The WONDER of WHY BRISBANE FESTIVAL SCIENCE WORLD 2021 PROGRAM

March 24–28

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Queensland Museum, South Bank qm.qld.gov.au The Wonder of Why From devastating bushfires and COVID-19 to global civil unrest and mass protests – there is no doubt 2020 was a challenging year and the world has changed in the past 12 months. World Science Festival Brisbane has had to change also, so some things will be different in 2021 – we have made Contents more of our program available online, we’re avoiding mass gatherings and everyone will have to check in at events. But this is the new normal, and we’ll get there together. 2 Welcome No matter what, now is the time to celebrate science! In many cases what seemed like abstract ideas last year 4 About the festival are now our everyday stark reality. What have we learnt? How will science lead us out of our current dilemmas? What were the warning signs? 6 Digital program More than ever, we turn to science, technology and human 8 City of Science calendar of events curiosity to help us understand our circumstances and learn how we and nature might adapt to the new reality 10 City of Science map confronting us. This year’s festival celebrates the wonder of ‘why’, with a program placing the spotlight on insightful and 12 Wednesday 24 March challenging conversations and an escape to new and 14 Thursday 25 March entertaining experiences. Explore the full program at worldsciencefestival.com.au 16 Friday 26 March plan your festival experience and join us either in person 18 Saturday 27 March or online! 20 Sunday 28 March Book Tickets 28 Our partners Book online at worldsciencefestival.com.au 29 COVID safety 29 Plan your festival experience Bundle 4+ Tickets and Save Buy a bundle of 4 or more tickets to selected events in one transaction and receive 20% off! Please note, this discount applies only to selected events. Visit worldsciencefestival.com.au to find out more. Join the Conversation @WSFBrisbane @WorldScienceFestivalBrisbane @WorldScienceFestivalBrisbane @WorldScienceFestivalBrisbane Share your festival memories using: #WSFB2021

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Welcome

The last year has shown that when we Our programming aims to inspire a sense of wonder and face great hardships, we also demonstrate excitement in science, technology, engineering and maths – unwavering fortitude – 2020 was certainly to inspire the next generation of thinkers, leaders and innovators who will need to take up future challenges a year of enormous challenges across the faced by our society. world but importantly, it was also a time of Developing and staging such an important festival would not great opportunity, great innovation and great be possible without the ongoing support of the Queensland scientific achievement. It was a year that Government, our generous partners and supporters, and our started with bushfires and ended with the wonderful Queensland Museum and WSFB staff, volunteers, COVID-19 pandemic. and of course our colleagues from World Science Festival in New York. I sincerely thank all of you. Despite the many World Science Festival Brisbane offers an unparalleled challenges this year, we have worked together to keep things platform to interrogate and understand our changing world; moving forward, we have found innovative solutions and to reflect on the human impact; and to showcase the wonder, we’ve stood by each other. I have never been prouder. opportunity and complexity of science in our everyday lives. At Queensland Museum our aim is to be a network of It dares us to imagine what we want our future to be, and how museums without borders that inspires curiosity to connect science can make it possible. to the past, make sense of the present and help navigate The festival brings people together to share their experiences, the future in our communities, classrooms and online. This excitement and ideas – and to learn from science leaders and focus has never been more important, and WSFB is critical some of the world’s most innovative thinkers. It is a festival to this journey. that both challenges and connects people. Welcome to World Science Festival Brisbane 2021! It is through this lens that we have created the 2021 program. This year we have increased our online presence and Dr Jim Thompson developed new and innovative digital offerings. We have also Chief Executive Officer increased regional programming to reach the communities Queensland Museum Network of Chinchilla, Gladstone, Toowoomba, Townsville and Ipswich throughout the year.

Acknowledgement of Country In keeping with the spirit of reconciliation and on behalf of Queensland Museum Network, we acknowledge the First Peoples – the Traditional Owners of the lands where we live and work. We recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders – past, present and emerging – and acknowledge the important role Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islanders continue to play within World Science Festival Brisbane and Queensland community. Welcome 3

Welcome to the 2021 World Science Festival Brisbane! Brisbane has earned a Now is the perfect time to celebrate the advances and wonders of science. In the past reputation as an Asia year we have seen the global scientific community come together to conduct research in Pacific hub for science and virology, pathology and pandemic responses, to help create effective vaccines for COVID-19. innovation and we are proud to host the brightest minds Each year, World Science Festival Brisbane garners an increased interest, and this will be from across Australia at especially true in 2021. the World Science Festival This year’s festival will continue to inspire, ignite discussions and create a curiosity for Brisbane. people of all ages. In a world transformed by coronavirus (COVID-19), the festival will have Showcasing Brisbane’s a new look for the City of Science events. Festival activities will take place throughout world-class research and Brisbane, from the Cultural Centre all the way to Mount Coot-tha. technology institutions, the For the first time many programs will be offered digitally via conversations, podcasts and festival has grown to be a audio tours. Audiences will be able to tune into 24-hour live streaming of turtles hatching, popular fixture on Brisbane’s providing opportunities for all Queenslanders to become involved. annual events calendar. For events beyond Brisbane, World Science Festival Queensland will offer an extended While this year will be a program throughout 2021, so communities in Chinchilla, Gladstone, Toowoomba, Townsville little bit different due to the and Ipswich can once again experience the wonders of the festival. coronavirus pandemic, we Since 2016, when World Science Festival Brisbane was added to the It’s Live! In Queensland are excited to be able to tourism calendar, the annual event has attracted more than 700,000 visitors and has deliver yet another diverse injected more than $32 million into Queensland’s economy. It has also become a key and educational array feature of a larger celebration known as Curiocity Brisbane, a festival that embraces of events, hosted across creativity, innovation, science, technology and art. Brisbane’s cultural precinct. The Palaszczuk Government supports this landmark event, the only World Science While you’re here I Festival held outside of New York, to celebrate science and explore our world. We invite encourage you to explore you to experience and explore the exciting and inspiring 2021 World Science Festival the things that make Brisbane program. Brisbane such a sensational place to live, whether The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP it’s outdoor dining, river Premier of Queensland and Minister for Trade kayaking or our peaceful parklands. The Honourable Leeanne Enoch MP Minister for Communities and Housing, Enjoy the World Science Minister for Digital Economy and Minister for the Arts Festival Brisbane. Adrian Schrinner The Honourable Stirling Hinchliffe MP Lord Mayor of Brisbane Minister for Tourism Industry Development and Innovation and Minister for Sport 4 About the Festival

Hosted by Queensland Museum, World Science Festival Brisbane 2021 will traverse an extraordinary science journey with a new and improved program. But things are slightly different this year … more of the program will be available online, some conversations will be live-streamed, we’re avoiding mass gatherings and everyone will have to check in at events.

