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Great National Science Week stories and talent up for grabs around the Territory, including:

• Growing hemp in the Territory
• Will the climate get hotting in the Red Centre?
• Your selfie from space
• Can you brew a decent beer using a wild yeast caught from a backyard in Darwin?
• Will the Territory be the centre of Australia’s new space race?
• Can you save a cartoon character from being plunged into a vat of acid?—Darwin
• Become a Carbon Counter and join the challenge cut our contribution to climate change.

More on these highlights below, and others at www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week, and on Twitter at @SciWKMedia.

Scientists, artists, performers and event organisers are available for interview throughout Science Week.

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National Science Week gets on the sauce, with events exploring brewing with algae, beers of the future, and the sensory secrets of pinot noir.

• How will beer taste in the future?—Melbourne
• What do algae have to do with beer making?—Sydney
• Where does your pinot get its flavour and aroma from? Ask a wine scientist (yes, that is a real thing!)
• What can four different brews teach you about the science of beer?—Hobart
• Can you brew a decent beer using a wild yeast caught from a backyard in Darwin?

These are just a few of the intoxicating events happening across Australia during National Science Week (August 15 to 23).

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

Scientists, brewers and event organisers are available for interview throughout National Science Week.

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

• Phasmid of the opera: performances featuring music, dance and a stick insect–Melbourne
• How to make a reef from music and glass—Canberra
• The art of event horizons–Melbourne
• Famous Tasmanians talk science in the wilderness—Tasmania
• Can you save a cartoon character from being plunged into a vat of acid?—Darwin
• Beauty from the ashes: recovery after bushfires—Tasmania
• Making viruses from couscous and chook-wire–Melbourne

These are just a few of the arts events happening across Australia during National Science Week (August 15 to 23).

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

Scientists, artists and event organisers are available for interview throughout National Science Week.

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

Australia’s biggest science festival is splashing into real schools, school-at-home, and virtual classrooms. With this year’s activities migrating online, stories have local talent and national reach:

• Make a melon go boom—Brisbane
• Gamers: can you power up enough molecules to fire a laser?—Melbourne
• Who are you calling ugly? Help Blobfish and his friends save their ocean homes—Adelaide
• Discover the galaxy in your kitchen—Melbourne
• Learn from 60,000 years of Aboriginal astronomy and Indigenous knowledge—Sydney
• A whole-school selfie from space—Canberra and Northern Territory
• From reef to desert: how far can a girl with a drone go?—Cairns
• Meet the Marine Team: comedy science on film!—Melbourne
• Whale snot in the classroom—Sydney
• Become a Carbon Counter and join the challenge cut your contribution to climate change.

These are just a few of the events, activities and lessons for schools happening across Australia during National Science Week: August 15 to 23.

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

Scientists, performers and event organisers are available for interview throughout National Science Week.

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Great wildlife stories up for grabs now around Australia.

Are dropbears just koalas making mischief? Are there really dragons living near Adelaide? And just what curious creatures live in your garden?

These are just a few of the questions set to answered during this year’s National Science Week (August 15 to 23).

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

Scientists, experts and event organisers are available for interview throughout National Science Week.

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2020 program goes virtual, DIY and well-spaced, accessible across the country

15 to 23 August – start scheduling stories now!

Workshops on conserving endangered honeyeaters, lessons in making sourdough bread, insights into Indigenous astronomy – the range of events in this year’s National Science Week is vast.

And because most of them are online, anyone can take part, no matter where they live. Broome residents can see the sea-dragons of the Great Southern Reef, Territorian students can join the Sydney-based challenge to eradicate malaria, and science fans in Penrith can test their ability to spot deep fake videos with a neuropsychologist in Melbourne.

There are stories here not just for science rounds, but also health, environment, kids, sport, tourism and the arts.

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