Rare and endangered animals are given new lives by a team of Queensland Museum taxidermists, who share their skills at the World Science Festival.
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Students create solutions for future water instability
Students develop solutions for the future of humanity if water level rises, having people live in high-rise apartment buildings and drive boats instead of cars.
Crows hope to make history against Brisbane in first-ever AFLW grand final
Wet weather could play a part in the result of today’s inaugural AFL Women’s grand final between Adelaide and Brisbane on the Gold Coast.
Professor Ian Frazer recalls 'lucky' discovery of cervical cancer vaccine
Professor Ian Frazer, the immunologist responsible for the vaccine against human papillomavirus, says he got lucky and treatment for other cancers remains a major challenge.
Can science and faith co-exist?
Scientific experts get theological during a panel discussion at the World Science Festival, delving into the existential question of whether faith and science can co-exist.
Why do people buy bottled water?
A panel of experts at the World Science Festival in Brisbane lift the lid on the ongoing debate over bottled v tap water, and how marketers have successfully led consumers to believe bottled is better.
The battle to get students back into science
Pocket-sized experiments and steams trains could be the unusual combination to help draw disillusioned children back into science, educators hope.
Five minutes of colouring has same benefits as meditation: expert
As little as five minutes of colouring in a day can have the same influence on the brain as an hour of practising conventional meditation techniques, according to a cognitive neuroscientist who has coined the term “colourtation”.
Wine drinkers explore how music can influence taste
Wine drinkers at this year’s World Science Festival in Brisbane are given the chance to explore how the beverage’s taste can be altered by different genres of music.
Brave Brisbane kids honoured for fighting off murderous stepfather
Cameron and Jayden Caulfield and their two siblings will be handed Australian Bravery Awards for disarming their drunken stepfather after he shot their mother and tried to strangle her.