Written by Catriona Nguyen-Robertson From Border Collie bodyguards to puppies on patrol, dogs are helping Zoos Victoria protect some of our most threatened species. Australia is facing an extinction crisis: as at 2019, a total of 1790 species of…
Greetings! I'm Rena Singh, the new Manager of the Inspiring Victoria program, the year-round science engagement initiative that includes National Science Week. I thought you'd like to hear the exciting news about Science Week this year, which is: It's Happening!…
by Catriona Nguyen-Robertson MRSV Science Engagement Officer “Smoke never has just a minimal impact,” says Dr Martin Cope, Principal Research Scientist at the CSIRO Climate Science Centre. We spent long periods shrouded in smoke due to the 2019-2020 bushfires that…
We regret to advise the Royal Society of Victoria is cancelling all public gatherings until the end of June 2020, at which point we'll make further deliberations based on the information at hand. (**JULY UPDATE: now closed until the end…
The world’s greatest science festival is coming to Melbourne! 14 – 16 August 2020 | Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Off the back of successful shows in the United Kingdom, New Scientist Live is launching in Melbourne, Australia during National Science…
As part of National Science Week (10 - 17 August), Superstar of STEM Dr Kirsten Ellis hosted a series of inclusive Maker Space workshops, giving over 100 people living with a disability the opportunity across two days to be creative…
Four schools in Victoria received a Cambridge University Press Grant to support their National Science Week events in 2019. The objectives of these grants were to encourage schools to showcase science and to inspire wide community participation in science, technology,…
Everyone’s reality is slightly different. We all experience the world around us in different ways. Our world is sensed as electrical impulses that our brains then turn into something meaningful. At Extrasensory, everyone was challenged to make sense of the…
Photo: Dr Renee Beale, Science Week Victoria Lead; Dr Darlene Lim, NASA; Kate Barnard, Museums Victoria’s Science Programs Manager. Darlene Lim aims to “merge science and exploration”. NASA’s vision is to get more humans to Moon and beyond, and…
National Science Week is in its third decade of celebration and, according to Mike Flattley, CEO of RSV, it is only “becoming more vigorous”. Dr Amanda Caples, Victoria’s Lead Scientist, officially launched Science Week in Victoria at Melbourne Museum on…