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The Dish: Fact vs fiction

“You treat us like a pack of galahs. [That’s a kind of parrot.] Just because I don’t wear a tie or spend all day buried in a manual doesn’t mean I’m a drongo. [That’s a hopeless …]” What’s your favourite line from the movie ‘The Dish’? Created by Rob Sitch and the Working Dog Productions...

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A lunar powerhouse: The Apollo 11 exhibition lands in Sydney

Stand under an enormous Moon sculpture. See four billion-year-old Moon dust. Learn what on earth a feed horn is! It's all happening at the Powerhouse Museum.

Space

Shoot (for) the stars: Awe-inspiring astrophotography

Take a trip across the universe with the 2019 Central West Astronomical Society Astrophotography Awards.

Space

Space rocks! Six science experiments to celebrate the Moon landing

Fun science activities for kids all about space and the Moon. Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing with these experiments you can do at home.

Moonwalk your way to The Dish

Do you swoon over the Moon? What if we told you that you can get up close and personal with space right here in Australia, in the middle of a ‘sheep paddock' in country NSW?

Other news

Aussie teens win prizes at the ‘Olympics of Science and Engineering’

Game on! This year, over 1800 students from around the world competed for a share of $5 million USD at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

Science in the fast lane: the latest innovations from our sci-tech accelerator

We know how important it is to get science and research from the lab to you as quickly as possible. That's where our ON accelerator comes in. Here are the next big innovations set to take the world by storm.

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Beaming with pride at Mardi Gras

From Mardi Gras and beyond we're building a safe and welcoming culture where our people feel comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. 🌈

Tech

Put your (computational) thinking cap on!

The top 5 things you need to know about computational thinking ... and why it’s so important for the jobs of the future.

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Three teens changing the world through STEM

This year’s BHP Foundation Science and Engineering Award finalists have their eyes set on changing the world through medicine, environmental science and engineering.

Get into our good books with science for kids

Kids are full of questions and reading about science at a young age can help them answer those questions and set them up for life. To get you started, we've picked out our top kids science books for Australian Reading Hour.

Taking a closer look at Ebola

The most recent outbreak in West Africa has reminded us that Ebola is still a very real threat. But is it a threat to us in Australia and what are we doing to protect the rest of the world?

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