15 - 21 Jul 2022

Can Australia do the opioid crisis better? Elite performers and mental health, preparing for another wet summer, Giant hailstones, Communicating with unconscious people.

Space law, people in the Metaverse, Matt Herring’s Next Big Thing on wading birds, possible Nefertiti discovery, how clinical trials work.

Australia’s robotics future, water laws and Indigenous management, Vanessa Pirotta’s Next Big Thing on whales, clothing recycling, South Australia’s green hydrogen marathon.

Including culturally diverse communities; The seismic shocks that transformed the Makah people; Measuring impacts on ancient rock art; Are we ready for AUKUS?; Digging for Australia’s oldest birds.

Threatened species, critical minerals, