Tuesday 16 August 2022

Highlights from day four of National Science Week

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

• Online: NASA oceanographer asks what is the sound of colour?
• VIC: Moving images: how real is virtual reality?
• VIC: A band of physicists go on a road trip to explain quantum and dark matter – Bendigo today; Stawell tomorrow
• NSW: Dinosaurs, furry friends, and a T-Rex autopsy show: schools on the Sydney Science Trail
• Online: Explaining cancer biology to young people through pop-culture, art and augmented reality – Brisbane talent
• SA: Meteorites, sea creatures, bush tucker, and carp wars: science stories projected onto landmark buildings – multiple regional locations

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

Also today:

• TAS: The treasures of Tassie’s dark skies with Ulverstone Planetarium principal astronomer
• NT: Take a sneak peek inside the Natural Science Collection storeroom at MAGNT

Monday 15 August 2022

Highlights from day three of National Science Week

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

• NSW: Unstable internet connection: why we’re addicted to dopamine
• TAS: How an astronomer is helping an ecologist eavesdrop on bats and bitterns – Swansea
• VIC: How hydrogen could create jobs and cut carbon dioxide
• WA: In a pickle: making food go further
• NSW: The future of the Antarctic envisaged by artists and scientists – Wollongong
• WA: Inside a modern-day Noah’s ark conserving Western Australia’s threatened plants
• VIC: Saturn up close – Ballarat
• QLD: Making waves: a century of Australian coral reef science

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

Also today:

• SA: Kindy kids meet marine creatures at the Marine Discovery Centre
• QLD: Cyber, artificial intelligence, and STEM Punks: summit explores our future defence force

Sunday 14 August 2022

Highlights from day two of National Science Week

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

ACT: Footy Quake: can a rugby crowd register on the Richter scale?
NSW: Fighting superbugs, big bad tech, caring for sky country, and microfactories making new materials from old – Sydney Science Festival is back
NSW: What and where the wild things are in Western Sydney
TAS: How an astronomer is helping an ecologist eavesdrop on bats and bitterns – Swansea
ACT: A band of physicists go on a roadtrip to explain quantum and dark matter – Tharwa
VIC: Step inside the International Space Station and take a selfie
ACT: Science while you shop – multiple locations in Canberra
NT: Students survey the Territory’s soil, from Darwin’s dirt to sands in Central Australia

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

Saturday 13 August

Highlights from day one of National Science Week

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

ACT: Reaching organism: an adults-only marine science show
NSW: Orchids, traditional knowledge, and the plant doctors: the secret science inside the Royal Botanic Garden
NSW: Saving the planet by gardening underwater – Lake Macquarie
NT: Will we have enough prawns for Christmas?
QLD: Cultural connection and Indigenous astronomy with Uncle Wayne Fossey – Logan
VIC: Starlings flock, humans crowd, drones… zizz?  Explore the swarm in this exhibition-cum-experiment
QLD: Feeding caterpillars to get butterflies – Kuranda
WA: Hack a webcam; see inside your cells

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

Dozens of Science Week stories around Western Australia

• What does climate change have to do with human rights? – Perth
• Astronomy superstar’s journey through space and time – Crawley
• Hack a webcam; see inside your cells – Crawley
• In a pickle about how much food we waste! – Girrawheen
• Unlocking the mysteries of quantum and dark matters – a WA idea goes national
• A modern-day Noah’s ark: conserving Western Australia’s threatened plants – Kensington
• Doing more with less: greener living in a regional centre – Geraldton
• Wattle vs woollybutt: what is Australia’s favourite tree? – online

More on these highlights below.

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

Explore Indigenous Knowledge this National Science Week, 13 to 21 August

Available for interview:

• Kamilaroi water scientist Bradley Moggridge
• Ngarrindjeri sustainable fisher Derek Walker on harvesting pipi in Goolwa
• Caring for Sky Country with Gamilaraay astronomer Karlie Noon in Sydney
• Gomeroi astrophysicist Krystal de Napoli, talking science through stories in NSW & Tas
• The Indigenous Science Experience at Redfern

ENTERTAINMENT highlights from across Australia this National Science Week

• One-up your mate’s Bali pics with selfies in a replica International Space Station – Melbourne
• This ain’t your mammal’s reproduction, in the adults-only Sex on the Beach Science Show – Canberra
• What do experts make of the ‘science’ in Mars Attacks!? – Canberra
• Can Raider’s fans move the needle? Earthquake experts will find out – Canberra
• Brewing experimental beer, with interactive drink-along four packs – online and Hobart
• Dr Karl, dinosaurs, furry friends, and a T-Rex autopsy show: all on the Sydney Science Trail – Mt Annan and Sydney
• Plant-powered cars, Jurassic poop, the science of piracy, and more at Festival of Bright Ideas 2022 – Hobart
• Battle of the boffins: which scientific field is best? – Hindmarsh, SA

More on these highlights below.

ScScientists, performers and event organisers are available for interview leading up to and throughout National Science Week: 13 to 21 August.

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

• Award-winning theatre based on real stories of dementia, with neurobiologist-led audience discussion – Adelaide, SA
• Starlings flock; humans crowd; drones… zizz?  Explore the swarm in this exhibition-cum-experiment – Parkville, VIC
• Explaining cancer biology to young people through pop-culture, art and augmented reality – online
• Antarctic explorers (both artistic and scientific) visualise their predictions for the future of an alien, vital continent – Wollongong

More on these highlights below.

Scientists, performers and event organisers are available for interview leading up to and throughout National Science Week: 13 to 21 August.

Media release from The Hon Ed Husic MP, Minister for Industry and Science

4 August 2022

The Australian Government is celebrating the work of our scientists this National Science Week, working to close the gender gap and inspire the next generation to be part of the highly skilled STEM sector. 

Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic made the comments at Parliament House as he marked this year’s National Science Week, which will run from 13-21 August.

“Australia is home to some of the best and brightest scientists and researchers – and it’s an incredible talent pool that we want to grow,” Minister Husic said.

“The Government is determined to address the gender gap in our science and research sectors, to ensure that girls and women can see a place in that STEM talent pool and then to take a deep breath and dive in.”