Saturday 19 August: highlights from the second last day of National Science Week
Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country.
NSW: Lessons from 60,000+ years of continuous culture at Redfern’s Indigenous Science Experience.
NSW: Find out how Aussie engineer Meganne Christian became a reserve astronaut.
VIC: Should we embrace our animal nature? Sci fight Science Comedy Debate.
NSW: Newcastle’s giant inflatable Poo Palace recreates the journey of food, from lips to loo.
TAS: Racing robots, seed bombs, an augmented reality sandpit, and more at Festival of Bright Ideas.
WA: Why it’s good to have a bird brain.
NT: A health lab on wheels and AI ‘time machine’ shows impact of disease.
QLD: How butterflies inspire technology.
SA: Tree scientist encourages gardeners to grow the urban forest.
Read on for more on these, including direct event contact details.
Also today:
- NSW: Solar cars, robots and rovers, Street Science, liquid nitrogen, and more at Sydney Science Festival Family Day, Parramatta.
- SA: Find out what the Australia’s First Scientists and Astronomers can teach us about growing plants on Earth and in space, at the Australian Space Discovery Centre.