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Space junk, Sky Country, bloody science at school, and saving species with data and rewilding

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Monday 14 August Highlights from day three of National Science Week Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. NSW: Space junk and Sky Country: meet a space archaeologist and an Indigenous astrophysicist. NSW: Bandicoots, platypuses, and more: can we save our endangered species through rewilding? VIC: Astrophysicists vs science fiction, … Continued

Spider crabs, data for dolphins, Atmospheric Memory, and a play by ChatGPT

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Sunday 13 August Highlights from day two of National Science Week Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. VIC: Is AI the next Shakespeare? See a play written by ChatGPT. VIC: Solving great spider crab mysteries, without getting wet, sandy or bitten. NSW: Meet the chemist-turned-artist behind Atmospheric Memory. NSW: … Continued

Blade Runner, ballistics, birdsongs, and a First Nations food garden

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Dozens of Science Week stories around ACT Space, robotics, and engineering with LEGO: science while you shop in Canberra’s malls. First Nations food and medicine in the National Museum’s garden. Pew-pew! Fact or fiction in Hollywood ballistics. Biodiversity offsets to funding threatened species: the maths of environmental policies. Blade Runner: what do neuroscientists and bioethics … Continued

An Aussie astronaut, plants fighting climate change, scientists’ drag battle, and a giant Poo Palace

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Dozens of Science Week stories around New South Wales An Aussie astronaut, art therapy, deep sea science, space junk and Sky Country –all at the Sydney Science Festival. Newcastle’s giant inflatable Poo Palace recreates the journey of food, from lips to loo. What’s the role of plants, wetlands and phytoplankton in tackling climate change? What’s … Continued

Dr Karl, beer science, animal private parts, and Indigenous astronomy at a dark sky party

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Dozens of Science Week stories around Tasmania Dr Karl: what’s the science in future careers? Science, music, Indigenous astronomy at NOCTURNA Dark Sky Retreat. Cats, chemicals, brains, stress, and space junk: young scientists tour Tasmania. Multi-chambered vaginas, elongated clitorises, pseudo-penises and more: improv and 3D-printed animal vaginas reveal the world of female reproduction. Experimental beers … Continued

Spider crabs, science denial, and a play by ChatGPT

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Dozens of National Science Week stories around Victoria DARK MATTERS exhibition – can art make the invisible universe visible? Solving great spider crab mysteries, without getting wet, sandy or bitten. Is AI the next Shakespeare? See a play written by ChatGPT. Astrophysicists vs science fiction, and a sci-fi costume competition. Should we care about science … Continued