City of Science Conversations and Talks

This year Brisbane will be the City of Science in a city-wide, In 2021, experts will come together to explore the contribution free, five-day science extravaganza! science makes to our very existence as they examine and This action packed program includes hands-on workshops, celebrate what we know, what we don’t and those working science storytelling and audio tours to experiments and big to find out more. bangs – City of Science is for the whole family. This year our conversations and talks will cover everything From South Bank to Mt Coot-tha City of Science will span from the global pandemic and mining the moon to future cities. Brisbane far and wide. Join us as the festival steps outside From Disrupting Bushfires to the Science of Beer, there is of our usual footprint and takes science to the streets something for everyone! of Brisbane. Plus, this year many of our conversations will be available Remember – all events are free but some do require bookings. to live stream, and some will be recorded in advance for Presented with BHP you to watch online.

The Nucleus Digital program

On the banks of the Brisbane River a short walk from This year we are doing things a little differently, and we’re Queensland Museum – The Nucleus will be the centre of excited. World Science Festival Brisbane has been working festivities! A lounge room meets laboratory with diverse and with Griffith Film School’s LiveLab to pre-record some of our fun programming from conversations and trivia to comedy. most interesting conversations. This means you don’t have Plus, live music and family programming throughout the day. to leave the comfort of your own home, you don’t need to The Nucleus is the festival’s designated hang out spot and buy a ticket and you can watch on the go whenever it suits! will be relaxed, informative and … super sciencey. Several conversations will be available to watch via Bring the kids during the day or enjoy an afternoon drink worldsciencefestival.com.au from Wednesday 24 March. as the sun sets, we’ve got you covered. Remember – all Watch one or binge them all and share them with your events are free and no bookings are required. friends! Plus we’ll have podcasts, audio tours and more. 5

This program is designed to act as your guide. For more detailed information, to plan your festival experience, explore the full program and book tickets where needed visit worldsciencefestival.com.au

Queensland Museum events Brian Greene

Queensland Museum is the beating heart of the festival, Brian Greene is a professor of physics and mathematics at with daily activities and talks from our leading researchers, Columbia University and is widely regarded for his ground- scientists and photographers. Join us as they showcase some breaking discoveries in mathematical physics and superstring of their unique and fascinating work and share insights about theory. He is the director of Columbia’s Center for Theoretical their areas of expertise. Physics and with producer Tracy Day is the co-founder of Learn about ancient sea monsters, trapdoor spiders and World Science Festival. what exactly is scientific illustration? Plus, explore our latest Each year Brian brings his signature events to Brisbane and exhibition Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Ocean Predators. This while he won’t be here in person, this year is no exception. is your chance to learn more about what really goes on inside Join Brian on a cinematic journey from the big bang to the the museum! end of time, Brian Greene will appear live on screen from New York State following the world premiere of his film Until the End of Time.

Return to Planet Earth The Hatchery

Fasten your seatbelts and prepare for lift-off as we journey Catch a rare glimpse of turtles hatching in their incubation through time and space to the outer limits of the universe – chambers and the first moments of their ocean lives as they and back to Earth in time for dinner. Inspired by Carl Sagan’s meet a seawater environment in specially designed tanks! Pale Blue Dot, creative storyteller Jenna Robertson joins The festivals annual turtle hatching is an important forces with composer Corrina Bonshek and the Sir Thomas conservation initiative that allows intimate access to Brisbane Planetarium to deliver a mind-blowing multimedia Australia’s precious loggerhead turtles. immersion that promises to inspire, educate and enthral After the festival, the newborn turtles will be transported audiences of all ages. to the Sunshine Coast and released 20 km offshore. This festival original will take you on a round trip from our The Hatchery will be live streamed with support tiny blue planet, through galaxies, past super novas to the from AARNET. farthest reaches of our known universe, before returning to the pale blue dot that we call home. Presented with Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium 6 Digital program Presented with BHP Foundation

This year more festival content will be available online – all free. This means you don’t have to leave the comfort of your own home, you don’t need to buy a ticket and you can watch whenever suits. There will be podcasts, audio tours, pre-recorded conversations and more!

Rising Tides, Searing Heat: Disrupting Bushfires How to Change the World Indigenous Australians and Why do we need robots to fight the fires? Why are young people our greatest the Climate Crisis Our panel of fire-savvy specialists look hope? The world is changing – fast. Why is the wider community not to the past, present and future for ways Before we know it, today’s teenagers listening to Indigenous peoples on the to survive the current ‘Pyrocene’. How will be shaping their own world from climate crisis? Climate change will affect can we combine the knowledge and skills positions of power and possibility. our lives in so many ways, but for many of traditional owners with cutting-edge The world is changing inexorably and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders technologies such as satellites, artificial exponentially. In the hands of today’s the threat is already a devastating intelligence and drones, to protect our youth, there is hope for tomorrow. reality. As sea levels rise, the tides are sunburnt country? A bright future is possible. swallowing parts of low lying island communities, submerging thousands of years of culture, history and place.

Conversations will be available to watch via worldsciencefestival.com.au from Wednesday 24 March. Watch one or binge them all and remember to share with your friends!

Mind Altering Medicines The Moon is Mine: Why is tripping trending in medicine A Hypothetical again? Almost 60 years after psilocybin Why can’t I own a piece of the moon? was banned, researchers at John It’s 2030 and space tourism is thriving. Hopkins University in the USA suggest Aussie entrepreneurs have their eyes that magic mushrooms can treat set on a supply of Helium 3 located cancer-related psychiatric distress, on the far side of the moon … depression, anxiety and addiction. A cast of politicians, scientists and Take a trip into the world of business leaders run through a hallucinogens as our scientific hypothetical minefield as the race researchers reveal insights from ignites to mine the moon! Australia’s first psilocybin clinical trials. 7

Scan QR code and keep AR Code in view The Hatchery To launch the Augmented Reality Augmented Reality WSFB has teamed with one of the simply scan this animators of ‘Bluey’ Beth Durack, to QR code bring you this digital experience. Use Keep AR code in view your mobile device to see uber-cute animated baby turtles swim around you, as they go on a journey of a lifetime. Simply scan the QR code to launch the Augmented Reality!

