Beaker Street Festival Headline Program – Psychedelics: the future of therapy?

Hear from leading clinical psychedelic researcher, Dr Paul Liknaitzky, in conversation with acclaimed author Heather Rose, as they discuss the therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs and why Australia is poised to spearhead their use in the treatment of mental illness. Our MC for this event will be Mark Horstman. Immediately following this performance, the audience…

Beaker Street Festival Headline Program – Great Debate

Two teams of heavy-hitters go head-to-head in the annual Beaker Street Festival debate, taking sides on the fate of humanity in a world of artificial intelligence: AI will render human creativity worthless Be entertained, persuaded, and enthralled by a battle of brains and bravado! The team that gets the rowdiest applause takes the coveted Tip…

Can Artificial Intelligence or BlockChain help preserve First Nations knowledges?

Join us in celebrating National Science Week as we present this unique opportunity to gain further understanding of First Nations knowledge and how sciences such as Artificial Intelligence and BlockChain can preserve this. This live webinar will provide valuable insights from a proud Gunai Kurnai man of the Palawa nation who has a passion for…

Can Artificial Intelligence or BlockChain help preserve First Nations knowledges?

Join us in celebrating National Science Week as we present this unique opportunity to gain further understanding of First Nations knowledge and how sciences such as Artificial Intelligence and BlockChain can preserve this. This live webinar will provide valuable insights from a proud Gunai Kurnai man of the Palawa nation who has a passion for…

From Antarctica to Space via Bologna, Italy: a public lecture by Dr Meganne Christian

UNSW Sydney alumna, Dr Meganne Christian, who currently works at the Italian National Research Agency, was selected as part of the European Space Agency’s 2022 astronaut class. Dr Christian is a materials scientist and atmospheric physicist. She is one of 11 reservist astronauts selected, alongside five career astronauts from more than 22,500 eligible applicants. She…

The Anti-conference: Innovation, Inspiration, Intelligence

Inspiring WA and The WA Coordinating Committee for National Science are delighted to present The Anti-conference this National Science Week.  This isn’t your typical conference! Grab your friends and bring your best science facts to our first session, Intelligence. We’re talking one big boozy science quiz at Perth Mess Hall. On Saturday we’re heading to…

South West Science Fair

Join us at South West Science Fair 2023, a free family friendly event filled with science themed mysteries. Solve a robbery, make some slime or visit the forensics lab, either way you are bound to discover or learn something new. South West Science Fair brings multiple exhibitors from around WA come together at Bunbury Library…

Switch on to Science

Switch on to Science is an annual event where museum volunteers operate and demonstrate a wide variety of working vintage equipment and talk about the science and technology principles that make them work. Everyone will be encouraged to try operating the old equipment and to explore how technology has evolved over the years. The aim…

Switch on to Science

Switch on to Science is an annual event where museum volunteers operate and demonstrate a wide variety of working vintage equipment and talk about the science and technology principles that make them work.  Everyone will be encouraged to try operating the old equipment and to explore how technology has evolved over the years. The aim…

Switch on to Science

Switch on to Science is an annual event where museum volunteers operate and demonstrate a wide variety of working vintage equipment and talk about the science and technology principles that make them work.  Everyone will be encouraged to try operating the old equipment and to explore how technology has evolved over the years. The aim…