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The Laborastory

The Spotted Mallard 314 Sydney Road, Brunswick, VIC, Australia

The Laborastory is a science storytelling event in Melbourne that comes to tell the stories of science – the heroes, the egos, the breakthroughs and the mistakes of genius. From forgotten history and lonely laboratories, science and scientists quite literally take centre stage. On the first Wednesday of each month, The Laborastory brings together five…

$15 – $18
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Little Bang! Pre-School Science Club

Bargoonga Nganjin North Fitzroy Library 182/186 St Georges Road, Fitzroy North, VIC, Australia

This fantastic four week science program will give you and your child the chance to conduct experiments, have fun and learn about simple scientific inquiry methods. For pre-schoolers aged 3-5 and their carers’. Thursdays 2, 9, 16 & 23 August. Participants must be able to attend all four of the sessions. It is only necessary…

Free

Australia’s Dinosaurs at Wheelers Hill Libary

Wheelers Hill Library 860 Ferntree Gully Road, Wheelers Hill, Victoria, Australia

Australian’s Mesozoic Menagerie: Dinosaurs from the Age of Reptiles - a talk by Swinburne University’s Dr Stephen Poropat. To date, only twenty Australian dinosaurs from the Mesozoic Era (251-66 million years ago) have been formally named on the basis of fossilised bones. This means that we have little idea of what these dinosaurs were like…

free

VITAMANIA: Melbourne Premiere with Dr Derek Muller live on stage

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre 1 Convention Centre Place, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Join Genepool Productions to see Dr Derek Muller on stage with Sonya Pemberton for the Australian Premiere of VITAMANIA: THE SENSE AND NONSENSE OF VITAMINS for an exclusive live screening in Melbourne. This year the world will spend over $100 billion on vitamins and supplements. Every week, a new benefit is claimed. When we look…

$52.36 – $149.60

Talking About Science

Multicultural Hub 506 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

The course will teach the essential skills and strategies needed to present scientific research to a wide range of audiences. The one-day workshop starts at 9am each day and concludes at 5pm. ​Among other things, the course will cover fundamental principles of giving speeches, conference presentations and Ted talks, thus equipping budding science communicators with the…

Free

Mars – The New Frontier

Tempy Primary School 13 Harrison Street, Tempy, VIC, Australia

We are looking to space and examining how human ingenuity has overcome challenges as we look into space with a mind to explore and consider lunar travels and the population of Mars – as the new frontier. Isolated small, rural primary schools will be supported in our investigations and inquiry by Dr. Jurg Schtuz (CSIRO)…

Free

Freelancing Science Writing: The Inside Story

Multicultural Hub 506 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

The course will teach the essential skills needed to become a freelance science writer or broadcaster. Hands-on training will be provided in preparing articles, features and illustrative material for many outlets, including in-house, local and international publications. Participants completing the course will acquire valuable skills, including those needed to liaise with publishers and prepare successful…

$130

Pre-National Science Week Mixer Hosted By ASC Victoria

The Clyde Hotel 385 Cardigan Street, Carlton, VIC, Australia

It’s that time of year again, science week is just around the corner and you are invited to the annual Australian Science Communicators Pre-National Science Week Mixer. The Victorian branch of the Australian Science Communicators invite you to an evening of catch ups, networking and celebration ahead of National Science Week. Come and celebrate science…

Free

IMPACT7

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation 535 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Supported by CSIRO, IMPACT7 shines a spotlight on research-led innovations that are tackling seven 'challenges'. Join us to discover how groundbreaking research is helping to eradicate poverty and disease, providing a secure and natural environment where our grandchildren enjoy an abundance of food!

$199 – $249

Rockets and Hot Air Balloons

Sunshine Library 301 Hampshire Road, Sunshine, VIC, Australia

Are you a physicist in the making? Come along and create a rocket and hot air balloon and attempt to launch your creations.

Free

Secrets from Beyond Extinction: Unlocking the Thylacine Genome

Royal Society of Victoria 8 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

The Tasmanian tiger or thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) was the largest carnivorous Australian marsupial to exist into the modern era. Their resemblance to the eutherian wolf is considered the most striking example of convergent evolution in mammals. This is even more striking when you consider that they last shared a common ancestor over 160 million years…

Free – $5

R.U.R. 2020

BioFab3D 1st Floor, Clinical Sciences Building, 29 Regent Street, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia

In the near future, a young scientist responsible for a world-changing medical breakthrough uncovers a corporate conspiracy that could spell the end of one species – and the rise of another. A reimagination of Karel Capek’s classic sci-fi thriller, performed in a real-life laboratory. “I have seen a new generation of man being stitched together…

$15 – $40
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