephant toothpaste at Science Alive! – Adelaide Showgrounds
Science meets Dr Seuss: Poetry Zoo wants Aussie kids to submit weird and wonderful rhymes about ‘Loving Living Things’ in time for a big public reveal – online
A stingray in the stars and other Sea Country Stories of Yuin Gadu’ – Sydney
Bomb bacteria with beanbags at the Broome STEM Festival – Broome.

National Science Week is one of Australia’s largest festivals and was first held in 1997. Last year about 2.7 million people participated in 1,862 events and activities. It is proudly supported by the Australian Government, CSIRO, the Australian Science Teachers Association, and the ABC.

Visit ScienceWeek.net.au/events to find stories in your area. Media centre here. Images for media here. General media enquiries: Tanya Ha – tanya@scienceinpublic.com.au / 0404 083 863 or Shelley Thomas – shelley@scienceinpublic.com.au / 0416 377 444.

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