Hunt for the Plastic Eaters
Science Gallery Melbourne throws down the gauntlet and sets an ambitious challenge: can we find a new plastic-eating bacteria in Australia? This project asks citizen scientists to culture bacteria in…
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P@TCH
Macfarland Court The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, AustraliaJanna Ahrndt (United States of America) Will you truthfully track your environmental goals? Like a Fitbit for your ethical performance, P@tch is a textile-based new media project inspired by punk and…
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Urinotron
Macfarland Court The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, AustraliaSandra and Gaspard Bébié-Valérian (France) and Professor Peter Scales (Australia) Are you flushing a valuable wee-source? Urinotron is a large-scale installation that takes our organic waste (urine) and transforms it into power for your mobile phone, before recycling it…
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Plastivore
Macfarland Court The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, AustraliaArtist Oliver Kellhammer’s work allows you to watch the mealworms as they dine on polystyrene. Oliver Kellhammer (United States of America) Do solutions to our recycling crisis exist in…
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DISPOSABLE
The University of Melbourne Parkville, 3010Science Gallery Melbourne’s pop-up program DISPOSABLE will highlight experimental and creative ways to tackle our ever growing excess of waste. DISPOSABLE locations will include The University of Melbourne’s Parkville and…
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Little Bang Discovery Club
Central Highlands LibrariesThis four-week course gives you and your child a way to discover science together. With hands-on activities, question and answer time, a Discovery Box and book loaned to each child…
Women in STEM Conference at Melbourne Zoo
Melbourne Zoo Elliot Avenue, Parkville, VIC, AustraliaWomen in STEM: Future Careers, 21st Century Skills and Role Models Females are drastically underrepresented in STEM subjects and jobs across the planet – let’s change that! On the eve…
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Testing Grounds – First Friday of the Month
Testing Grounds 1 City Road, Southbank, VIC, AustraliaCome celebrate the first Friday of the month at Southbank’s Testing Grounds with DISPOSABLE artworks Fatberg and Sewer Soaperie. It’s the first Friday of the month again and Testing Grounds…
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Jaffle Symposium: Fatbergs & Three Cheese Jaffles
Testing Grounds 1 City Road, Southbank, VIC, AustraliaThe Jaffle Symposium is a curated a program of discussions, where interesting people talk about interesting things while making and eating jaffles around the open fire at Testing Grounds. A…
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Maths & Music in Berlin, 1828: Elliptic Optics, Kosmos & Beethoven
Federation Hall, Theatre 205 7-17 Grant Street #5, Southbank, VIC, AustraliaPresented by Professor Arun Ram, with live music performed by Joshua Hooke This performance will take you back to the salons of Abraham and Lea Mendelssohn in Berlin, 1828, to…
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Brain Break – Deer Park Library
Deer Park Library 4 Neale Road, Deer Park, VIC, AustraliaWe’re hosting a Brain Break morning tea with scrumptious morsels of science goodness to celebrate science achievement and endeavour. Join us for a science themed quiz and a cuppa.
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Fatberg (displayed)
Testing Grounds 1 City Road, Southbank, VIC, AustraliaDo we really understand fat? Artists Arne Hendriks and Mike Thompson invite you to join them at Testing Grounds to build Australia’s first purpose-built island of fat, and to ask…
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