This year’s festival runs from 13 to 21 August, with thousands of events. National launch with Minister at Parliament House – Thursday 4 August. Scientists, experts and event organisers are available for interview leading up to and throughout National Science Week. Here are some early stories: National: 88% of Australians trust science and scientists, but…
Dozens of Science Week stories around Tasmania Join a NASA astrobiologist and 150 roving scientists for a drink – Hobart Beer quenches scientists’ thirst for knowledge (online and live in Tassie) Plant-powered cars, Jurassic poop, the science of piracy, and more at Festival of Bright Ideas 2022 – Hobart Bugs, bats, brains, and space junk:…
Dozens of Science Week stories around Queensland 1500+ rockets to be simultaneously launched around Australia Making waves: a century of Australian coral reef science – South Brisbane Explaining cancer biology to young people through pop culture, art and augmented reality – online Feeding caterpillars to get butterflies – Kuranda The cultural connection of Indigenous astronomy…
Dozens of Science Week stories around Victoria Starlings flock, humans crowd, drones… zizz? Explore the swarm in this exhibition-cum-experiment – Parkville Saturn up close – Ballarat Hydrogen energy 101 – Hawthorn Moving images: virtual reality helps us accept death – Carlton A band of physicists go on a road trip to explain quantum and dark…
Dozens of Science Week stories around the Territory An AI ‘Time Machine’ and a health lab on wheels – Darwin and Northeast Arnhem Land Students survey the Territory’s soil, from Darwin’s dirt to sands in Central Australia – multiple locations across NT Will we have enough prawns for Christmas? – Darwin Wattle vs woollybutt: what…
Dozens of Science Week stories around New South Wales Dr Karl, dinosaurs, furry friends, and a T-Rex autopsy show: all on the Sydney Science Trail – Mt Annan and Sydney Fighting superbugs, big bad tech, caring for sky country, and microfactories making new materials from old – Sydney Science Festival is back Saving the planet…
Dozens of Science Week stories around ACT Footy Quake: can a rugby crowd register on the Richter scale? – GIO Stadium Science in the shopping centres Flying drones, engineering defence, art-robots, and biology balloons: meet the women of science and art – Canberra What do experts make of the ‘science’ in Mars Attacks!? – Acton…
Karri, tea tree, river red gum… nationwide project to crown Australia’s most loved species. The poll opens on Monday 1 August. The list will be cut to the top 20 on Friday 12 August, then 10 finalists on Friday 19 August, and the winner will be announced on Friday August 26. Images available for media…
Images available for media use. Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon) — a long-lived wattle with cream ball-shaped flowers. Native to eastern states and SA, it’s now also found in WA, often as a feature or shade tree. Blackwood is used for furniture and guitars; and by Indigenous people for food, medicine and weapons. Boab (Adansonia gregorii) — found in…
Planetary scientist Katarina Miljkovic is available to discuss the nature of planets in Melbourne this week. It’s part of a national tour of public and school talks promoting opportunities for women in physics. The planets in our solar system are vastly different although they all formed from the same cloud of gas and dust around…