Scientists are humanity’s frontline. Wherever answers are needed they lead the charge – overcoming complex global challenges, solving real-world problems and developing solutions for the future. Incredibly, science is predicted to bring more human progress in the next 50 years than the previous 400 combined. Fighting climate change… saving lives… sustaining the environment… ending hunger……
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Reptile Wonders
Visit this unique EXHIBITION, to celebrate the diversity, shapes, colours, textures and lives of our often misunderstood REPTILE neighbours. Produced by nationally and internationally renown artists Charles Tambiah, Liz Frankel and Clint Frankel, using innovative SCIENCE-ART and inspired by REPTILES living around us. Brought to you by the Australian National University, Riverglen View Art Studio…
Deep Blue Marine STEAM Competition for 3-10 year olds
Dive into the deep blue and let those creative juices flow this National Science Week. Enter our ‘Deep Blue’ Marine STEAM Competition for a chance to WIN an awesome science pack. CHALLENGE: Make a marine creature Get creative with craft materials, paint and items from around your home and backyard to design and make a marine creature. Be inspired by…
National Science Week CSHS 2020
We will be hosting lunch time events pitched towards junior students. There will be a session for each of the sciences offered at our school, used as a form of ‘showcasing’ science. All events will be ‘deep blue’ themed.
Event Horizon Symposium
Australia’s seminal art journal, Art + Australia, will explore the conjunction of art and science in its next issue, Event Horizon #52.6, which will be released in August. The publication will coincide with a three day Event Horizon Symposium hosted by the University of Melbourne’s Centre of Visual Art (CoVA) and the Science Gallery Melbourne,…
How Integrative Medicine Can Keep Your Heart Healthy
On Tuesday 18 August, NICM Health Researchers will host a one-hour Zoom session, discussing “How integrative medicine can keep your heart healthy?” Guest speakers from NICM Health Research Institute and their topic includes: Dr Phoebe Zhou: How the synergy works in herbal medicines to lower the risk of heart diseases Dr Angelo Sabag: How regular…
ANSTO’s National Science Week Hackathon
Following a run of successful hackathons involving ANSTO and nandin startups, we’re excited to be launching a hackathon for students in partnership with the Australian Museum as part of National Science Week The hackathon is open to Australian secondary school students in Years 7-11 interested in science and technology. First 20 teams to submit a complete…
Eating for the Planet
Is it possible to feed a future population of 10 billion people a healthy diet within planetary boundaries? Four years ago, this question was posed to a group of doctors and dieticians from all over the world, and their response became the Planetary Health Diet – a way of eating created by scientists to bring…
Life Among the Stars
2020 Einstein Lecture Less than two decades ago, wondering whether other stars really did host planets was a matter for science fiction writers rather than scientists. Today, we’ve gone from complete ignorance, to a treasure trove of ‘exoplanets’– different sized planets that orbit around other stars – thanks to innovation, persistence, and meticulous measurement. But…
The World According to Physics
Jim Al-Khalili’s new book, The World According to Physics, is his love letter to the subject he has spent most of his life thinking about. Physics is a key part of the human quest to understand the world. In this talk, he shares with us his account of what physics has achieved. Taking us on…