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…
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:…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Great National Science Week HEALTH stories up for grabs now around Australia. When will the global pandemic end? Fighting fake medicine and wellness woo Wiping out loneliness Using food to fight depression Protecting space travellers from radiation Can you exercise too much? Portable x-ray machines Quicker cancer cures These are just a few of the…
Great National Science Week ARTS stories up for grabs now around Australia. ▪ Acting out a forgotten female physicists’ life▪ Creating art works with light, computers and physics▪ A feminist cabaret at Darwin Festival▪ Music meets Antarctic science▪ Artists explore brain health▪ The art and science of bird song▪ Meet the legally blind artist creating…
Great National Science Week INDIGENOUS SCIENCE stories up for grabs now around Australia: ▪ A chronic disease time machine▪ How nutritious is bush tucker?▪ Indigenous astronomy▪ Deciphering Australia’s rock art▪ First People’s approach to climate change These are just a few of the events and activities during this year’s National Science Week (August 14 to…
Great National Science Week FOOD & FARMING stories up for grabs now around Australia: ▪ Plants in space▪ Will climate change kill our crops?▪ How much food does the world need?▪ Bury your undies for science▪ The beauty of bush tucker▪ Cellular agriculture: meat grown in vats These are just a few of the events…