Bull shark bandits, butterfly-inspired tech, satirical science music, and bloody school science classes

National Science Week

Dozens of Science Week stories around Queensland

  • Street Science on the farm at the Ekka.
  • TV presenter Dr Rob Bell shares bloody science with Aussie kids in 200 schools nationwide.
  • A science fair for sick kids in The Children’s Hospital.
  • Satirical science music ‘Road to Reason’: album launch at Planetarium.
  • Meet human and marine stars of National Geographic’s SHARKFEST and Bull Shark Bandits – Currumbin.
  • How butterflies inspire technology – Kuranda.
  • A band of physicists go on a road trip to explain quantum and dark matter – touring Queensland.
  • Kooo-koo-kaa-kaa, croak, screeee… What is Australia’s favourite animal sound?

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