The humble electron is a pillar of modern technology. They power almost every aspect of daily life, from your toaster to your phone. But these devices use only one quantum property of the electrons: their charge. Today, physicists are harnessing other properties – such as their “spin” – to advance a new technological revolution. This…
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2025 Marie Curie Lectures – From Quantum Past to Quantum Future with Dr Sol H Jacobsen and Dr Danielle Holmes
The first quantum century fundamentally changed the way we understand and interact with our world. It gave us much of the technology underpinning modern life: lasers, LEDs, GPS, MRI, solar cells, electron microscopes, and myriad others. The revolutionary potential of the next quantum century promises applications necessary for solving our greatest global challenges. Join us…
Dripstone Middle School Science Fair – Unveiling the Mysteries of Earth and Beyond
In celebration of National Science Week 2025, Dripstone Middle School is delighted to host its annual science fair themed “Unveiling the Mystery of Earth and Beyond”. Embark into the journey of curiosity and critical exploration from the innermost processes of our living planet to the vast unknowns of the universe. Each student project is an…
Hunter Science Festival at Newcastle Museum
The Hunter Innovation and Science Hub (HISH) is thrilled to announce the Hunter Science Festival will return in 2025! Delivered in collaboration with the City of Newcastle, this years event is bigger and better than ever. The festival will feature interactive science zones, mini electric vehicles, two science shows by Fizzics Education, PLUS, engaging talks…
The Beaker Street Debate
Is the end of the world nigh, or at least the end of humanity? Have our multi-crises of climate change, over-consumption, over-reliance on vulnerable technologies, and [insert your favourite impending disaster here] finally brought us to the brink? Or is there still time to change course and rescue our modern civilisation from going the way…
2025 Marie Curie Lectures: Quantum century – Unlocking the universe’s secrets and shaping our future with Dr Danielle Holmes
100 years ago, quantum physics was born to explain curious behaviour of tiny things. Since then, it has become our most powerful tool that humans possess, not just for increasing our understanding of the world, but for shaping its future. It has unlocked secrets of our universe, such as why stars shine and how migratory…
2025 Marie Curie Lectures: Quantum century – Unlocking the universe’s secrets and shaping our future with Dr Danielle Holmes
100 years ago, quantum physics was born to explain curious behaviour of tiny things. Since then, it has become our most powerful tool that humans possess, not just for increasing our understanding of the world, but for shaping its future. It has unlocked secrets of our universe, such as why stars shine and how migratory…
Come Again? An evening of sex and science
18’s and Over Her data was hard. His methodology, questionable. Together, they embarked on a peer-reviewed plunge into the slippery depths of human pleasure. She was a no-nonsense anatomist with a giant clitoris puppet. He’d spent years translating dry facts into soft whispers, and tonight, he wasn’t holding back. Their findings? A night of…
The Beaker Street Game Show
Ladies and gentlemen! Science lovers, fact-checkers, and Wikipedia editors! It’s the show where Australia’s science glitterati face off for epic showdowns of wit, wisdom, and utter irrelevance. Hosted by the one-and-only Myf Warhurst and with a raft of special guests to knock your nerdy socks off, the Beaker Street Game Show is back, baby! This…
No One’s Getting Out Of Here Alive
Death’s the only sure thing in life, so why don’t we talk about it? Can funerals be fun? What’s the best body disposal method? You’re invited to a surprisingly uplifting evening with some of Australia’s most buoyant death and dying experts, Tasmanian Aboriginal knowledge holders, and a few special guests. Come for the bad bagpipe…