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National Science Week gets on the sauce, with events exploring brewing with algae, beers of the future, and the sensory secrets of pinot noir. How will beer taste in the future?—Melbourne What do algae have to do with beer making?—Sydney Where does your pinot get its flavour and aroma from? Ask a wine scientist (yes,…
Great National Science Week ARTS stories up for grabs now around Australia. Phasmid of the opera: performances featuring music, dance and a stick insect–Melbourne How to make a reef from music and glass—Canberra The art of event horizons–Melbourne Famous Tasmanians talk science in the wilderness—Tasmania Can you save a cartoon character from being plunged into…
Great National Science Week EDUCATION stories up for grabs now around Australia. Australia’s biggest science festival is splashing into real schools, school-at-home, and virtual classrooms. With this year’s activities migrating online, stories have local talent and national reach: Make a melon go boom—Brisbane Gamers: can you power up enough molecules to fire a laser?—Melbourne Who…
Media release from the Australian Capital Territory National Science Week coordinating committee Discover more about local Canberra women in STEM, go on a science treasure hunt, hear about how video games and science connect, and experience the effects of climate change on our reefs through glass work and music. All this and more are part…
Media release from the office of the New South Wales Chief Scientist & Engineer and the NSW National Science Week coordinating committee Due to COVID-19 restrictions, National Science Week takes an innovative twist this year, delivering a wide range of online events from 15-23 August 2020. NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte said…
Media release for the Western Australian National Science Week coordinating committee Drive a simulated remotely operated vehicle, go on a virtual Scouts camp, investigate how to bring animals back from extinction and explore the world beneath Earth’s blue surface without leaving your living room – it’s all part of National Science Week 2020. Due to…
Great wildlife stories up for grabs now around Australia. Are dropbears just koalas making mischief? Are there really dragons living near Adelaide? And just what curious creatures live in your garden? These are just a few of the questions set to answered during this year’s National Science Week (August 15 to 23). If you’re after…
2020 program goes virtual, DIY and well-spaced, accessible across the country 15 to 23 August – start scheduling stories now! Workshops on conserving endangered honeyeaters, lessons in making sourdough bread, insights into Indigenous astronomy – the range of events in this year’s National Science Week is vast. And because most of them are online, anyone…
Media release from Victoria’s National Science Week coordinating committee The boundary between the probable and improbable blurs when National Science Week Victoria 2020 unleashes Possible Impossibles from August 15-23 – an online series of events and activities exploring the frontiers of possibility, and asking ‘What’s next for the human species?’. Humans are a species of creative…
By Tanya Ha @Ha_Tanya, Director of Engagement at Science in Public Here are some Twitter tips we prepared for the Inspiring Australia community. We thought they might be useful for National Science Week. And don’t forget to use the hashtags #ScienceWeek or #BrainBreak and follow @Aus_ScienceWeek. Once upon a time, I remarked that Twitter was…