17 - 23 Sep 2021

Baby-brain needs a rebrand, unpeeling the wrap on climate challenges, surfing the sustainability wave, the big space questions facing government, protecting the ‘Aussie Easter bunny’.

The true history of the chicken, Cybernetics – controlling information, Maori knowledge changing how New Zealand responds to disasters, lifeline for the grey nurse shark, and the Next Big Thing is communicating the next COVID wave.

The golden age of paleo-tourism, detecting pesticide residues, phasing out native logging in Victoria, the ins and outs of amateur astronomy, and the Australian Conservation Foundation CEO’s Next Big Thing is the science of solutions.

Blue Oval and out? The ups and downs of weather modification, combating crowns of thorns, getting to the bottom of the Top End’s buffalo problem, diverse DNA in Australia’s ecosystems.

Sport selection, PFAS detection, medicinal cannabis, AI assistance, seed bank behind the scenes.

Undiscovered species in remote outback springs, kitchen engineering, escaping a cult to pursue science, stopping seafood fraud, making carbon capture and storage feasible, and Lismore prepares for higher floods.

Fixing the ozone layer, ‘reef-safe’ sunscreens, maternal care in the pandemic, Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus) trees, farmers and solar.

Restoring degraded marine environments, taking control of AI generated art, space helicopters, hope for more opportunities for the Wajarri people, and Martyn Myer’s Next Big Thing is commercialising medical science.

The ethics of moon mining, Australia’s lunar hurdles, avoid asthma amid smoke storms, drones at sea, bringing Aboriginal land management and science together.

Powerful owls, cane toads, the Next Big Thing in T-Cells, ADHD clinical guidelines, super soldiers with drugs.

Deleting C02 from the air, the ‘matter’ of dark matter, the importance of a good health database, two sides to Antarctic climate change, Music of the spheres.

The living coral biobank, CleanAir in schools, the Next Big Thing at the nanoscale, aucoustic engineers and health, space infrastructure safety.