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Science Poem of the Day: 14 August
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Science Poem of the Day: 14 August

  • By National Office
  • 14 August, 2013

Today’s poem is from Law and Impulse: maths & chemistry poems, published by The Poets Union for National Science Week 2010. Steve Evans Luminous Fruit Pigs bred with implanted jellyfish genes ...

Entertained and Enlightened by the Giants (of Medicine)
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Entertained and Enlightened by the Giants (of Medicine)

  • By carlysiebentritt
  • 13 August, 2013

Last Wednesday, 7 August, saw a great number of us battling the horrendous Melbourne rain and winds to reach the sold out Wheeler Centre. Drawing everyone in was the prospect of listening to ...

Science Poem of the Day: 13 August
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Science Poem of the Day: 13 August

  • By National Office
  • 13 August, 2013

Today’s poem is from Holding Patterns: physics & engineering poems, published by The Poets Union for National Science Week 2010. Ron Pretty Christmas Concerto Light and clear day and so ...

Science Poem of the Day: 12 August
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Science Poem of the Day: 12 August

  • By National Office
  • 12 August, 2013

Today’s poem is from Earthly Matters: biology & geology poems, published by The Poets Union for National Science Week 2010. Carol Jenkins Pollen Down-scale gene lifeboat, wind shifted silt, ...

Science Poem of the Day: 11 August
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Science Poem of the Day: 11 August

  • By National Office
  • 11 August, 2013

Today's poem is from Law and Impulse: maths and chemistry poems, published by The Poets Union for National Science Week 2010. Mark O'Flynn The Allotropes of Tin [For Roy Tasker] From the sublime ...

Welcome to National Science Week 2013 from Queensland Chief Scientist, Dr Geoff Garrett AO
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Welcome to National Science Week 2013 from Queensland Chief Scientist, Dr Geoff Garrett AO

  • By National Office
  • 10 August, 2013

We need science. It’s part of our lives – all day, every day and everywhere – in the food we eat, clothes we wear, medicine we ingest, money we spend and devices we use. Science is so deeply ...

Science Poetry Competition
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Science Poetry Competition

  • By National Office
  • 10 August, 2013

We're partnering with Australian Poetry to present the inaugural Australian Poetry Science Poetry Prize. Submissions for the prize opened this morning and will be open until Friday 23 August ...

Science Prodigy Jack Andraka in Brisbane for TEDxQUT
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Science Prodigy Jack Andraka in Brisbane for TEDxQUT

  • By National Office
  • 9 August, 2013

Science prodigy Jack Andraka – who developed a pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancer early-detection sensor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine when he was just 15 years old - will share his ...

The Science of Wine and Chocolate at Cobb+Co Museum Toowoomba
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The Science of Wine and Chocolate at Cobb+Co Museum Toowoomba

  • By National Office
  • 7 August, 2013

Discover why wine and chocolate are just so good for you at The Science of Wine and Chocolate, the regional launch of National Science Week in Queensland. The Cobb+Co Museum Toowoomba will ...

The Government is now in Caretaker
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The Government is now in Caretaker

  • By National Office
  • 6 August, 2013

On 5 August 2013 the government assumed a Caretaker role, with an election to be held 7 September 2013. Information on the National Science Week website will be published in accordance with the ...