Each weekday morning from 8.15 – 8.45 am on FBi Radio (95.4 FM or stream online), from Friday 14 August to Friday 21 August. Live From The Lab (LFTL) is a celebration of science, music, arts and culture. Six Sydney musicians and performers will be partnered with six Australian science researchers from each of the…
Topic: Innovation and Technology
Within Reason: Trusting science in a time of crisis
In a special National Science Week edition of our Dean’s Lecture Series, four speakers will explore how and why people trust – or distrust – science during crises. Why do people deny or ignore the science of climate change, or the miracle of vaccines? How does a jury decide which forensic evidence to trust? And…
Palm Valley Study
Ntaria School middle and senior years students will travel and camp at Palm Valley along with local rangers and community elders. This excursion and camp will be in week five provided there is no restriction for the DOE due to COVID19. During this study trip, the students will learn about the historical background of the…
Maximising Research Impact
Free virtual event designed for research staff and students. We will showcase the different ways to make the most of scientific discoveries that can benefit more people in academia and our broader society. This will be a serious and fun event centred on a hypothetical, but realistic, scenario where our world-class researcher, Prof Katharina Gaus,…
Avoidable Perils
Commissioned by Darwin Festival, Brisbane Festival and Metro Arts Bad things are happening and our heroes are at risk! Will you help save them? From techno-troublemakers Counterpilot comes Avoidable Perils, a new dubious social experiment developed in collaboration with Optikal Bloc. Cartoon heroes are caught up in a series of precarious circumstances that are beamed through screens…
Traditional Knowledge and Science – sit side by side to understand and manage country
Traditional knowledge and science can sit side by side to understand and manage country. The Njanjma Aboriginal Corporation will showcase this theme – encouraging participation of indigenous rangers and school age children in cultural and investigative activities which aim to explore the fields of knowledge and methods of knowledge building held by traditional owners and…
Immersive Science IV (SciVR): Science Champions (Port Adelaide Enfield families)
SciVR will take you on the hunt for things that go boom! We’ll explore the universe and origins of explosions in space, tracking events as they happen with Alan Duffy and Rebecca Allen with live Q&A. You get stickers and a mini VR headset to clip onto your phone, and take away with you after the…
Champion Bay Science Fair
Whatever your interest, make sure you head down to the Science Fair for a fun filled day of science. There will be live demos, challenges, virtual worlds to explore, robots to program as well as plenty of opportunities to get your hands dirty and have a go. So come along and get your science on! #scienceweek…
Melbourne International Film Festival presents The Leadership screening 7-23 Aug
Melbourne International Film Festival presents Australian documentary The Leadership, screening August 7-23. Tickets on sale now. The world is crying out for a new model of leadership, but what is it? One woman thinks she has the answer. Australian CEO and ‘dreamer’ Fabian Dattner leads an international group of 76 female scientists on an Antarctic…
Public Forum on the Moon – Newcastle edition
What would it mean to give “Legal Personhood” to the Moon? The US Executive Order on off-Earth mining, released in April 2020, has sparked an international conversation about Moon mining and the associated ethical, technological, scientific, environmental, and legal issues. Australia has a long history as an international hub for the mining industry, but as…