National Science Week
The national festival that reaches nearly 2 million people through thousands of events is back from 12 to 20 August.
Entertainment, business, environment, food and wine, Indigenous media, the arts, health, technology, farming and agriculture, lifestyle, education, LGBTQI+, and disability media…National Science Week offers stories for every round.
Here are a few early picks:
- Sydney: Space travel to deep sea exploration: meet reserve astronaut Meganne Christian and Mariana Trench researcher Nicole Yamase.
- Newcastle: Climb and bounce your way through a giant inflatable Poo Palace that recreates the journey of food, from lips to lavatory.
- Melbourne: An art exhibition on dark matter – the mysterious substance that does not absorb, reflect it, or emit light. Making the invisible universe tangible at Science Gallery Melbourne in collaboration with Arts at CERN.
- Brisbane: Quirky sciencey music, a journey through the stars, and popcorn. ‘Road to Reason’ album launch at the Planetarium.
- Currumbin: oHow Shark paternity, whale songs, and why some jellyfish are blue – meet the human and marine stars of the National Geographic documentaries SHARKFEST and Bull Shark Bandits.
- Canberra: Blade Runner: what’s the science vs science fiction? Ask the experts.
- Darwin: Paint with a UV torch at ‘Sea of Light’, a light installation at MAGNT.
- Adelaide: Proton therapy for cancer treatment? Meet the people behind Australia’s first proton therapy centre.
- Hobart & live
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