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 other interesting people available for interview around the country.

• Sydney: Radiation and the human body: will it turn you into the Incredible Hulk?
• Launceston: The Tassie tiger’s secrets revealed by its hair
• Melbourne: Real whodunnits: what’s fact and fiction on crime TV shows and disaster movies?
• Sydney: Is there life on other planets, and how did life on Earth begin?
• ACT and NT: Your selfie from space
• Perth: Flying doctors: how do you save lives while flying thousands of metres above sea level?
• Melbourne: Black holes, dark matter, tipping points and new horizons: art collides with astrophysics
• Adelaide: How do superbugs get super-villain powers?
• Gold Coast:  What do warming waters and weird weather mean for whale sharks?

Plus, it’s the first school day of Science Week 2020

National: The secrets of whale snot, and other mysteries of the depths – schools go Deep Blue.

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

Also today:

• Albany, WA: See the wonders of the night sky at the Astrofest 2020 astrophotography exhibition
• Forde, ACT: Meet Canberra’s nocturnal wildlife on the Mulligan’s Flat night walk
• Perth: Kids dress up as scientists at Telethon Kids Discovery Centre, Perth Children’s Hospital

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 other interesting people available for interview around the country.

• Melbourne: Fancy a fake meat burger in a bug-flour bun?
• Darwin: Can you save a cartoon character from being plunged into a vat of acid?
• Gold Coast: Discover the marine science of Sea World without leaving your couch
• Melbourne: The Leadership: meet three of the 76 women who journeyed to the Antarctic
• Perth: Sign me up for science: meet six researchers with an Auslan interpreter
• Sydney: Girls just wanna have fun—with aquatic robotics, drones, paramedicine and more.
• Read on for more on these, including event contact details.

Also today:

• New South Wales: Learn the art and science of botanical illustration from a master, Angus Fisher
• Canberra: Dung beetle research in Sweden; astronomy in Copenhagen; epidemiology in PNG—when science takes you overseas
• National: Can you live without the ocean? Take the CSIRO Science Week Challenge

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 other interesting people available for interview around the country.

• National: Discover new species, map wildlife, track the effects of climate change
• Queensland: What’s the connection between NASA and phytoplankton?
• Adelaide: Forget the Telstra shop. Your smartphone came from the stars. Find out how.
• Sydney: Identify a frog and see the emu in the sky on the Sydney Science Trail
• Tasmania: Famous Tasmanians talk science in the wilderness.
• Darwin: Can you brew a decent beer using a wild yeast caught from a backyard in Darwin?
• Tasmania: What is a sourdough library? Fermentation in focus

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

Also today:

• National (via Melbourne): Fake Out: can you spot a deepfake video? And would you share it?
• Western Australia: Help scientists with their Giant Australian Cuttlefish count
• Gold Coast: The secret life of a nudibranch—the best-dressed sea slugs in the ocean

Great LIFESTYLE stories up for grabs now around Australia.

• Fit or fat? How your postcode affects your health—Sydney
• Is your diet good for the planet?—talent in Sydney and Melbourne
• The dangers of staying awake: speak to a sleep scientist—Perth
• What’s wrong with ultra-processed food?—Melbourne
• How much sunlight is good for your health?—Perth
• How to use your panic-bought food stash—Queensland
• Save energy and save money in the home—Tasmania
• Roo or beef? Hot wash or cold? Become a Carbon Counter and cut your contribution to climate change—national

These are just a few of the events and activities happening across Australia during National Science Week: August 15 to 23.

If you’re after more great ideas for highly visual stories, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week, and on Twitter at @SciWKMedia.

Great National Science Week ENVIRONMENT stories up for grabs now around Australia.

• Become a Carbon Counter and help tackle climate change—national
• Preparing for the fires to come—Canberra
• Talking global warming like your life depends on it—Sydney
• Is your diet good for the planet?—talent in Sydney and Melbourne
• What do algae have to do with beer-making?—Sydney
• Are bushfires good for plankton?—Tasmania
• Can big data help save the quokka, koala and wallaby?—Perth
• Get your dark sky back—talent from Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne
• How to keep the Great Barrier Reef great—Gold Coast

These are just a few of the environmental talks, events and activities happening across Australia during National Science Week (August 15 to 23).

If you’re after more great ideas for highly visual stories, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week, and on Twitter at @SciWKMedia.

National Science Week events re-geared to people of all abilities. Check out these examples:

• Circuit breaking and making for all—Melbourne
• Scientists tell their career stories, with an Auslan interpreter—Perth & Bunbury
• Build viruses using couscous and chook-wire—Melbourne
• Inclusive experiments and games —Canberra

These are just a few of the events and activities happening across Australia during National Science Week (August 15 to 23).

Several on-line and in-person events have an Auslan interpreter, including:

• SciVR virtual reality tour of the solar system, with astrophysicists Rebecca Allen and Alan Duffy.
• STEM careers Q&A, with astrophysicist Lisa Harvey-Smith, robotics company founder Marita Cheng, and epidemiologist Kalinda Griffiths.

Find more Auslan-supported events here.

If you’re after more great ideas for highly visual stories, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week, and on Twitter at @SciWKMedia.

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

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 community, with even COVID-19 unable to stop celebrations beginning tomorrow.

More than 1,100 events are happening across Australia, many of them online, including Australia’s biggest satellite selfie, virtual tours of Great Southern Reef marine life and exploring wildlife in your own backyard for the Great Aussie BioQuest.

Launching National Science Week today, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews said event organisers had shown great resourcefulness in rapidly adapting to the circumstances of the pandemic.

“As they say, necessity is the mother of invention and this year we’ve seen incredible inventiveness and a can-do attitude to ensure National Science Week can go ahead,” Minister Andrews said.

Great National Science Week FOOD stories up for grabs now around Australia.

• Taste tomorrow: fake meat, sautéed spider and lobster lollies —Melbourne
• Eating for the planet—talent in Sydney and Melbourne
• Take a virtual tour of the world’s only Sourdough Library—Tasmania
• What’s wrong with ultra-processed food? — Melbourne
• Carbon Counter: cut your contribution to climate change—online

These are just a few of appetising events and activities happening across Australia during National Science Week: August 15 to 23.

If you’re after more great ideas for highly visual stories, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week, and on Twitter at @SciWKMedia.

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

Great HEALTH stories up for grabs now around Australia.

• What’s working in Australia’s COVID response? —Canberra
• Fit or fat? How your postcode affects your health—Sydney
• Why can’t some people get the essential medicines they need?—Sydney
• Can we pandemic-proof the future? Ask Ian Frazer—Brisbane
• The dangers of staying awake: speak to a sleep scientist—Perth
• Sunlight: are you getting the right amount? —Perth
• Can you eat for healthier planet?—talent in Sydney and Melbourne
• Discover how superbugs get super-villain superpowers—Adelaide

These are just a few of the health-related events and activities happening across Australia during National Science Week (August 15 to 23).

If you’re after more great ideas for highly visual stories, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week, and on Twitter at @SciWKMedia.

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