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The Science Never Ends
Today is the final day of National Science Week 2018. But don’t despair! That doesn’t mean that you have to stop sciencing! There are still loads of events happening around the country after ...
Governor General’s Rocket Design Challenge
As part of National Science Week celebrations, Questacon in conjunction with the Office of the Governor General launched the first ever Governor General’s Rocket Design Challenge. Over 100 ...
Science Poem of the Day #9
Today’s poem is from Law & Impulse: maths & chemistry poems, published by The Poets Union. Tricia Dearborn Making Pipettes Rolling the hollow rod above the bunsen, blue flame glowing ...
Take the plunge with Virtual Reef Diver
Each year National Science Week partners with the ABC and some of Australia’s talented researchers to create a national project that everyone around Australia, wherever their location, can ...
Science Poem of the Day #8
Today’s poem is from Earthly Matters: biology & geology poems, published by The Poets Union. Michael Sharkey And So Good Night Curious right to the end, Lavoisier ordered a friend to make ...
Jam-Packed Final Weekend
How was your sciencing this week? Still want more? Well, you’re in luck – because the final weekend of National Science Week 2018 is jam-packed with exciting events to experience, soak up and ...
Science Poem of the Day #7
Today’s poem is from Holding Patterns: physics & engineering poems, published by The Poets Union. Magdalena Ball Six Flavours of Quark Up, down strange, charmed bottom and top, that’s the ...
Science in Surprising Spaces
When you think about science, where is it taking place? In a laboratory? In a science centre? How about a doughnut shop? With National Science Week well underway, events have already been ...
Science Week Gets Virtual
Participating in Science Week can be an immersive experience – with all the senses stimulated – the bang of a hydrogen balloon explosion, the squelch of oobleck, the taste of a fine wine, the ...
Science Poem of the Day #6
Today’s poem is from Law & Impulse: maths & chemistry poems, published by The Poets Union. Gerry Jacobson Geotanka walking past a pile of rocks glinting in morning sunlight only I kno...