Media releases on scientific advances, discoveries, awards, competitions and more.
We spend three hours a day on our phones, on average, with almost one in five of us admitting we check our phone at least once every 15 minutes. These are some of the early findings from Australia’s Biggest Smartphone Survey, which is looking at how we use our smartphones and how we feel about…
Saturday 19 August 2017 Highlights for day eight of National Science Week’s nine-day ‘week’ 177 events and exhibitions, 16 online activities, and dozens of great stories and talent. National and international talent, researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. Plenty of photo opportunities. Hobart Meet the author of Sex, Genes…
Friday 18 August 2017 Highlights for day seven of National Science Week 446 events and exhibitions, 23 online activities, and dozens of great stories and talent. National and international talent, researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. Plenty of photo opportunities. Melbourne Can science make the world’s most liveable city…
Dozens of stories and interesting people at 120+ Science Week events in ACT Opening of Canberra’s re-vamped recycling facility…tour the facility, meet the experts and see how physics sorts trash from treasure. Drone footage available. ‘Tree lobster’ stick insects and small peacock spiders on the big screen. And meet the man who discovered these tiny…
Thursday 17 August 2017 Highlights from day six of National Science Week 448 events and exhibitions, 22 online activities, and dozens of great stories and talent. National and international talent, researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. Plenty of photo opportunities. Sydney Wildlife forensics: meet the scientist using genetics to…
Wednesday 16 August 2017 Highlights from day five of National Science Week 476 events and exhibitions, 22 online activities, and dozens of great stories and talent. National and international talent, researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. Plenty of photo opportunities. Canberra (10am, Parliament House) Send kids through the STARportal towards…
Tuesday 15 August 2017 Highlights from Day 4 of National Science Week 454 events and exhibitions, 21 online activities, and dozens of great stories and talent. National and international talent, researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. Plenty of photo opportunities.
Dozens of stories and interesting people at 150+ Science Week events in Tasmania The barista scientist, the insect lover, and other Young Tassie Scientists tour the state. What did a voyage to Antarctica tell us about women in science? Meet the scientist studying the scientists. What do rabbits and sea urchins taste like? Fighting invasive…
Highlights from Day 3 of National Science Week 344 events and exhibitions, 19 online activities, and dozens of great stories and talent, including: Canberra (Parliament House): Innovating Energy Summit: how will we power our future? Canberra: Ask the Interstellar visual effects wiz how to make a black hole on the big screen believable. Melbourne: Will…
Sunday 13 August 2017 Highlights from Day 2 of National Science Week 157 events and exhibitions, 16 online activities, and dozens of great stories and talent, including: Melbourne: The science of food at Queen Victoria Market, with fruit DNA, zebrafish embryos, liquid nitrogen shows, hands-on experiments, and a marine touch tank. Discover the wildlife at…