National Science Week Saturday 9 to Sunday 17 August 2025
Great radio talent behind National Science Week stories up for grabs around Australia
- Are you at risk of thunderstorm asthma? Find out with allergy sufferer, aerobiologist and Superstar of STEM Dr Kira Hughes (Melbourne-based talent)
- Striptease meets 'dirty' science. Find out why Dubbo girl and ANU researcher Dr Karina Judd channels alter-ego, Roxie, for an adults-only exploration of earth sciences. (Canberra-based talent)
- When will the Milky Way crash into Andromeda? Al fresco dinner party conversation with astrophysicist Dr Ruby Wright in Western Australia's outback gold rush towns (Perth-based talent)
- What does DNA sound like? 80s pop drummer (ex The Hummingbirds) turned molecular biologist Dr Mark Temple reveals all at the Opera House (Sydney-based talent)
- Sharks in Ballarat. Talk to palaeontologist Prof John Long about his megalodon tooth, sharks fossilised during mating and other secrets behind the ocean's top predators (Adelaide-based talent)
- Psychedelics, flicker light therapy, hypnosis, meditation. Dr Vince Polito, a scientist working at the edge of consciousness, invites the public to try mind-altering tools (Sydney-based talent)
- Can nature help with concentration, ADHD and autism? Psychologist Prof Katherine Johnson has the answers (Melbourne-based talent)
- Classrooms in croc-filled billabongs using baited underwater cameras. Darcy Roeger, from Arafura Swamp Rangers Corporation, wants remote Northern Territory schools to understand lesser-known ecosystems (Ramingining-based talent, north-east Arnhem Land)
- Science of better sex, death over drinks, slime mould. Beaker Street Festival founder Dr Margo Adler believes boundary-pushing conversations can change the world (Hobart-based talent)
- Whale song, snot and other mysteries. Wildlife biologist Dr Vanessa Pirotta decodes the ocean giants' migratory habits in an adults-only night at Queensland Museum (Sydney-based talent)
- Crochet, cocktails and maths. Meet crafty mathematician Dr Julia Collins, armed with a PhD in 4-dimensional knot theory (Perth-based talent)
- Spoilage yeast, automated tractors, screw caps. Singer-songwriter Max Savage uncorks 70 years of Australian Wine Research Institute findings in song (Adelaide-based talent)
- DIY frog saunas and spa treatments. Dr Jarrod Sopniewski is a conservation biologist employing surprising tactics to help frog populations fight the deadly chytrid fungus (Canberra-based talent)
- Who to call if you find a dinosaur bone in your back yard? Palaeontologist, archaeologist and female fossil hunter Sally Hurst is your go-to (Sydney-based talent)
- Help scientists find where our wild things are. Australia is big! CSIRO wants volunteers to find and photograph our flora and fauna.
These are just a few of the interesting topics being discussed during this year's National Science Week (August 9 to 17). More on these highlights below, and others at www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week.
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