This year’s National Science Week runs from 12 to 20 August, with thousands of events.
National launch with Minister at Parliament House: Wednesday 9 August.
Scientists, experts and event organisers are available for interview leading up to and throughout National Science Week. Here are some highlights:
- National: 92% of Australians want business to take action to defend science – 3M State of Science Index 2023 results reveal what we think of science.
- Canberra: What gets you excited about the future of Aussie science? The official launch of National Science Week at Parliament House.
- Canberra:First Nations food and medicine in the National Museum’s garden.
- Sydney: An Aussie astronaut, art therapy, deep sea science, space junk and Sky Country.
- Hobart: Taste the science of experimental beers with three independent breweries and two thirsty scientists.
- Melbourne: DARK MATTERS exhibition – can art make the invisible universe visible?
- Brisbane: A science fair for sick kids in The Children’s Hospital.
- Adelaide: Plants in space and the Botanic Gardens, Ngarrindjeri weaving, Indigital augmented reality, and more at a First Nations science festival.
- Perth: Finding aliens, love, energy, innovation, and the bottom of the ocean at The Anti-conference.
- Darwin: Paint with a UV torch at ‘Sea of Light’, a light installation at MAGNT.
- National: A band of physicists go on a road trip to explain quantum and dark matter.
More on these highlights below.
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