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For good vibes and belly laughs
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For good vibes and belly laughs

  • By Science in Public
  • 11 August, 2025

Who says scientists don’t have a sense of humour? With all the bad news happening around the world, you may want a National Science Week event that gives you good vibes, great times, or belly ...

NSW 2025 highlights: Science in Sydney Harbour, psychedelics, dinosaurs, and a giant inflatable poo palace
Science Week News, State Blogs

NSW 2025 highlights: Science in Sydney Harbour, psychedelics, dinosaurs, and a giant inflatable poo palace

  • By Science in Public
  • 11 August, 2025

Science in New South Wales includes tens of thousands of years of Traditional Knowledge, the world’s first electronic pacemaker, the ‘living fossil’ Wollemi pine, Australia’s research reactor, ...

SA 2025 highlights: Citizen science, space food, fossil rock and roll, and more
Science Week News, State Blogs

SA 2025 highlights: Citizen science, space food, fossil rock and roll, and more

  • By Science in Public
  • 9 August, 2025

South Australia is home to fabulous fossils, space science, and passionate citizen scientists. National Science Week 2025 officially launched in SA with a glittering ceremony at the South ...

QLD 2025 highlights: 50 ways to die in space, 3D-printed pills, why whales sing, future food, and more
Science Week News, State Blogs

QLD 2025 highlights: 50 ways to die in space, 3D-printed pills, why whales sing, future food, and more

  • By Science in Public
  • 9 August, 2025

Beauty and brains. Queensland has it all: home to natural wonders from the Great Barrier Reef to Outback dinosaur country, ancient rainforests and passionate scientists specialising in everything ...

WA 2025 highlights: space music, crochet and cocktails, dark matter, and more
Science Week News, State Blogs

WA 2025 highlights: space music, crochet and cocktails, dark matter, and more

  • By Science in Public
  • 9 August, 2025

Western Australia is home to quokkas, stromatolites, supercomputers, and Australia’s Square Kilometre Array. “WA is home to an outstanding community of scientists, researchers, and innovators. ...

Territory 2025 highlights: beers, bees, how the birds got their colours, and more
Science Week News, State Blogs

Territory 2025 highlights: beers, bees, how the birds got their colours, and more

  • By Science in Public
  • 9 August, 2025

Darwin is the only Australian capital city named after a scientist and the Northern Territory is a hot spot for research into biosecurity, fisheries, tropical diseases, earth science, Indigenous ...

ACT 2025 highlights: frogs and fungus, science in dance, and snakes and robots in shopping centres
Science Week News, State Blogs

ACT 2025 highlights: frogs and fungus, science in dance, and snakes and robots in shopping centres

  • By Science in Public
  • 9 August, 2025

The Australian Capital Territory is home to Mount Stromlo Observatory, the creatures of Mulligan’s Flat, and literally dozens of research centres with hundreds of scientists. Dr Rachelle Bonner ...

VIC 2025 highlights: Plants (past and future), attention, distraction, sharks, Minions, and more
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VIC 2025 highlights: Plants (past and future), attention, distraction, sharks, Minions, and more

  • By Science in Public
  • 9 August, 2025

National Science Week in Victoria takes a theme of ‘Grow’, exploring how animals, plants, people and careers develop, and more. Below is a selection of highlight events to give you a taste of the ...

TAS 2025 highlights: Space weather, aurora-chasers, science of better sex, beer experiments, and more
Science Week News, State Blogs

TAS 2025 highlights: Space weather, aurora-chasers, science of better sex, beer experiments, and more

  • By Science in Public
  • 9 August, 2025

Tasmania is all about indulgence: for foodies, nature-lovers, art connoisseurs and the eternally curious. It also boasts the world’s best vantage point to view the Southern Lights and a stellar ...

Meet the National Science Week 2025 Ambassadors
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Meet the National Science Week 2025 Ambassadors

  • By Science in Public
  • 8 August, 2025

Each year, a group of scientists and science communicators are invited to become ambassadors for National Science Week. They volunteer their time to record community service announcements and ...