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Family Science Day at Hive

Family Science Day at Hive returns with a showcase of amazing species survival themed science activities for National Science Week. The program includes mini-workshops, extra planetarium shows and an expo of Tasmanian Science. Hive’s Science Centre will be overflowing with interactive experiences for all the family, with pop-up stalls by scientists and ecology organisations from…

World Heritage – Beyond the Boundaries – Geology of the Naracoorte Caves

Join local geologist Ian Lewis for a trip back in time to when the Naracoorte Caves didn’t exist. In this live streamed webinar, Ian will discuss the early beginnings of the limestone bedrock all the way through to the formation of the caves themselves. Ian has been exploring caves at Naracoorte and in the Limestone…

World Heritage – All about the ‘Tites and ‘Mites

Join Naracoorte Caves staff in this live streamed webinar to learn more about speleothems, or as it is more commonly known, cave decoration. Learn how the various types of cave decoration form, from the majestic columns through to tiny straws and everything in between. This livestream will give you a better understanding of how beautiful…

Weaving knowledge-an encounter with artists and scientists – Panel

Art and science reflect two very different ways that we are in the world. To celebrate National Science Week, Scientist-turned-artist Steven Durbach will host a panel with both artists and scientists to discover common ground and shared goals between these two cultures. Contemporary artists Jane Burton Taylor and Annelies Jahn and evolutionary biologist Russell Bonduriansky…

World Heritage – The Hidden World

World Heritage – Beyond the Boundaries – The Hidden World: Unveiling the Secret Lives of Caves Caves are amazing places, containing fossils, speleothems, plants and a myriad of other interesting things. Often overlooked though are the microbes, invertebrates and other hidden things living within them. Join cave expert Dr Liz Reed to find out more…

World Heritage – Naracoorte’s Megafauna Revealed

Join renowned palaeontology Dr Liz Reed to learn more about Australia’s extinct megafauna like Thylacoleo carnifex and Diprotodon optatum. Focussing on species found in the Naracoorte Caves, Dr Reed will cover a variety of topics related to the megafauna. This school-level focussed live streamed webinar will provide students an amazing window into the past and…

Science at the Local Library – Empowering Communities

Join us at Penrith Library this National Science Week for an inspiring session with Dr Ricky Spencer. Dr Spencer is an Associate Professor of Ecology at Western Sydney University and will talk about the benefits of citizen science as a pathway to nature exploration and how you too can become an agent of environmental stewardship….

Hacking the Anthropocene – Climate stories between art and science

National Science Week is coming! Are you aged 14-28 years old? Let’s hack the Anthropocene to find climate stories between art and science with SWISP Lab X Science Gallery Melbourne.  At the intersection of creative and scientific inquiry lies innovative ways to approach and understand climate change. The Speculative Wanderings in Space and Place (SWISP)…

Blade Screening and Panel Discussion – Science. Art. Film. at the NFSA

With superhuman strength and immunity to sunlight, human-vampire hybrid Blade hunts down vampires to avenge his mother’s death. When vampire Deacon Frost threatens to unleash an ancient god, Blade and his friend Whistler team up with haematologist Karen Jenson to stop them. Based on the Marvel anti-hero, this cult classic is often credited with popularising…