Join Biobrain’s webinar where two expert scientists will discuss the global efforts to prevent, diagnose and treat COVID-19, as well as how these efforts may improve our ability to more rapidly and effectively respond to future global infectious threats. You will have a chance to ask questions of experts working in this effort, to help…
Topic: Health and Medical
The Science of the Black Box
The Science of the Black Box is a dynamic online learning program inviting young people to explore traditional Tasmanian Aboriginal artifacts and the modern science behind their remarkable qualities: from the medicinal properties of bull kelp to the chemistry of resins and the secrets of bush-foods. Delivered by TMAG Aboriginal Learning Facilitator, Teangi Brown in…
STEM Saving Lives in Defence
This exhibition will showcase the many ways Defence uses STEM to save lives through the work of their scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians. Examples of STEM saving lives will be drawn from the recent COVID-19 pandemic and the work around the bushfires this summer, as well as many other examples across the Defence workforce.
National Science Week Launch + Science Saving Lives
Join us as we officially launch National Science Week and the special ‘Science Saving Lives’ forum. Following the official launch of Science Week, stay online for a very special event that will take you behind the scenes of Australia’s COVID response. Our expert panel will reveal how maths and science expertise has helped to save…
Adventures Abroad in Science – Canberra women discuss their experiences & research
Canberra produces some superb scientists who end up having amazing adventures in the science world. In this series of online chats you will meet women who have gone to all kinds of places around the world. Session 1: 9 AM Saturday 15 August, featuring: Gravitational wave theoretical physicist Professor Susan Scott, FAA (LIGO, US) Antarctic…
WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) 2020 Networking Night
Running since 2015, the annual WISE Networking Night is an exclusive opportunity for students to network with sponsors, industry representatives, and academics, as well as fellow peers within and outside your discipline. This year’s Networking Night will be a special ’10 Years with WISE’ edition, where we will be celebrating the past ten years of…
HERE Mapping Competition – Build an interactive map and win prizes
Digital maps are a useful tool to show the location of things, convey important messages to your audience and share a story with them. HERE Technologies is inviting you to join its mapping competition and build an online interactive map for a chance to win great prizes. Your map can be about anything… it can…
Super STEM Careers Q&A
Are you a high school student who wants to design, build or discover new things? Do you want to solve the challenges of the future? Want to know what a STEM career really looks like, and how to get there? Join us on Wednesday 4-5pm AEST for a FREE live streamed interactive Q&A to get…
How to Fix a Pixie: art meets science in hospital
This project focuses on 14 Pixie O’Harris paintings from The Children’s Hospital at Westmead’s art collection in need of conservation and restoration. Each painting ‘becomes the patient’ and undergoes examination, diagnosis and treatment. The art conservator will demonstrate how to make swabs, remove varnish layers and ‘operate’ to replace paint losses in a simulated environment….
Diego’s Foraging Guide
Learn all about wild edible plants growing in your backyard. In this 15 minute video, foraging expert Diego Bonetto demonstrates how to identify some of the common edible plants that grow in backyards and parks in the local Liverpool area, and explains some of their uses. Diego Bonetto is an artist, forager and wild food…