Self-Guided Audio Tours 5 with 5 Podcast Cool Jobs Experience Brisbane through Have you ever found yourself at a Come behind the scenes in a series of immersive self-guided audio trails. crossroads that lead to a chance short films of experts who use science Put your headphones on to begin encounter? What if that moment leads to do some of the coolest jobs on the an audible adventure through local to an amazing discovery? In this WSFB planet. They’ll share their exciting histories, soundscapes and interviews podcast, Dr Rob Bell takes 5 minutes journey, and explain how following with experts. with 5 fascinating experts and discovers their dreams has led them to the most Presented with Folklore Studio their ‘sliding doors’ moment. amazing jobs in the world. Presented with Folklore Studio

Watch and listen via worldsciencefestival.com.au City of Science Calendar of events

You don’t need a DeLorean Time Machine to venture back to the future. Step inside The Precinct and prepare 8 AI HUB to be WOW-ed by Queensland’s leading brains trust of disruptive innovators, mentors and entrepreneurs. EVENT VENUE DATE TIME COST

Cultural Champions in the Age of AI – The Precinct, TC Beirne Building, Fortitude Valley Saturday 27 March 10am–11.30am and Free, non-ticketed AI, Culture and Creativity 12.30pm–2pm

Unleash your (Disruptive) Tech Geek! – The Precinct, TC Beirne Building, Fortitude Valley Sunday 28 March 9am–12pm and 2pm–4pm Free, non-ticketed AI & Robotics

Extended Reality (XR) The Precinct, TC Beirne Building, Fortitude Valley Sunday 28 March 9am–12pm and 2pm–4pm Free, non-ticketed

Music & AI The Precinct, TC Beirne Building, Fortitude Valley Sunday 28 March 12pm–2pm Free, non-ticketed

Mt Coot-tha is opening its doors with a suite of events, tours and activations MT COOT-THA which will allow you to explore this precinct like never before! EVENT VENUE DATE TIME COST Wednesday 24 – Culture of Plants QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM, Brisbane Botanic Gardens Saturday 27 March 9am–5pm Free, non-ticketed Herbarium Tours QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM, Brisbane Botanic Gardens Saturday 27 March 9am, 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm Free, non-ticketed

Design a plant QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM, Brisbane Botanic Gardens Saturday 27 March 9am–2pm Free, non-ticketed

Thematic Walks in the Botanic Collection VISITOR INFO CENTRE, Brisbane Botanic Gardens Saturday 27 March 11am–12pm Free, ticketed

It’s Rocket Science AMPHITHEATRE LAWN, Brisbane Botanic Gardens Saturday 27 March 10am–1pm Free, non-ticketed

The Art of Science – Exploring the Science AUDITORIUM, Brisbane Botanic Gardens Saturday 27 March 10am–2pm Free, ticketed

Spot the Nest Box Brisbane Botanic Gardens Saturday 27 March 9am, 10am, 11am and 12pm Free, non-ticketed

The Tudor Chemist – Make your own AUDITORIUM, Brisbane Botanic Gardens Saturday 27 March 10am and 12.30pm Free, ticketed Plague Repellent The ‘art’ of a Field Botanist AUDITORIUM, Brisbane Botanic Gardens Saturday 27 March 9am, 10.30am and 1pm Free, ticketed

Indigenous Plant Science AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST, Brisbane Botanic Gardens Saturday 27 March 9am, 10.30am and 1pm Free, ticketed

The Science of Companion Planting KITCHEN IN THE GARDEN, Brisbane Botanic Gardens Saturday 27 March 9am and 11.30am Free, ticketed

Smart Space Garden Experience KITCHEN IN THE GARDEN, Brisbane Botanic Gardens Saturday 27 March 10.15am and 1pm Free, non-ticketed

Digging for Creepy Critters AUDITORIUM, Brisbane Botanic Gardens Saturday 27 March 10am, 11.30am and 1pm Free, ticketed

Night Adventures AUDITORIUM, Brisbane Botanic Gardens Saturday 27 March 6pm–8.30pm Free, ticketed BRISBANE Pop into the sustainability centre and learn about bush tucker, wildlife CATCHMENT NETWORK corridors, habitat creation, native bees, sustainable gardens and more! EVENT VENUE DATE TIME COST

Sustainability Centre Walking Tour Sustainability Centre, 1358 Old Cleveland Rd, Carindale Saturday 27 March 10am and 3pm Free, ticketed

Rat problems, owl solutions Sustainability Centre, 1358 Old Cleveland Rd, Carindale Saturday 27 March 11am–11.50am Free, ticketed

Frog fun workshop Sustainability Centre, 1358 Old Cleveland Rd, Carindale Saturday 27 March 12pm–12.45pm Free, ticketed

Bird Walk with Queensland Chief Scientist Sustainability Centre, 1358 Old Cleveland Rd, Carindale Saturday 27 March 6.30pm–7.30pm Free, ticketed

Nest Boxes explored Sustainability Centre, 1358 Old Cleveland Rd, Carindale Saturday 27 March 1.30pm–2.30pm Free, ticketed North: Downfall Creek Catchment – Tree Planting 7th Brigade Park, Chermside Sunday 28 March 8.30am–11am Free, ticketed Tree Planting South: Minnippi Parklands – 139 Stanton Rd, Tingalpa Sunday 28 March 8.30am–11am Free, ticketed Join BOP Industries at this series of hands-on workshops where you and your family WORKSHOPS will practice your user-centred design skills to problem solve, innovate and create. EVENT VENUE DATE TIME COST

City of the Future The Edge, State Library of Queensland Saturday 27 March 9am–10.30am Ticket $10

Autonomous Vehicles in our Cities The Edge, State Library of Queensland Saturday 27 March 11am–12.30pm Ticket $10

Sustainability in our Cities The Edge, State Library of Queensland Saturday 27 March 1pm–2.30pm Ticket $10

Future Foods The Edge, State Library of Queensland Saturday 27 March 3pm–4.30pm Ticket $10

City Design – The Big 3 R’s The Edge, State Library of Queensland Sunday 28 March 9am–10.30am Ticket $10

Connected Cities The Edge, State Library of Queensland Sunday 28 March 11am–12.30am Ticket $10

Future of Work The Edge, State Library of Queensland Sunday 28 March 1pm–2.30pm Ticket $10

Future of our Spaces The Edge, State Library of Queensland Sunday 28 March 3pm–4.30pm Ticket $10 Over five days, five libraries will feature five popular strands of science with activities tailored to inquisitive LIBRATORIUM young minds. We’ll be exploring space, spiders and dinosaurs with books, puppets, experiments and more! EVENT VENUE DATE TIME COST

Dr Karl’s Surfing Safari View via facebook.com/BrisbaneLibraries Wednesday 24 March 12pm–1pm Free. Online only

Space Exploration NEW FARM LIBRARY, Sydney Street, New Farm Thursday 25 March 3.30pm, 4.30pm and 5.30pm Free, ticketed

Spider Fun WYNNUM LIBRARY, Florence Street, Wynnum Friday 26 March 3.30pm and 4.30pm Free, ticketed

Visit worldsciencefestival.com.au to explore the full program and book tickets where needed The Crazy World of Dinosaurs GARDEN CITY LIBRARY, Upper Mt Gravatt Saturday 27 March 10.30am, 11.30am and 12.30pm Free, ticketed 9 Tech Girls Are Superheroes CHERMSIDE LIBRARY, Hamilton Rd, Chermside Sunday 28 March 10am, 11am and 12pm Free, ticketed Lunch in the Queen Street Mall is about to get experimental with Lunchtime Labs LUNCHTIME LABS serving up a free hour of happiness, grossness and the brilliance of Dr Karl! EVENT VENUE DATE TIME COST

