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Australia\u2019s National Science Week<\/strong> is a nationwide celebration of science and technology. It’s held every August, this year from 9 – 17 August, bringing events for all levels of science lovers, including local, regional and national events, and some you can enjoy from the comfort of home.<\/p>\n Events take place across cities, towns, schools, libraries, museums, and online platforms, with topics from space and quantum physics to ecology, Indigenous knowledge, and medical innovation. There are DIY experiments, citizen science projects, virtual tours, quizzes, and interactive talks.<\/p>\n With more than 2o00 events planned around Australia by universities, schools, research institutions, libraries, museums and science centres, the lists of events can be hard to navigate! But you can head to the main National Science Week website<\/a>, enter your suburb or postcode, and then check out what’s happening!<\/p>\n Just a few examples:<\/p>\n\n
\n<\/strong><\/strong>Soapbox Science Brisbane 2025 is a free public engagement event\u00a0 to inspire new generations of women scientists, challenge perceptions of what a scientist does and looks like, and encourage the public and wider community to engage with novel science. The selected speakers are specialists in mathematics, molecular science, neuroscience, material science and nanotechnology, biomedical engineering, biotechnology, ecology, and genetics.<\/li>\n
\n<\/strong>Join Mark Temple and ‘the biological exploding DNA sequence inevitable’ at the Sydney Opera House for an event where molecular biology meets modular synthesis, for a sonic exploration of DNA using motifs like CpG islands, telomeres or gene regions, with sequences edited and spliced to form musical structures including refrains, bridges, codas.<\/li>\n
\n<\/strong>Enjoy a screening of Despicable Me 2<\/em>, then join a Q&A session with RMIT scientists: discover the real-world physics behind the Minions’ outrageous stunts and gadgets, dive into the world of quantum mechanics, and learn how physics principles power the Minions\u2019 chaotic adventures!<\/li>\n
\n<\/strong>For one day only, explore maker spaces, drop-in zones, exhibitions and pop-up shows, plus listen in as experts share their knowledge. Dance along with some special prehistoric musical guests!<\/li>\n
\nA rare, hands-on exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s flying machines and ground-breaking sketches\u00a0 straight from Florence\u2019s Museum of Leonardo da Vinci; 60 original machine inventions from helicopters and gliders to parachutes and bicycles will be spread across he museum network throughout the local museums network: Redcliffe Museum<\/a>,\u00a0Pine Rivers Heritage Museum<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Bribie Island Seaside Museum<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n