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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 ...

Street Science hits the road for National Science Week 2013
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Street Science hits the road for National Science Week 2013

  • By National Office
  • 13 August, 2013

Liddell Education has booked a SOLD OUT tour of South East Queensland to celebrate National Science Week 2013. ‘Science Steve’ and his team of educators have embarked on a run of live ...

Five positive things about Positive Psychology
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Five positive things about Positive Psychology

  • By National Office
  • 13 August, 2013

We are Dr Rachel Earl and Dr Anthony Venning, Positive Psychology researchers at the University of Adelaide. Positive Psychology is a branch of psychology that investigates the positive aspects ...

Tasmanian Seed Grant Winners
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Tasmanian Seed Grant Winners

  • By Tasmania
  • 12 August, 2013

Congratulations to the following successful National Science Week seed grant recipients  in Tasmania  - 2013  is yet another great year of science events and activities! Lynn Davies – Morris ...

Bring the kids, friends and family to Extraordinary Science @ ESP
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Bring the kids, friends and family to Extraordinary Science @ ESP

  • By National Office
  • 12 August, 2013

Weed controlling insects, maggot painting and an autonomous underwater vehicle will be on show as part of Extraordinary Science at the EcoSciences Precinct (ESP) during National Science Week, ...

Get involved with Young Scientists of Australia
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Get involved with Young Scientists of Australia

  • By National Office
  • 11 August, 2013

You’re young and you’re into science, you study it in school and spend your spare time googling it, but you want something more? The Young Scientists of Australia (YSA) Brisbane Chapter Inc. has ...

Get ready for the 2013 Sunshine Coast Solar Bake-off
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Get ready for the 2013 Sunshine Coast Solar Bake-off

  • By National Office
  • 10 August, 2013

Masterchef meets Mythbusters this National Science Week, at the first ever Sunshine Coast Solar Bake-off! There’s even a science themed cake decorating competition. Want to try out your ...

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 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 ...

Twittergram Photo Challenge in the ACT
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Twittergram Photo Challenge in the ACT

  • By National Office
  • 8 August, 2013

To celebrate the Centenary of Canberra's Science Month, the ACT National Science Week Coordinating Committee is giving away over $2000 worth of amazing prizes! To enter, simply share a photo of a ...