National Science Week 2024 took place from 10 to 18 August

See highlights by day:

Saturday 10: Sci-fi art-science; animal vagina surprises; boomerang flights; and please DO touch the dinosaurs

Sunday 11: Meet an Aussie astronaut; robots on farms; and the science of chocolate

Monday 12: Bugging bats and birds; NASA’s space dunny; and the man who invented Vegemite

Tuesday 13: Counting koalas; quantum future; space entrepreneur; and find love at The Love Lab

Wednesday 14: Humpback highway; Hedy Lamarr; fake blood; surviving nature; and a 9-metre whale puppet

Thursday 15: Canine happiness 101; vampire movie science; galactic green-thumbs; your ‘visual brain’; and speaking for trees

Friday 16: Performance art in zero gravity; ‘bad’ fungi; Tassie wildlife caught on camera; 3D printed meds; and Matt the Feral Cat

Saturday 17: The Poo Palace; fun with rocket scientists; your brain on AI; sharks in Dubbo; and bird-spotters wanted

Sunday 18 / Final Day: Plants in space; FarmBots; a Poo Palace; saving turtles with a smartphone; and swamp life with ‘Ginger’ the dinosaur

See highlights by category:

Arts, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Health, Indigenous, Women in Science.

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