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Sunday 18 August

Highlights from the final day of National Science Week

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

VIC: Art meets science in a high-tech exhibition inspired by science fiction

NSW: Meet ‘Ginger’ the life-sized Australovenator dinosaur at Science in the Swamp – Centennial Park, Sydney

VIC: Breakfast in a petri dish: inside the lab of ‘The Man Who Invented Vegemite’ – Beaufort

SA: How to grow a Martian garden – Roseworthy

NT: 9-metre whale puppet tells ‘The Whale’s Tale’ – Darwin

QLD: Are robots rolling onto farms? – Royal Queensland Show, Brisbane

WA: Dark matter on the on the move – Broome

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

[Read more…] about Plants in space; FarmBots; a Poo Palace; saving turtles with a smartphone; and swamp life with ‘Ginger’ the dinosaur

Saturday 17 August

Highlights from day 8 of National Science Week

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

NSW: Dr Karl and a T.rex autopsy at Sydney Science Trail

NSW: The Indigenous night sky, bush food, and technology – Redfern

QLD: ‘We’re All Aliens, Baby’: science songs and astrophysicists at a live Planetarium concert – Brisbane

WA: Unbreakable bones, black holes, Shark Bay, and fantastic rays and where to find them – Crawley

SA: Treewilding: our relationship with forests – Tusmore

ACT: Shop with reptiles and robots – shopping centres around Canberra

TAS: Tracking cats, robot cars, drones, fossils, and more at Festival of Bright Ideas – Hobart

NT: Volunteer beach-side bird-spotters wanted! – Brinkin

NSW: Step inside the Poo Palace – Newcastle

VIC: Raising rarity: saving Victoria’s most threatened plants – Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne

WA: Unbreakable bones, black holes, Shark Bay, and fantastic rays and where to find them

QLD: Play with rocket scientists –Toowoomba

NSW: Your brain on AI at the Opera House – Sydney

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

[Read more…] about The Poo Palace; fun with rocket scientists; your brain on AI; sharks in Dubbo; and bird-spotters wanted

Thursday 15 August

Highlights from day 6 of National Science Week

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

VIC: Canine happiness 101: if dogs could talk, you might be shocked – Melbourne

NSW: Creative genius: discover your ‘visual brain’ – Sydney

ACT: Want to work as a scientist in government? – Canberra

VIC: How to grow a Martian garden – Wodonga

QLD: What the froth? Science in the brewery – Gladstone

SA: Meet the scientists who speak for the trees – Adelaide

NSW: Sleeping with cancer – Westmead

WA: The science of beer – Joondalup

WA: 140,000 years in 30 minutes at Scitech Planetarium – Perth

ACT: Fang-tastic. For the love of bats, vampires and pop-culture flick, Blade – Canberra

NT: Be a Top End biosecurity expert for the day – Katherine

National: Your smartphone pics could help scientists keep an eye on water – online

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

[Read more…] about Canine happiness 101; vampire movie science; galactic green-thumbs; your ‘visual brain’; and speaking for trees

Tuesday 13 August

Highlights from day 4 of National Science Week

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

NSW: Meet the woman who co-founded space companies on three continents – Sydney

NSW: Find love at the Love Lab – Sydney

National: How do you count koalas? – online (NSW & QLD talent)

QLD: How will quantum reshape Queensland and its future economy?

VIC: Science and community forum on the future of the Otway Ranges – Colac

TAS: Space treasures, meteorites, and a Planetarium show on tour

NT: First Nations science and culture for conservation

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

[Read more…] about Counting koalas; quantum future; space entrepreneur; and find love at The Love Lab

Friday 16 August

Highlights from day 7 of National Science Week

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

NSW: Space life meets art in zero gravity – Sydney

QLD: Should we 3D print pills? – Brisbane

TAS: Get hooked on Nature’s soap operas – Launceston

VIC: How to grow a Martian garden – Bendigo

NT: 9-metre whale puppet tells ‘The Whale’s Tale’ – Darwin

WA: Matt the Feral Cat: make & meet this feline fiend – Albany

TAS: Vaginal vignettes: Sex in the animal kingdom – Hobart

ACT: Ghost Trees: inside the ‘digital memory’ of trees – Canberra

SA: 3D Printing, VR, Robotics, Laser Cutting and more – Adelaide

QLD: When ‘bad’ fungi attacks: is there a doctor in the forest? – Julatten

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

Also today:

• VIC: Craft to Code. Can circuit boards make music and did weaving produce the first computer code?
• SA: Herding caterpillars with Butterfly Conservation SA

[Read more…] about Performance art in zero gravity; ‘bad’ fungi; Tassie wildlife caught on camera; 3D printed meds; and Matt the Feral Cat

Highlights from day 1 of National Science Week

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

NSW: Saving turtles with a smartphone – Sydney Zoo

VIC: Art-science exhibition explores science fiction – Parkville

QLD: Please touch the dinosaurs: Queensland Museum exhibition supersizes accessibility for visually impaired kids

TAS: Pseudo penises, temporary passages, and other vaginal vignettes from the animal kingdom

ACT: Ghost Trees: big data, art and sound bringing back landscapes lost

ACT: Meet reptiles, daleks, dinosaurs, robots, and more while you’re shopping

NT: Art bringing Miocene megafauna back to life in Alice Springs

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

Also today:

• ACT: Come and see ANU’s high-energy ion beam making Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility
• SA: How boomerangs fly and other First Nations science
• WA: Help scientists survey magical macrofauna and invertebrates in the bushland above Calgardup Cave

[Read more…] about Sci-fi art-science; animal vagina surprises; boomerang flights; and please DO touch the dinosaurs