Get ready for the festival that reaches more than 3 million people via 2,000 events.
National Science Week is back from 9 to 17 August with stories for every round including entertainment, business, environment, food and wine, Indigenous media, the Arts, health, technology, farming and agriculture, lifestyle, education, and disability media.
Talk to us now for long-lead story ideas, event listings, and great talent across multiple topics. And sign up for our media bulletins to stay in the know and plan your Science Week coverage.
Here are a few early picks:
- Space farmers wanted! ARC Centre for Excellence in Plants for Space needs the public’s help to grow out-of-this world future foods – Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and online
- Can you save the world from a parasite pandemic? Step inside ‘A Race for the Antidote’ Escape Room or visit a parasite zoo – Canberra and Kioloa
- Call of the wild: Tech upskilling for citizen scientists keen to protect endangered wildlife using thermal imaging, drones, artificial intelligence and remote 4G cameras – Gold Coast and online
- Deaf kids camp at nuclear reactor: Scientists and educators unpack the science behind our universe at a camp for hearing-impaired youth on the site of Australia’s only nuclear reactor – Lucas Heights, Sydney
- Want to be a Drone Ranger? Teens (aged 15-18) get to tackle flight physics while building and testing an aerial obstacle course. Participants aged 16+ can gain drone operator accreditation – Moruya
- Solve eco-crimes: Join CSI-style forensic workshops in a shipping container-turned lab – Melbourne
- What’s cooking in 2050 and 2100? Find out at a ‘low-carbon’ picnic that doubles as a sustainable social experiment, with celebrity chefs whipping up a future food smorgasbord – Gladstone
- Female fossil rockers: Aussie girl-geek band, The Ammonites, take a palaeo-musical show on tour with the help of singing palaeontologist Prof Flint – Adelaide, Alice Springs, Perth and Geraldton
- How do you capture 65,000+ years of Indigenous Knowledge? Powerfully… via a national project that profiles the voices of Indigenous elders, scientists and environmentalists – online and multimedia
- Creating black holes, hunting bad bugs, and tracking tabby cats: A troupe of 40 Young Tassie Scientists on tour – multiple locations, Tasmania
National Science Week began in 1997 and has become one of Australia’s largest festivals. Last year about 3.4 million people participated in 1,983 registered events and activities.
In 2025, the school theme, Decoding the Universe – Exploring the unknown with nature’s hidden language, dovetails with the UNESCO-designated International Year of Quantum Science and Technology and Australia’s hosting of the 2025 International Mathematical Olympiad.
National Science Week is proudly supported by the Australian Government, CSIRO, the Australian Science Teachers Association, and the ABC.
Visit ScienceWeek.net.au/events to find more stories in your area.
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