Highlights from day 6 of National Science Week
Researchers, experts, and other interesting talent available for interview around the country.
NATIONAL: Space farmers and foodies wanted
ACT: Frog saunas and spa treatments fight deadly fungus – Canberra
NSW: Psychedelics, flicker light therapy, hypnosis, meditation: meet the scientist working at the edge of consciousness – Sydney
TAS: How wild weather affects land, lifestyles and livelihoods – Hobart
VIC: Can nature help with concentration, ADHD and autism? – Melbourne
NSW: Seahorse hotels, zebra sharks and underwater forests – Sydney
QLD: Meet the quantum physicists shaping our future – Brisbane
SA: Neuroscience and health experts on the quest to live forever – Adelaide
NSW: Who to call if you find a dinosaur bone – Ryde
QLD: Deadly Science in a biomedical lab – Brisbane
TAS: How Tassie’s wild weather affects land, lifestyles and livelihoods – Hobart
VIC: Can wearable tech reduce rural/remote health gaps? – Melbourne
VIC: Tasmanian tiger de-extinction and plants collected by Captain Cook – Melbourne
VIC: From Antarctic lichens to the oldest hornworts: National Herbarium reveals Von Mueller’s 1.5 million specimens across time – Melbourne
NSW: Can you save the world from a parasite pandemic? – Kioloa
Read on for direct contact details for each event, or contact Tanya Ha, tanya@scienceinpublic.com.au or 0404 083 863; and Shelley Thomas, shelley@scienceinpublic.com.au or 0416 377 444.
Also today:
- TAS: Roving scientists, microscopes on bar tables and chemical romance at Hobart’s Beaker Street Festival
- NT: Questacon Science Circus pitches up in Darwin
- NSW (online via Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney): Deep Sea Habitats and Adaptations: primary school students discover bizarre deep-sea creatures and how they survive at the bottom of the ocean