Explosive Science! QUEEN STREET MALL UPPER STAGE, Brisbane City Wednesday 24 March 12pm–1pm Free, non-ticketed

The Science of Happiness QUEEN STREET MALL UPPER STAGE, Brisbane City Thursday 25 March 12pm–1pm Free, non-ticketed

Science Lunch with Dr Karl QUEEN STREET MALL UPPER STAGE, Brisbane City Friday 26 March 12.15pm–1pm Free, non-ticketed

Pop Up Museum QUEEN STREET MALL UPPER STAGE, Brisbane City Saturday 27 March 12pm–1pm Free, non-ticketed

Gross Science QUEEN STREET MALL UPPER STAGE, Brisbane City Sunday 28 March 12pm–1pm Free, non-ticketed On the banks of the Brisbane River, The Nucleus will provide a family-friendly hub THE NUCLEUS of activity and experiments for all ages! EVENT VENUE DATE TIME COST

Sport and Science THE NUCLEUS, River Plaza, Queensland Cultural Centre Saturday 27 March 10am–10.45am Free, non-ticketed

The Big Bang Show THE NUCLEUS, River Plaza, Queensland Cultural Centre Saturday 27 March 11am–11.45am Free, non-ticketed

Young People Power THE NUCLEUS, River Plaza, Queensland Cultural Centre Saturday 27 March 12pm–12.45pm Free, non-ticketed

Paper Scissors – Rock! THE NUCLEUS, River Plaza, Queensland Cultural Centre Saturday 27 March 1pm–1.45pm Free, non-ticketed

Big Bangaboom THE NUCLEUS, River Plaza, Queensland Cultural Centre Saturday 27 March 2pm–2.45pm Free, non-ticketed

Earth Hour concert Upper Eastern Terrace Saturday 27 March 8.30pm–9.30pm Free, non-ticketed

Red Rocket 3 THE NUCLEUS, River Plaza, Queensland Cultural Centre Sunday 28 March 10am–10.45am Free, non-ticketed

Space and the flying Emu with Dr Nij THE NUCLEUS, River Plaza, Queensland Cultural Centre Sunday 28 March 11am–11.45am Free, non-ticketed

Juggle Science! THE NUCLEUS, River Plaza, Queensland Cultural Centre Sunday 28 March 12pm–12.45pm Free, non-ticketed

UQ Demo Troupe THE NUCLEUS, River Plaza, Queensland Cultural Centre Sunday 28 March 1pm–1.45pm Free, non-ticketed Have you ever wondered what to do with your old electronics when you have finished SUBSTATION 33 with them? Visit Substation 33 where up-skilling and up-cycling is the order of the day! EVENT VENUE DATE TIME COST

E-Waste Recycling SUBSTATION 33, 31 Mary St, Kingston Saturday 27 March 10am and 12pm Free, ticketed

E-Waste Recycling SUBSTATION 33, 31 Mary St, Kingston Sunday 28 March 10am and 12pm Free, ticketed Are you passionate about how to improve your way of living and how to reduce your impact on our planet? WEST VILLAGE Explore two days of free events dedicated to families who want to live greener and help change our planet! EVENT VENUE DATE TIME COST

Beyond Beeswax: candle making West Village, Boundary St, West End Saturday 27 March 10am–11am Free, non-ticketed

The Wonderful World of Worms West Village, Boundary St, West End Saturday 27 March 11.30–12.30pm Free, non-ticketed

Rocket Stoves West Village, Boundary St, West End Saturday 27 March 1pm–2pm Free, non-ticketed

Waste Free Living West Village, Boundary St, West End Saturday 27 March 2.30pm–3.30pm Free, non-ticketed

West Village: sustainability tour West Village, Boundary St, West End Sunday 28 March 10am–11am Free, non-ticketed

How to create a living laboratory West Village, Boundary St, West End Sunday 28 March 11.30am–12.30pm Free, non-ticketed in your backyard

Building with bamboos West Village, Boundary St, West End Sunday 28 March 1pm–2pm Free, non-ticketed

Sustainable food wraps West Village, Boundary St, West End Sunday 28 March 2.30pm–3.30pm Free, non-ticketed with natural beeswax SIR THOMAS BRISBANE PLANETARIUM Fasten your seatbelts and prepare for lift-off as we journey to the outer limits of the universe! EVENT VENUE DATE TIME COST Wednesday 24 – Adult $25 Return to Planet Earth Mount Coot-tha Rd, Toowong Sunday 28 March Various times Concession $20 A combination of large-scale physical and immersive digital installations, this year’s CURIOCITY BRISBANE Curiocities spring from the imaginations of creators from across the world! EVENT VENUE DATE TIME COST

The Residents View from the Goodwill Bridge 12–28 March 8am–8pm Free, non-ticketed

Curiocities Various 12–28 March 8am–8pm Free, non-ticketed Catch a rare glimpse of turtles hatching in their incubation chambers and the first THE HATCHERY moments of their ocean lives as they meet seawater for the first time! EVENT VENUE DATE TIME COST

The Hatchery: L4, Queensland Museum Wednesday 24 – 9am–4pm daily Free, ticketed Turtle Conservation Experience Sunday 28 March

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LUNCHTIME LABS City Now is not the time to eat a sandwich of QUEENSLAND MUSEUM at your desk – get outside as the Queen Street Mall comes alive with Queensland Museum is the beating heart of World the wonder of science at the Science Festival Brisbane. Visit us and hear from our Lunchtime Lab. There will be big leading researchers and scientists, check out our bangs, experiments and Dr Karl to LIBRATORIUM interactive activities, see unique pieces of the State educate, inform and entertain! Over five days, five libraries Science Collection and explore our new exhibition Sea will feature five popular Monsters: Prehistoric Ocean Predators. Presented with BHP strands of science with activities tailored to inquisitive young minds. Take a cyber–surfing safari with Dr Karl. Get up close and personal with spider man Dr Robert Raven or dig a little deeper with Queensland Museum palaeontologist Scott Hocknull. (Events at various locations). NEW FARM Presented with Brisbane City Council.

