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Thursday 15 August

Highlights from day 6 of National Science Week

Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country.

VIC: Canine happiness 101: if dogs could talk, you might be shocked – Melbourne

NSW: Creative genius: discover your ‘visual brain’ – Sydney

ACT: Want to work as a scientist in government? – Canberra

VIC: How to grow a Martian garden – Wodonga

QLD: What the froth? Science in the brewery – Gladstone

SA: Meet the scientists who speak for the trees – Adelaide

NSW: Sleeping with cancer – Westmead

WA: The science of beer – Joondalup

WA: 140,000 years in 30 minutes at Scitech Planetarium – Perth

ACT: Fang-tastic. For the love of bats, vampires and pop-culture flick, Blade – Canberra

NT: Be a Top End biosecurity expert for the day – Katherine

National: Your smartphone pics could help scientists keep an eye on water – online

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

[Read more…] about Canine happiness 101; vampire movie science; galactic green-thumbs; your ‘visual brain’; and speaking for trees

Tuesday 13 August

Highlights from day 4 of National Science Week

Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country.

NSW: Meet the woman who co-founded space companies on three continents – Sydney

NSW: Find love at the Love Lab – Sydney

National: How do you count koalas? – online (NSW & QLD talent)

QLD: How will quantum reshape Queensland and its future economy?

VIC: Science and community forum on the future of the Otway Ranges – Colac

TAS: Space treasures, meteorites, and a Planetarium show on tour

NT: First Nations science and culture for conservation

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

[Read more…] about Counting koalas; quantum future; space entrepreneur; and find love at The Love Lab

Friday 16 August

Highlights from day 7 of National Science Week

Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country.

NSW: Space life meets art in zero gravity – Sydney

QLD: Should we 3D print pills? – Brisbane

TAS: Get hooked on Nature’s soap operas – Launceston

VIC: How to grow a Martian garden – Bendigo

NT: 9-metre whale puppet tells ‘The Whale’s Tale’ – Darwin

WA: Matt the Feral Cat: make & meet this feline fiend – Albany

TAS: Vaginal vignettes: Sex in the animal kingdom – Hobart

ACT: Ghost Trees: inside the ‘digital memory’ of trees – Canberra

SA: 3D Printing, VR, Robotics, Laser Cutting and more – Adelaide

QLD: When ‘bad’ fungi attacks: is there a doctor in the forest? – Julatten

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

Also today:

• VIC: Craft to Code. Can circuit boards make music and did weaving produce the first computer code?
• SA: Herding caterpillars with Butterfly Conservation SA

[Read more…] about Performance art in zero gravity; ‘bad’ fungi; Tassie wildlife caught on camera; 3D printed meds; and Matt the Feral Cat

Highlights from day 1 of National Science Week

Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country.

NSW: Saving turtles with a smartphone – Sydney Zoo

VIC: Art-science exhibition explores science fiction – Parkville

QLD: Please touch the dinosaurs: Queensland Museum exhibition supersizes accessibility for visually impaired kids

TAS: Pseudo penises, temporary passages, and other vaginal vignettes from the animal kingdom

ACT: Ghost Trees: big data, art and sound bringing back landscapes lost

ACT: Meet reptiles, daleks, dinosaurs, robots, and more while you’re shopping

NT: Art bringing Miocene megafauna back to life in Alice Springs

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

Also today:

• ACT: Come and see ANU’s high-energy ion beam making Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility
• SA: How boomerangs fly and other First Nations science
• WA: Help scientists survey magical macrofauna and invertebrates in the bushland above Calgardup Cave

[Read more…] about Sci-fi art-science; animal vagina surprises; boomerang flights; and please DO touch the dinosaurs

The International Space Station? Emu in the Sky? Saturn’s rings? Supernova 1987a?

Embrace your dark side and vote in our national poll.

Participate at: www.abc.net.au/nightsky from 5 August.

Media contacts: Shelley Thomas, shelley@scienceinpublic.com.au or 0416 377 444; or Tanya Ha, tanya@scienceinpublic.com.au or 0404 083 863.

• Talent available for interviews
• Images for media use
• Contenders for the most amazing thing you’ve seen in the night sky
• Footage available on request.

Do you love gazing at the Milky Way? Are you intrigued by the Emu in the Sky and its significance for Indigenous culture? Have you witnessed technicolour displays of Aurora australis?

This National Science Week, ABC Science wants people to vote in a national poll that asks: ‘What’s the most amazing thing you’ve seen in the night sky?’.

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