Stick insects meet dancing androids, cartoon characters in danger, making viruses from couscous, and more

Great National Science Week ARTS stories up for grabs now around Australia.

· Phasmid of the opera: performances featuring music, dance and a stick insect–Melbourne

· How to make a reef from music and glass—Canberra

· The art of event horizons–Melbourne

· Famous Tasmanians talk science in the wilderness—Tasmania

· Can you save a cartoon character from being plunged into a vat of acid?—Darwin

· Beauty from the ashes: recovery after bushfires—Tasmania

· Making viruses from couscous and chook-wire–Melbourne

These are just a few of the arts events happening across Australia during National Science Week (August 15 to 23).

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