MILTON BRISBANE CITY

THE NUCLEUS On the banks of the SOUTH MT COOT THA Brisbane River in front of BRISBANE Queensland Museum, The The Botanic Gardens, the Queensland Nucleus will provide a Herbarium and the Sir Thomas family-friendly hub of Brisbane Planetarium have created a activity and experiment suite of events, tours and activations EAST BRISBANE for all ages. As the sun which will allow you to explore this sets, the grown-ups will WEST END precinct like never before! TOOWONG take over to enjoy libations, live music WOOLLOONGABBA CURIOCITY BRISBANE and a program of relaxed Curiocity Brisbane is a 1-day celebration of science, yet informative science art and tech, where new possibilities play and big stuff for the big kids ideas collide. From 12 to 2 March, explore a packed among us! TERRA FIRMA program of interactive installations and events as We evolved out of the earth beneath our the city transforms into a world of discovery. feet. The plants that sustain us grow out Wander through the City Botanic Gardens, across of it and valuable resources lie within it. It the Goodwill Bridge to South Bank, the Cultural holds the secrets of our past, and through Precinct and back to the CBD where you can science it can inform our path towards a wonder at physical and digital delights along the OTHER ACTIVITIES sustainable future. way. Find out more via curiocitybrisbane.com The full program includes workshops at the AI Hub, Explore four activity stations each Substation 33, The Edge and the Bulimba Creek exploring different topics and sciences Catchment Sustainability Centre. Plus you can from the world beneath the Earth’s surface. attend the Earth Hour concert, tree planting to offset our festival and sustainability workshops at FREE 2-2 March Cultural Precinct. West Village. Check out the full program and plan Presented with BHP. your festival experience at worldsciencefestival.com.au LUNCHTIME LABS Now is not the time to eat a sandwich QUEENSLAND MUSEUM at your desk – get outside as the Queen Street Mall comes alive with Queensland Museum is the beating heart of World the wonder of science at the Science Festival Brisbane. Visit us and hear from our Lunchtime Lab. There will be big leading researchers and scientists, check out our bangs, experiments and Dr Karl to LIBRATORIUM interactive activities, see unique pieces of the State educate, inform and entertain! Over five days, five libraries Collection and explore our new exhibition Sea will feature five popular Monsters: Prehistoric Ocean Predators. strands of science with activities tailored to inquisitive young minds. Take a cyber–surfing safari with Dr Karl. Get up close and personal with spider man Dr Robert Raven or dig a little deeper with Queensland Museum palaeontologist Scott Hocknull. (Events at various locations). NEW FARM Presented with Brisbane City Council.

MILTON BRISBANE CITY

THE NUCLEUS On the banks of the SOUTH MT COOT THA Brisbane River in front of BRISBANE Queensland Museum, The The Botanic Gardens, the Queensland Nucleus will provide a Herbarium and the Sir Thomas family-friendly hub of Brisbane Planetarium have created a activity and experiment suite of events, tours and activations EAST BRISBANE for all ages. As the sun which will allow you to explore this sets, the grown-ups will WEST END precinct like never before! TOOWONG take over to enjoy libations, live music WOOLLOONGABBA CURIOCITY BRISBANE and a program of relaxed Curiocity Brisbane is a 1-day celebration of science, yet informative science art and tech, where new possibilities play and big stuff for the big kids ideas collide. From 12 to 2 March, explore a packed among us! TERRA FIRMA program of interactive installations and events as We evolved out of the earth beneath our the city transforms into a world of discovery. feet. The plants that sustain us grow out Wander through the City Botanic Gardens, across of it and valuable resources lie within it. It the Goodwill Bridge to South Bank, the Cultural holds the secrets of our past, and through Precinct and back to the CBD where you can science it can inform our path towards a wonder at physical and digital delights along the OTHER ACTIVITIES sustainable future. way. Find out more via curiocitybrisbane.com The full program includes workshops at the AI Hub, Explore four activity stations each Substation 33, The Edge and the Bulimba Creek exploring different topics and sciences Catchment Sustainability Centre. Plus you can from the world beneath the Earth’s surface. attend the Earth Hour concert, tree planting to offset our festival and sustainability workshops at FREE 2-2 March Cultural Precinct. West Village. Check out the full program and plan Presented with BHP. your festival experience at worldsciencefestival.com.au 12 Wednesday 24 March Program highlights

Conversations

Until the End of Time 7.30pm–9pm | Concert Hall QPAC | Adult $35, Concession $30, Live stream $10 World renowned physicist, Brian Greene has created a cinematic journey from the big bang to the end of time, exploring how lasting structures formed, how life and mind emerged, and how we grapple with our existence through narrative, science, the quest for truth, and a deep longing for the eternal. He joins ABC’s Jonathan Webb live on screen from New York State following the premiere of the film for a Q&A.

Queensland Museum events

Place Invaders Creative Climate Conservation Delve Into Frog’s 9.30am–4pm | L2, Changers Exhibition in Action Hollow, Brisbane’s First Queensland Museum | 9.30am–4pm | Theatrette, 9.30am–4pm | Red-Light District Free, non-ticketed Queensland Museum | L2, Queensland Museum | 10am–2.30pm | It’s Queensland’s close Free, non-ticketed Free, non-ticketed L2, Queensland Museum | encounters of the invasive This exhibition is an insightful See how museums care for their Free, non-ticketed species kind! Play Place and optimistic reflection collections – live! Conservation Join Queensland Museum Invaders, a fun 80s inspired on the impacts the current is a field of applied science archaeologists as they identify game developed by Queensland climate crisis is having on based on chemistry and hundreds of artefacts recently State Archives. Use your mobile our society, told through materials science – predicting, excavated from Albert St, the phone to stop invasive plants the intimate storytelling of preventing and slowing the site of Brisbane’s first red-light and animals from taking over three unique artists. Through natural deterioration of objects district. Undertaken as part and learn about them as you go. conceptual art, installation art and specimens. Each item holds of the Cross River Rail project, and contemporary opera this unique information about its artefacts range from opium exhibition aims to encourage life and conservators aim to picks to dinner sets and diverse and new narratives – preserve all this information alcohol bottles, providing highlighting action on climate for future generations. us with insight into the lives change can take different forms. of the people who lived in Frog’s Hollow.

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WSFB Art Trail Explore a collection of inspiring and thought provoking large scale outdoor public artworks throughout the Cultural Culture of Plants Explosive Science! Dr Karl’s Precinct – look out 9am–5pm | Queensland 12pm–1pm | Queen Street Mall Surfing Safari for a giant Ibis made Herbarium, Brisbane Botanic Upper Stage, Brisbane City | 12pm–1pm | View this event of rubbish, a recycled Gardens, Mount Coot-tha | Free, non-ticketed live at www.facebook.com/ timber Koala and a Free, non-ticketed Come along and put a little bing, BrisbaneLibraries | Online only woven interpretation The Queensland Herbarium is bang, boom into your lunchtime Dr Karl is surfing the Universe of ‘warming stripes’. the centre for science, research with a spectacular science show for all that’s gnarly, awesome, and information on Queensland’s for all the family. From fireballs weird and wonderful. This event ecosystems and species of to instant clouds and lots of will be livestreamed on the plants, fungi, algae and animals. explosive gases, it’s a feast for Library Facebook page – join From Wednesday to Saturday, your eyes, ears and brain. Be in from the comfort of your drop in and discover the entertained, be amazed and own home and get your fabulous exhibit prepared by maybe even be involved! questions ready for Dr Karl! the biodiversity scientists.

