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Sapphire Coast Science Festival
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Sapphire Coast Science Festival

  • By National Office
  • 6 August, 2014

Volunteers have been extra busy on the Far South Coast lately, pulling together a great set of activities for people in the area interested in or wanting to have a taste of science during ...

Create a sensation with microscopy T-shirts
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Create a sensation with microscopy T-shirts

  • By National Office
  • 28 July, 2014

Neurons are sensational – they help you see, hear, taste, smell and feel amazing things! They also look pretty amazing themselves. It's because I love stunning microscopic images that I decided ...

Working to get the women of science on to Wikipedia
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Working to get the women of science on to Wikipedia

  • By National Office
  • 25 July, 2014

About a year ago the Australian Academy of Science decided to do something about the paucity of women scientists on Wikipedia. Inspired by the UK Royal Society’s work to increase the presence of ...

Becoming Martian, and other things
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Becoming Martian, and other things

  • By National Office
  • 17 July, 2014

National Science Week is just a month way, and things are starting to get chaotic here in Perth. After Inspiring Australia's amazing support last year, lessons about running science events have ...

Science Fiction at Kawana Waters State College
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Science Fiction at Kawana Waters State College

  • By National Office
  • 17 July, 2014

My name is Jordan Knight, I am a student at Kawana Waters State College and am running an event in the school for National Science Week. For the whole of Term 2, I’ve had been doing science ...

ACT #natsciwk Program Poster
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ACT #natsciwk Program Poster

  • By National Office
  • 26 June, 2014

The ACT National Science Week Coordinating Committee have just published a poster program guide that is being distributed around Canberra over the next few weeks. The event listing on the...

Neural Knitworks stitch up the country
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Neural Knitworks stitch up the country

  • By National Office
  • 13 June, 2014

With its first Patron on board and deliveries of hand made textile neurons starting to arrive at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Neural Knitworks is now well underway. Great timing considering that ...

WA Small Grant Recipients 2014
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WA Small Grant Recipients 2014

  • By National Office
  • 11 June, 2014

The WA National Science Week Coordinating Committee was thrilled at the number and quality of applications they received in 2014. The events selected to receive funding in 2014 include: Perth ...

Brain Break blog
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Brain Break blog

  • By National Office
  • 5 June, 2014

On Tuesday 13 August 2013 James Cook University (JCU) scientists held a Brain Break Morning Tea on campus in Cairns. We wanted to celebrate 2013 National Science Week and the research conducted ...

ACT seed grant recipients 2014
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ACT seed grant recipients 2014

  • By National Office
  • 4 June, 2014

The science of glass, decoding the dance of the chromosome 21, flying seeds, living rocks, science in the pub, the secret life of plants and the maths of pizza... These are just some of the ...