Fresh Science events 2010

Rising to the challenge

This year at Fresh Science we heard about tasty weeds, bright black holes, Antarctic ice, reversing shoulder joints, predicting bushfires, quantum dots, monitoring health using silk, and more…

The 2010 Fresh Scientists participated in school forums in Shepparton, Geelong and at the Melbourne Museum. We also took them to the pub and challenged them to describe their work in rhyme, reason or verse. Here are a few samples of their efforts.

Bridget Murphy – School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney

A keen biologist was surprised to find
When looking up a lizard’s behind
That skinks may be an answer
For our problem of cancer
A remnant of the evolution of mankind

David Floyd –  Anglo-Australian Observatory /The University of Melbourne

There was a young quaser from Ballarat
Who ate tons of stardust to get fat
He shone and he shined
But we were blind
‘Til we asked our old chum Albert Einstein

Jennifer Firn – CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems

(To weed or to feed, that is the question)
Noxious weeds cost heaps
Feed them up and graze them off
Bring back our native

Natalia Galin – Institute for Marine and Antarctic Science, University of Tasmania

There was a young girl, quite fair
Who examined the ice from the air
Deep crusty or shallow
Pristine but not yellow
The arctic is changing, beware

The 2010 Fresh Scientists attended the following events

Fresh Science at the pub

Join us at the pub to hear 16 of Australia’s top young scientists talk about their discoveries over a drink.
Science performer Chris Krishna-Pillay will challenge this year’s Fresh Scientists to describe their work in less than a minute, in rhyme, reason or verse.

When: Monday 7 June, 6.45pm for 7pm start
Where: Upstairs at the Duke of Kent, 293 La Trobe Street
(Between Elizabeth and Queen Street)
Cost: The science is free, all meals and drinks at bar prices
RSVP: aj@freshscience.org or phone AJ or Sarah on 03 9398 1416

Melbourne Museum forums (public also welcome)

Where: The Age Theatre at the Melbourne Museum
When: Thursday 10 June, 11am-12pm and 12:30pm-1:30pm
Bookings: This event is booked out. Please contact us to to be first in line should we have any cancellations.

Regional forums

Where: Shepparton and Geelong
When: Wednesday 9 June, two forums in each location
Bookings: Contact AJ on (03) 9398 1416 email aj@freshscience.org

To download our 2010 school flyer, click here

In 2009, what was fresh in science?

Cold tuna tummies, imaging whiplash, aerodynamic octopusies, owl forensics, return of the bilby, volcanic extinctions, imaginary friends, life in fools gold and under the ice, defogging the universe, and more…