WSFB Education program We’re excited to welcome teachers and students back to the festival to participate in our annual education program with a great line up of conversations and activities – especially programed to engage with primary and secondary school students. From conversations with leading astrophysicists to unpacking the complexities of living in a global pandemic, the topics and sessions are exciting and varied. This year we have made sure most of our educational program is linked to the curriculum ensuring educational experiences support your students STEM learning. Now is the time to celebrate science, we hope you can join us!

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Cities 2060 Exploring Hyperspace: A Virtual 6pm–7.30pm | Concert Hall QPAC | Reality Experience Adult $35, Concession $30, Live stream $10 9am, 10am, 11am and 12pm | Why is it so important to plan for 2060 now? By 2060 Adult $50, Concession $40 Australia’s population will have reached 40 million. Two-thirds In this live interactive virtual reality experience, physicist of us will live in one of the four largest cities and determining and World Science Festival co-founder Professor Brian Greene what those cities look like will require some seriously creative will guide a group of explorers through topics including blue-sky thinking. Discover how today’s science and technology extra dimensions, unified field theory and the multiverse. can contribute to a better way of life and shape the cities of Together, they will grapple with abstract concepts and higher the future. dimensional objects that challenge the imagination and stretch Presented with Griffith University the bounds of what’s possible in the real world. For more information visit worldsciencefestival.com.au

City of Science Presented with BHP The Nucleus

The Science of Space Exploration Curiocities DJ Black Amex Happiness 3.30pm, 4.30pm, and 5.30pm | 12–28 March | 8am–8pm | 5pm–5.45pm | Free, 12pm–1pm | Queen Street Mall New Farm Library, Sydney Various | Free, non-ticketed non-ticketed Street, New Farm | Free, Upper Stage, Brisbane City | Walk a 6.5km circuit connecting DJ Black Amex plays a groove- ticketed Free, non-ticketed the City Botanic Gardens, South driven mix of disco, funk, house What puts a smile on your dial? Do you dream of going to Bank, Cultural Precinct and and rare remixes and edits. From chocolate and music to space? How will you get there? the CBD to explore more than An avid vinyl collector and cute videos of kittens, some Our expert Rocket Engineer will 60 Curiocities, including 30 freewheeling selector. Never things just make us happy. But answer all of your questions, world and national premieres playing the same set twice, why, and what is going on inside and then you can launch your along with contributions from DJ Black Amex always looks our brains when we experience own bottle rocket, thanks to six Queensland schools. Visit to bring the crowd on a journey such joy? We’ve paired a dancer It’s Rocket Science. curiocitybrisbane.com for of vibe and groove! and a scientist to unravel all of more information. this in fun-filled lunchtime that is sure to leave you smiling.

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Queensland Museum events

CoralWatch Sea Monsters: 9.30am–4pm | Prehistoric Ocean L2, Queensland Museum | Predators Free, non-ticketed Until 3 May 2021 | 9.30am– You can help protect the Great 4.30pm | L3, Queensland Barrier Reef! CoralWatch, a global Museum | Adult $15.50, citizen science program based Concession $13.50, Family at The University of Queensland, (2A + 2C or 1A + 3C) $46 The Hatchery: integrates coral health monitoring While dinosaurs may have ruled Turtle Conservation Experience with education and outreach to the land, giant marine reptiles Wed 24 – Sun 28 March | 9am–4pm daily | create reef awareness and save hunted the depths of the sea. L4, Queensland Museum | Free, ticketed corals for our future generations. What can their fossilised bones Catch a rare glimpse of turtles hatching in their incubation tell us about how they lived? chambers and the first moments of their ocean lives as they How do they compare to today’s meet a seawater environment in specially designed tanks! top ocean predators? Discover After the festival, the newborn turtles will be transported the secrets of these monsters to the Sunshine Coast and released 20 km offshore. of the deep! The Hatchery will be live streamed with support from AARNET.

The Nucleus The Nucleus River Plaza, Queensland Cultural Centre

Sustainability in Dangerous Song Curious Conversations Creative Collisions Art & Design 6.45pm–7pm | Free, Hosted by 8.15pm–9pm | Free, 6pm–6.45pm | Free, non-ticketed Benjamin Law non-ticketed non-ticketed Dangerous Song is a response 7pm–8pm | Free, non-ticketed What happens at the Art and design are responsible to the current 6th extinction Mycelium is vital to our soils intersection of science and for a creative and an crisis, combining human voice – for breaking down organic art? Is the creative mind so environmental footprint. with the sounds of endangered material for reuse and are different from that of a scientist Whether creating large and extinct animals. Through a vital communication and or researcher? In these short, scale outdoor festivals, music and the sound of real nutrient network supporting sharp sessions we’ll learn about considering set materials or animal calls Linsey Pollak 92% of the earth’s flora. the melding of minds to create speaks directly to the heart some truly inspiring outcomes. exploring energy generation Explore this hyper connected in a way that words cannot, Join us to explore these unlikely and consumption – the underworld of mycelium with while Lizzie O’Keefe weaves alliances and their creations. environmental impact of our artists and naturalists Tara her voice in and out of this creative endeavours must Pattenden, Steve Axford and musical landscape. influence our practice. Meet Catherine Marciniak. creative minds bringing Presented with Curiocity Brisbane sustainability to art and design.

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Conversations Films Presented with QAGOMA

Dosed 2019 Fear and Loathing 6pm | GOMA Cinema | in Las Vegas Adult $12, Concession $10 8.30pm | GOMA Cinema | A chapter in the ongoing Adult $12, Concession $10 discussion on the use of Terry Gilliam’s adaptation of psychoactive substances to Hunter S. Thompson’s novel treat mental ill-health. Dosed unfolds as a delirious road trip Running the Planet Without Costing the Earth 2019 follows chronic heroin across the Nevada desert to the 6pm–7.30pm | Concert Hall QPAC | user Adrienne as she attempts hotels of Las Vegas. What begins Adult $35, Concession $30, Live stream $10 to get free of her addiction as a journalistic assignment for Why should we switch to clean energy? In a post-fossil-fuel-future using magic mushrooms and Duke to cover a motorcycle race it’s going to take more than a couple of solar panels on everyone’s iboga. A powerful and honest is a fevered experimentation with roofs to meet the energy needs of a growing population. Energy portrait of active drug addiction the creative and mind expanding experts explore the path to a sustainably future and reveal some and the lengths someone will capabilities of psychoactive drugs. of the ground-breaking solutions that just might save our planet. go to be free of dependence. Presented with QUT

The Nucleus River Plaza, Queensland Cultural Centre

Paulina Beauty & The Beats 4.30pm–5.15pm | Free, 5.30pm–6.30pm | Free, non-ticketed non-ticketed The foundations to 16 year Beauty & The Beats is a old Paulina’s artistry are found Brisbane-based acoustic R&B in her parents CD collection, group creating an explosion artists such as The Beatles of pop-inspired, R&B acoustic A Lighter Side of Science and Crowded House. Stunning music mixed with rap. Enjoy 7pm–9.30pm | Free, non-ticketed her parents by performing intricate playing of the guitar, A science variety night like no other – with trivia, comedy and at an early age she has been grounded by the bass of the bizzarro science stuff, you’re up for an unforgettable evening singing and playing the Beatbox as sweet melodies of mind-boggling, jaw-aching, simulated science-silliness! Drop guitar ever since. float to your ears, this is one in anytime to enjoy liquid libations, play quick rounds of smart unique musical recipe you’ll phone trivia and learn about the stranger side of science and want to hear! listen to some cool tunes.

