The Big Brain Experiment – 5 Mini Missions into the Mind

Is pain just in the brain? Can you improve your memory? How fast do your neurons fire? All these questions (and more) are answered in The Big Brain Experiment, where students and teachers all over the country conduct experiments on their own brains (without a degree in Psychology or Neuroscience!). All up there are 5…

Glass, Animals, and Remote Communities

Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities’ National Science Week program will hold an education program at a school in a remote community of the NT. Targeted at primary and secondary school students, the program will introduce the role of glass in veterinary medicine (drug vials, microscopes, slides etc.), and how this equipment plays…