Wednesday 18 August

Get through lockdown with science.

You and your family can contribute to real research projects without leaving home:

• help map Aussie owls by listening to their calls
• classify the coral, sand and sea creatures in the Great Barrier Reef.

Or you can explore:

• virtually dive into the sea with Giant Australian Cuttlefish
• or build the Universe Lego brick by Lego brick.

You can make your own hand sanitiser, or a lava lamp, or a marshmallow bridge.

You can find peace of mind with alternatives to meditation and mindfulness.

You can discover the future of no-kill meat, or Sydney’s backyard biodiversity.

You can explore nine forces of the Universe through the ABC series Phenomena on YouTube. Or just chill out with the dance mix on iView.

For more information read on or contact:

▪ Tanya Ha: tanya@scienceinpublic.com.au or 0404 083 863
▪ Niall Byrne: niall@scienceinpublic.com.au or 0417 131 977 or 03 9398 1416.

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Wednesday 18 August 2021

Highlights from day five of National Science Week

343 events and exhibitions, 178 online activities, and dozens of great stories and talent.

Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country.

• VIC: Seeking dark matter underground
• TAS: Experimenting with beer
• NSW: The threat of Aussie volcanoes
• NSW: Children’s climate change fears
• VIC: Cutting through science jargon
• VIC: What’s killing our frogs?

Read on for more on these, including event contact details.

Also today:

• WA: The science of cleaning
• QLD: Virtual reef diving
• ACT: The hidden benefits of parasites

[Read more…] about Underground dark matters, optimal beers, Aussie volcanoes, climate grief, disappearing frogs, and more

Great National Science Week TECHNOLOGY stories up for grabs now around Australia.

• An eye in the sky over the deaths of one million fish – online, NSW
• How fast can a rocket go? – Adelaide, SA
• Smaller, lighter, faster X-rays – Tonsley, SA
• What to do with radioactive waste – online, NSW
• Hastening medical advances – online, NSW

These are just a few of the events on during this year’s National Science Week (August 14 to 22).

If you’re after more ideas for stories, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week, and on Twitter at @SciWKMedia.

Scientists, performers, experts and event organisers are available for interview throughout National Science Week. Read on for contact details for each event, or call:

▪ Tanya Ha: tanya@scienceinpublic.com.au or 0404 083 863
▪ Niall Byrne: niall@scienceinpublic.com.au or 0417 131 977 or 03 9398 1416.

[Read more…] about Satellites solving mysteries, faster x-rays, zippy rockets, quicker cures and more

Tuesday 17 August 2021

Highlights from day four of National Science Week

381 events and exhibitions, and 200 online activities to go, and dozens of great stories and talent.

Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country.

• QLD/NSW: What makes us feel lonely?
• NSW: Shielding astronauts from cancer
• VIC: What’s the deal with nuclear power?
• NSW: The perils of too much exercise
• WA: Meet Magnus, the supercomputer that mapped the quokka genome
• VIC: Why bees matter

Read on for more on these, including event contact details.

Also today:

• SA: Become a yeast wrangler
• TAS: Pop-up sweet treat laboratory
• WA: Mood-altering gut bugs

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Monday 16 August 2021

Highlights from day three of National Science Week

404 events and exhibitions, 228 online activities, and dozens of great stories and talent.

Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country.

• ACT: Spot the scammers and dodgy docs
• VIC: Understanding climate change through rock art
• NSW: Cellular agriculture: meat grown in vats
• QLD: The future of sustainable agriculture
• VIC: Fake caviar and other delectable lab foods
• VIC: Why does research cost so much?

Read on for more on these, including event contact details.

Also today:

• WA: Grey nomads try virtual travel
• TAS: Gender equity in space
• WA: Turning food waste into power  

[Read more…] about Fake medicine, the future of farming, meat grown in vats, and what’s the cost of research?

Sunday 15 August 2021

Highlights from day two of National Science Week

432 events and exhibitions, 234 online activities, and dozens of great stories and talent.

Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country.

• VIC: How can families fight climate change?
• TAS: Making the greatest sourdough ever
• NSW: Deadly Science: Indigenous astronomy and modern bush medicine
• SA: Soil your undies for science
• NT: Rock stars and researchers: science in cabaret
• QLD: Make a melon go boom

Read on for more on these, including event contact details.

Also today:

• ACT: Sustainable farming
• TAS: Understanding marine predators

National Science Week 2021 runs from 14 to 22 August. Media kit at www.scienceinpublic.com.au. Or visit the National Science Week website for more events and activities: www.scienceweek.net.au.

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Saturday 14 August 2021

Highlights from day one of National Science Week

469 events and exhibitions, 238 online activities, and dozens of great stories and talent.

Researchers, experts, and performers available for interview around the country.

• ACT: Can we grow food in space and on Mars? – online event
• WA: Gut bugs impacting our mental health
• NSW: Making weeds into salad
• NSW: The need to delete social media
• SA: Donut shooting robots at the Showgrounds
• NT: Can you beat a lie detector test?
• National: Help find the night owls with your ears

Read on for more on these, including event contact details.

Also today:

• NSW: Glow in the dark fungi
• VIC: Making science make sense
• TAS: The Aussie astronomer and Nobel Laureate mapping the entire southern sky – at the Nocturna Dark Sky Party.

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Great National Science Week ENVIRONMENT stories up for grabs now around Australia.

▪ Growing no-kill meats in vats
▪ Volunteers needed to bury cotton jocks
▪ Are insects nutritious?
▪ Indigenous knowledge applied to climate change
▪ Can nuclear energy stop climate change?
▪ Australia’s explosive volcanoes
▪ Satellites keeping an eye on the environment
▪ What a teddy bear dissection reveals about plastic and material use
▪ Oceans drowning in plastic
▪ Saving the last sawfish

These are just a few of the events happening during this year’s National Science Week (August 14 to 22).

If you’re after more ideas for stories, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week, and on Twitter at @SciWKMedia.

Scientists, performers, experts and event organisers are available for interview throughout National Science Week. Read on for contact details for each event, or call:

▪ Tanya Ha: tanya@scienceinpublic.com.au or 0404 083 863
▪ Niall Byrne: niall@scienceinpublic.com.au or 0417 131 977 or 03 9398 1416.

[Read more…] about Eating insects, no-kill meats, Aussie volcanoes, marine threats, a Blue New Deal, and more

National Science Week events created by and for people with disabilities:

• Animating cartoons brings microbiology to people with autism – Kelmscott, WA
• Calling all Jedis – make your own lightsaber ACT
• Meet the legally blind artist making sensory science ‘books’ you can read with your eyes closed – Clayton, VIC

These are just a few of the events and activities happening across Australia during National Science Week (August 14 to 22).

Several on-line and in-person events have an Auslan interpreter or can arrange for one. Find Auslan-supported events here.

If you’re after more ideas for stories, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week, and on Twitter at @SciWKMedia.

Scientists, performers, experts and event organisers are available for interview throughout National Science Week. Read on for contact details for each event, or call:

▪ Tanya Ha: tanya@scienceinpublic.com.au or 0404 083 863
▪ Niall Byrne: niall@scienceinpublic.com.au or 0417 131 977 or 03 9398 1416.

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