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Films Presented with QAGOMA City of Science Presented with BHP For full City of Science program see page 8

Terra Firma 24–28 March | Cultural Precinct | Free We evolved out of the earth beneath our feet. The plants that sustain Science Lunch Spiders Fun Return to us grow out of it and with Dr Karl 3.30pm–6pm | Wynnum Planet Earth valuable resources lie within it. It holds the 12.15pm–1pm | Queen Street Library, Florence Street, Wed 24 – Sun 28 March | Various secrets of our past, and Mall Upper Stage, Brisbane Wynnum | Free, non-ticketed times | Mount Coot-tha Rd, through science it can City | Free, non-ticketed Toowong | Adult $25, Why are spiders so special? inform our path towards Concession $20 Imagine if eating made you Dr Robert Raven, Queensland a sustainable future. smarter? That dream can Museum Arachnologist (that’s Fasten your seatbelts and prepare Explore four activity come true if you spend your a spider expert!) will be on hand for lift-off as we take a round trip stations each exploring lunchtime listening to Dr Karl. to tell you all about his hairy from our tiny blue planet, through different topics and Australia’s most loved scientist 8-legged friends. You also galaxies, past super novas and sciences from the will be on hand to answer your get to create your own spider into the farthest reaches of our world beneath the burning questions about life, the (from Lego). known universe, before returning Earth’s surface. universe and … anything really. to the pale blue dot that we Bring a sandwich and a question call home. Presented with BHP (and maybe one of his books if Presented with Sir Thomas you’d like it signed). Brisbane Planetarium

Curiocity Brisbane Queensland Museum events

A Night at the Museum 5.30pm–8.30pm | Queensland Museum | Free, non-ticketed | Adult $35, Child $15, Family (2A + 2C) $80 Back this year by popular demand! Join Dr Karl Kruszelnicki The Residents and find out why it’s safer for 12–28 March | 8am–8pm | View from the Goodwill Bridge | a cat to fall from a 32-storey Free, non-ticketed building than a 7-storey building, get the low-down on the Recent sightings of prehistoric reptiles swimming in the Brisbane Bermuda Triangle, and how come River have stirred excitement among curious locals. Passers-by wombats poo out about 90 little claimed the creatures were up to 12 metres long with massive cubes (yes, cubes) each day! heads, short necks, powerful jaws and large teeth… Recommended for families with Catch a glimpse of artist Craig Walsh’s stylised, high-definition children aged 4-12. projections of prehistoric creatures known to have inhabited the Brisbane River (Maiwar) millions of years ago! Presented with Curiocity Brisbane

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The Pulse of the Why Trust a Scientist? Pandemic 6.30pm–8pm | Concert Hall 11am–12.30pm | Concert Hall QPAC | Adult $35, Concession QPAC | Adult $35, Concession $30, Live stream $10 $30, Live stream $10 In a world where misinformation At the time of writing, Australia and mistrust thrive, science is appears to be coming out of under attack. Our trustworthy the worst of the pandemic while panel of real and genuine the USA and Europe descend scientists, historians and into pandemonium. On the first communicators examine how we anniversary of social distancing arrived at this place of mistrust, and lock downs, we draw out the what happens if it continues, and lessons of the past in order to how we can do our bit to stand pandemic-proof our future. up for science. Presented with The University of Queensland

Queensland Museum events

GroundTruthVR Ancient Sea Monsters Trapdoor spiders with After Dark 9.30am–4pm | Level 2, Void, with Espen Knutsen Michael Rix 5.30pm–8.30pm | Queensland Queensland Museum | 11am–12pm | Level 2, Theatre, 1.30pm–2.30pm | Level 2, Museum | Adult $35 Free, non-ticketed Queensland Museum | Adult $18, Theatre, Queensland Museum | From live music, sea monsters Take the pilot seat of a satellite Concession $15 Adult $18, Concession $15 origami and a live animal display orbiting high above Queensland’s Join Queensland Museum Join Arachnologist, Dr Mike Rix from Geckoes wildlife rangers. To infinite vistas GroundTruthVR Paleontologist Dr Espen Knutsen and immerse yourself in the world expert palaeontologists and roaming utilises high resolution satellite to learn about prehistoric of trapdoor spiders – the master the museum at night – this adults and aerial imagery in a virtual monsters of the deep! architects of the spider world. only event is not to be missed! reality environment.

City of Science Presented with BHP For full City of Science program see page 8

Brisbane Catchments West Village events Mt Coot-tha events Earth Hour concert Network events 10am–3.30pm | West Village, 9am–8.30pm | Brisbane 8.30pm–9.30pm | Upper 9am–4pm | Sustainability Boundary St, West End | Botanic Gardens, Mount Eastern Terrace (Outside Centre, 1358 Old Cleveland Rd, Free, non-ticketed Coot-tha | Free, ticketed and L2 entrance to Queensland Carindale | Free, ticketed and Are you passionate about how non-ticketed Museum) | Free, non-ticketed non-ticketed to improve your way of living With a suite of free events, tours Celebrate Earth Hour with four Pop into the sustainability and how to reduce your impact and activations – Mt Coot-tha choirs, conducted by Emma centre and learn about bush on our planet? Explore these will be under the microscope Dean – who will sing a collection tucker, wildlife corridors, habitat events dedicated to families like never before! of songs exploring science, the creation, native bees and who want to live greener. universe and the environment. sustainable gardens. Presented with West Village

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The Nucleus River Plaza, Queensland Cultural Centre

Sport and Science The Big Bang Show Young People Power Paper Scissors – Rock! 10am–10.45am | Free, 11am–11.45am | Free, 12pm–12.45pm | Free, 1pm–1.45pm | Free, non-ticketed non-ticketed non-ticketed non-ticketed Watching it, reading about it, The Big Bang Science Show Generation Z have grown up Linsey Pollak makes music or playing it – did you know that brings to life the science that in a world unlike that of any by live-looping self-invented maths and science are behind all surrounds us every day. Explore other generation. Join Gen Z instruments such as a paper of your sport activities? Learn phenomena such as forces, air business leader Scott Millar clarinet, a drinking straw about angles, forces, equations pressure, states of matter and as he explores the power of oboe, a Cylisax and a rubber in sport! more – guaranteed to engage this group! glove bagpipe. and inspire students of all ages.

