22+ hour, 17+ min ago  (546+ words) This 1-hour program is designed for Stage 4 Geography students. The program puts students into the role of town planners in a fast-paced, collaborative simulation. Students will examine technological and nature-based solutions to attempt to prevent and adapt to our changing…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (860+ words) Electrification and clean energy have been foregrounded by the Australian leader of international climate negotiations as a prominent green group demands progress on a fossil fuels transition. Energy and climate change minister Chris Bowen has used his opening speech at…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (777+ words) More nations are putting the brakes on gas, with the resource losing market share for the fifth year in a row and passing its peak in almost half the countries that use it. But while renewable energy such as solar…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (737+ words) 6pm: Drinks & canap's in the Members Lounge 6. 30pm - 7. 30pm: Talk and audience Q&A Why do we react so strongly to the threat of disease, sometimes even more when we don't fully understand it? In 1900, a global outbreak of bubonic plague reached Sydney....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (645+ words) Recommended age: 5 - 11 years Join naturalist and wildlife educator Andrew Turbill for a hands-on session exploring the strange and surprising world of leeches, ticks and other blood-feeding creatures. Get up close to live leeches, watch fascinating (and slightly shocking) footage, and…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (548+ words) Sydney, Tuesday, 2 June 2026: The Australian Museum (AM) will host the sixth annual Talbot Oration on Thursday 4 June 2026, on the eve of World Environment Day, bringing together leading voices in ocean science, conservation and environmental policy for an evening of ideas…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (582+ words) 2006 | PG | 49m | UK Directed by Alastair Fothergill Tour the mightiest mountain ranges, starting with the birth of a mountain at one of the lowest places on Earth and ending at the summit of Everest. One of Earth's rarest phenomena is a…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (443+ words) 2006 | PG | 49m | UK Directed by Alastair Fothergill & Mark Linfield In the Arctic spring, a mother polar bear and cubs emerge from their winter den. They have just two weeks to cross the frozen sea before it melts and they become stranded....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (489+ words) Director and CEO of the Australian Museum, Kim Mc Kay AO said Sir David Attenborough had enjoyed a long career of sparking curiosity and awe in the natural world and revolutionised the public's relationship with nature. "Sir David Attenborough has…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (777+ words) Gamelan is more than an ensemble of musical instruments " it symbolises a deeply mystical worldview in which performance, structure and movement are understood as outward expressions of an aesthetic and spiritual order. Time: Saturday 20 June, 11am - 12pm Transforming the body through posture,…...