Who wants to live forever; thunderstorm asthma; crochet, cocktails and maths; Baroque space music; computing 101

National Science Week - Saturday 9 to Sunday 17 August 2025

Great National Science Week for 55+ audiences stories up for grabs now around Australia

  • Computer programmers aged 55+ wanted. No experience required – Greenway, ACT
  • Crochet meets maths with cocktails – Joondalup, WA
  • Pharmacies of the future: 3D-printed pills, nanomedicine and more – Brisbane, QLD
  • Do you want to live forever? Hear what neuroscience and health experts have to say during the FOREVER exhibition – Adelaide, SA
  • Step inside a giant, woolly gut: community knit-in explores gut-brain axis – Gymea, NSW
  • Nature and your attention span? – North Fitzroy, VIC
  • Who to call if you find a dinosaur bone – Ryde, NSW
  • Are you at risk of thunderstorm asthma? – Beechworth, VIC
  • Aurora-chasers capture the rarely-seen ‘STEVE’ and other phenomena – Hobart, TAS
  • Space music with NASA astrophysicist and Baroque orchestra – Perth, WA
  • Deep space and time exploration in Australia’s Red Centre – Alice Springs, NT
  • Closing health gaps with wearable tech – Bundoora, VIC
  • Multimedia project captures 65,000+ years of Indigenous Knowledge through voices of elders, scientists and environmentalists – online
  • Legally blind artist drives multisensory Quantum Year exhibition – multi-state (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane)
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