National Science Week: Nationwide Stories
Sunday 23 August Highlights from the final day of National Science Week Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. TAS: Nature’s jewels: The tiny, enchanting world of slime moulds. QLD: Racing a contagious cancer to save the Tasmanian devil. NSW: Follow food from lips to lavatory in the giant inflatable…
Saturday 22 August Highlights from day 8 of National Science Week’s 9-day week Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. NSW: Native bees, seaweed, and 60,000+ years of Indigenous science at Redfern. NSW: Dinosaurs, frogs, and a First Nations Science Village: two huge family-friendly events – Mount Annan & Abbotsbury….
Friday 21 August Highlights from day 7 of National Science Week’s 9-day week Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. NSW: Queer eye for AI: modern mathematician explores Alan Turing’s legacy, in Sydney. QLD: Planetarium ‘pop-rock-funk’ concert explores music, misinformation, and the cosmos. TAS: Experimenting with beer – Hobart. QLD:…
Thursday 20 August Highlights from day 6 of National Science Week Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. VIC: Why attention is a precious and limited resource. NSW: Anatomy according to Hollywood. NT: Alice Springs and Chile connect through poetry, astronomy, and our shared view of the stars VIC: Who…
Wednesday 19 August Highlights from day 5 of National Science Week’s 9-day week Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. NSW: Australia’s nuclear reactor is 20 this year. How has it helped science and medicine? SA: Love, fear and algal blooms: how do you feel about the ocean? QLD: Monsters…
Monday 17 August Highlights from day 3 of National Science Week Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. NATIONAL: Design a robot for disasters, oceans or space. WA: The fleet of caravans that transformed chronic disease, in Busselton. NSW: A farm under Sydney’s CBD. TAS: Indigenous astrophysicist and TikTokker and…
Tuesday 18 August Highlights from day 4 of National Science Week Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. QLD: Get inside the brain of a professional ruby player – Toowoomba. NSW: Stomach in stitches – giant knitted wooly gastrointestinal system highlights gut-brain link. WA: Real CSI careers STATE: Quantum leap:…
Saturday 15 August Highlights from day 1 of National Science Week Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. NSW: Dinosaurs, displays and the Surfing Scientist: two huge family-friendly events in Sydney. QLD: Olympians, sports science and STEM in the tropics, in Cairns. ACT: Earth science (and much more) revealed in…
Highlights from day 2 of National Science Week Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. QLD: An Aussie astronaut, a little lunar robot and super-fast aeroplanes at Gold Coast’s Airshow. SA: Help wanted for Kangaroo Island’s koala census. ACT: Snakes, space, rockets, rocks and more take over Canberra’s shopping centres….
Media release from the ABC Radio National Vote now To celebrate National Science Week 2026, ABC Radio National is calling on audiences to vote for Australia’s Most Amazing Wildflower. Voting is open now and the winner will be announced live on air on ABC Radio National on Friday 21 August, starting from 12pm AEST. With…