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National Science Week 2025 is on from 9 to 17 August.
About 3 million people participated in more than 2,000 registered events and activities for National Science Week 2024 – the largest number of participants in the festival’s history.
See highlights state-by-state:
See stories by round:
Arts, Children & Family, Disability, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Farming & Rural, Food & Drink, Health, Indigenous, Seniors, Wildlife.
See highlights by day:
Media contacts:
Shelley Thomas, shelley@scienceinpublic.com.au or 0416 377 444;
or Tanya Ha, tanya@scienceinpublic.com.au or 0404 083 863.
You can also get in touch with the state coordinators, sign up for the National Science Week newsletter for news of grant rounds and other information, or visit the Science Week website www.scienceweek.net.au
Images are available here:
Great INDIGENOUS stories up for grabs now around Australia. Meet Indigenous STEM leaders from maths to medicine—CanberraLearn from 60,000 years of Aboriginal astronomy and Indigenous …
Continue Reading about Deadly science, canoe engineering, bush pharma, and more →
Monday 17 August 2020 Highlights from day three of National Science Week 332 events, 578 competitions and online activities, and dozens of great stories and talent. Researchers, experts, and …
Continue Reading about Art meets astrophysics, Tassie tigers, superbugs, and mythbusting the Hulk →
Sunday 16 August 2020 Highlights from day two of National Science Week 145 events and exhibitions, 559 online activities, and dozens of great stories and talent. Researchers, experts, and …
Continue Reading about Fake meat, cartoon conundrums, and Sea World science in your home →
Saturday 15 August 2020 Highlights from day one of National Science Week 145 events and exhibitions, 559 online activities, and dozens of great stories and talent. Researchers, experts, and …
Continue Reading about Frogs, fermentation, phones from space, where’s wallaby, and more →
Great LIFESTYLE stories up for grabs now around Australia. Fit or fat? How your postcode affects your health—SydneyIs your diet good for the planet?—talent in Sydney and MelbourneThe dangers of …
Continue Reading about Sunlight, sleep, cutting carbon, and why your postcode matters for health →
Great National Science Week ENVIRONMENT stories up for grabs now around Australia. Become a Carbon Counter and help tackle climate change—nationalPreparing for the fires to come—CanberraTalking …
National Science Week events re-geared to people of all abilities. Check out these examples: Circuit breaking and making for all—MelbourneScientists tell their career stories, with an Auslan …
Continue Reading about Circuit breaking, virus-making and empowering neuro-diverse students →
Media release from the Hon Karen Andrews MP, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology This year’s National Science Week will embrace the problem-solving spirit of Australia’s science …
Continue Reading about National Science Week 2020 transforms during COVID-19 →
Great National Science Week FOOD stories up for grabs now around Australia. Taste tomorrow: fake meat, sautéed spider and lobster lollies —MelbourneEating for the planet—talent in Sydney and …
Continue Reading about Taste the future, eat a spider, ferment your cabbage →
Great HEALTH stories up for grabs now around Australia. What’s working in Australia’s COVID response? —CanberraFit or fat? How your postcode affects your health—SydneyWhy can’t some people get …
Continue Reading about Deadly slime, essential meds and pandemic-proofing Australia →
See how much carbon you could save with just one small change and join our national online challenge to cut carbon emissions. Media release: Wednesday 12 August Talent available for interview …
Continue Reading about How much carbon will you pledge to save this National Science Week? →
Great National Science Week stories and talent up for grabs in Melbourne and around Victoria, including: Real whodunnits: what’s fact and fiction on crime TV shows and disaster movies?How will beer …
Continue Reading about VIC: Dancing androids, chook-wire viruses, and the future of beer →
