Have you ever wondered how zookeepers prepare and present food to the diverse animals in their care? This exclusive online event will explain how our dedicated keepers support our veterinary and nutrition teams by carefully preparing and presenting food to our animals. Through behind-the-scenes video footage and commentary by our amazing keepers, you’ll learn all…
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More than just delicious: creating healthy and nutritious diets for the animals of Adelaide Zoo
Formulating diets for all of the different species at Adelaide Zoo is a complex, tricky and fascinating business. During this exclusive online event, the nutritionists and keepers at Adelaide Zoo will take you through the science and processes involved in formulating the diets of a wide variety of animals, from the largest carnivores to the…
Science and Engineering Investigations Online
Your chance to make your own scientific discoveries. The Science and Engineering Investigation Awards is an annual state-wide competition for Year 5 to 12 students to investigate a topic of their choice. Students present their findings to judges from research and industry for feedback. This year, because of COVID-19, we are going online. We invite…
Brain Break – St Virgil’s College
We’re hosting a Brain Break morning tea with scrumptious morsels of science goodness to celebrate science achievement and endeavour. We’ll be getting together to share fun science quizzes, activities and demonstrations over our cuppa. This morning tea is just for us, but you can register to host one for FREE in your own workplace.
The past, present and future of COVID-19
As the world feels the health, economic and social burdens of the COVID-19 pandemic, we wonder where we go from here. It seems like so long ago – 31 December 2019 – when pneumonia of unknown aetiology was first detected in Wuhan, China and reported to the World Health Organisation. Within a matter of weeks,…
Science Exchange Series – Loving Thy Neighbour: Insights from Primates
Conflicts between groups are deeply rooted in our society, but we also have the capacity to get along with our neighbours and ally for a common goal. Using evolutionary theory as a navigational guide, Dr Cyril C. Grueter draws on his research on the social organisation of our primate relatives to explore the origins of…
Forensic Genetic Genealogy
Join Professor Dennis McNevin as we discover how forensic genetic genealogy has the potential to solve a multitude of crimes. The so called Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo, has recently plead guilty to a string of murders and sexual assaults committed in California in the 1970s and 1980s. He was eventually brought to justice…
CSIRO National Science Week Challenge
To celebrate National Science Week, we’re challenging all Australians to find out what connects them to the ocean, wherever they live. From taking photos of local waterways to designing and building a water filter, you can explore your connection to the ocean as deeply as you’d like. Head to our National Science Week Challenge website to learn…
Observing with Galileo: How the first telescopic views of the celestial sphere changed the world
From 1609 to 1613 Galileo used his own astronomical telescope of unprecedented precision and power to make an avalanche of astounding new discoveries. This triggered a revolution in the way humanity sees its place in the cosmos. Some of these discoveries are well known like the discovery of the moons of Jupiter, the phases of…
Royal Society of Tasmania lecture: From Surface to Satellites – remote sensing from drones advances our understanding of plant biodiversity
Biodiversity loss poses one of the most serious threats to human well-being as biodiversity underpins ecosystem services, such as biomass production, carbon sequestration, and pollination. The scientific community has called for the development of essential biodiversity variables (EBVs) facilitating global observations from satellites. However, the resolution of satellite data is generally too coarse for direct…