Big Bangaboom Graham Moes Science (in) Fiction Ockham’s Razor 2pm–2.45pm | Free, 3.30pm–4.30pm | Free, 5pm–6pm | Free, with ABC Science non-ticketed non-ticketed non-ticketed 6.30pm–8.30pm | Free, In this science show all rules are Singer-songwriter and producer This panel will explore non-ticketed broken. Hands will be set on fire, Graham Moes has a uniquely the role of fiction in ABC Science returns to explosions will rock the building, rhythmic and soulful looping communicating scientific Brisbane for a special water coolers will become sound, combining flavours of facts – as a means of recording of Ockham’s Razor. subversive volcanoes and mega roots music, modern electronica contextualising ideas, Ockham’s Razor is a soapbox soap explosions will cleanse any and gritty blues guitar. applying them to everyday for all things scientific: preconceptions of what science lives, and reaching more- stories, insights, arguments can be! diverse audiences. or tributes – expect a jam- packed afternoon of short talks that will intrigue, excite and inspire! Presented with ABC Science

Films Presented with QAGOMA Oliver Sacks: Hunting for Hedonia His Own Life 3.30pm | GOMA Cinema | Adult 1pm | GOMA Cinema | Adult $12, Concession $10 $12, Concession $10 Examining the recent revival A celebrated neurologist and of the medical technique Deep one of the world’s most beloved Brain Stimulation (DBS). If DBS science writers – Sacks’ life and can manipulate the human work is explored in this new brain, might medicine have the documentary. power to change a person’s personality and emotions?

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Griffith Review 71: Remaking the Balance 1pm–2pm | Ian Hanger Recital Hall, Queensland Conservatorium | Adult $35. Concession $30 How will we change what we Science vs Politics Hunting the do with what we have? 11am–12pm | Concert Hall QPAC | Cosmic Dawn Join Griffith Review 71: Remaking Adult $35, Concession $30, Live stream $10 3pm–4.30pm | Concert Hall QPAC | the Balance contributors Scientific rigour doesn’t always survive in Adult $35, Concession $30, Live stream $10 including Ian Lowe and Sophie a political system based on popularity and We know it all started with a big bang. But Cunningham and Editor, Ashley self-preservation. And we don’t have to look what happened after that? And where are we Hay as they explore the ways in far to find examples of policy making that heading from here? which our changing relationships elevates economic or electoral essentials over Join a constellation of astrophysicists as they with resources are changing environmental or health imperatives. Two shine new light into the cosmos to determine what we do with all that’s ex-politicians reveal the behind-the-scenes what the first stars looked like, the nature of animal, vegetable and mineral machinations that occur when government dark energy and the future of the universe. – as well as with less tangible is faced with scientific evidence that informs Presented with The University of Queensland commodities such as memory, policy and action. stories and hope.

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Tree planting City of the Future Substation 33 events AI Hub events 8am–11am | North Brisbane, workshops 10am and 12pm | Substation 9am–4pm | The Precinct, 7th Brigade Park, Chermside | 9am–4.30pm | The Edge, 33, Mary St, Kingston | Free, TC Beirne Building, Fortitude Free, ticketed State Library of Queensland | ticketed Valley | Free, non-ticketed AND Ticket $10 Have you ever wondered what Step inside The Precinct, join 8am–11am | South Brisbane: BOP Industries is a technology to do with your old electronics a session and take a deep dive Minnippi Parklands, 139 and education company on when you have finished into ‘disruptive technology’. Stanton Rd, Tingalpa | a mission to inspire the next with them? Up-skilling and Explore AI, Robotics, XR and Free, ticketed generation of Digital Creators. up-cycling activities include AI-generated music! Prepare 3D printer building, making to be WOW-ed by Queensland’s WSFB and the Brisbane Join a hands-on workshop rechargeable torches or leading brains trust of Catchment Creek are on a where you and your family will practice your user-centred vertical gardens from e-waste. disruptive innovators, mission to offset the festivals mentors and entrepreneurs. carbon emissions! Join us as design skills to problem solve, we plant trees to create a fauna innovate and create. habitat, increase ecological sustainability and protect Brisbane’s biodiversity.

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Red Rocket 3 Space and the flying 10am–10.45am | Free, Emu with Dr Nij non-ticketed 11am–11.45am | Free, Red Rocket 3 is a three piece non-ticketed live rock band for kids, a high- Meet Dr Niraj Lal, the scientist, energy show which helps kids author and occasional TV star explore their world through who created Henry the Flying music, games and a whole Emu. Blast off with Dr Nij! lot of fun.

Science of Beer Juggle Science! UQ Demo Troupe! 2pm–2.45pm | Free, 12pm–12.45pm | Free, 1pm–1.45pm | Free, non-ticketed non-ticketed non-ticketed Beer isn’t just tasty, it’s also chockfull of science – one of Although technically not Ever thought about channelling a humanity’s first great science experiments! Join BeerMatt and scientists, did you know jugglers million volts of lightning? Putting Dr Joel as they talk about what makes beer taste like beer, the work with science every day? your hand in liquid nitrogen at secrets of brewing, whether there’s a right way to drink a beer, Join STEAM Circus to learn 200 degrees below zero? Or why bubbles go down in a glass of Guinness – and more! about juggling patterns, shapes, maybe taking a nap on a bed of Presented with The Weekend Edition angles and how to predict where nails?! Join UQ Demo Troupe ... your juggling ball will land. if you dare ...

Queensland Museum events Films Presented with QAGOMA

Queensland’s Extreme Scientific Illustration The Babadook Systemsprenger Environments with with Geoff Thompson 1pm | GOMA Cinema | (System Crasher) Gary Cranitch 1.30pm–2.30pm | Level 2, Adult $12, Concession $10 3pm | GOMA Cinema | 11am–12pm | Level 2, Theatre, Theatre, Queensland Museum | Amelia struggles to discipline Adult $12, Concession $10 Queensland Museum | Adult $18, Adult $18, Concession $15 her son Samuel – his Inspired by the writer-directors Concession $15 Join Queensland Museum’s hallucinations spiral out of own angry tendencies in Join Queensland Museum’s scientific illustrator and deep- control and she is forced to childhood, this film examines internationally renowned focus photographer Geoff medicate him. But when the environmental and photographer Gary Cranitch, as Thompson as he explores the Amelia begins to see a sinister emotional influences that he showcases the revered and ways scientists have captured presence she realises Samuels can shape violent and stunning landscape of Queensland their images and work through fears may be real. dangerous behaviour. through his beautiful images. the ages.

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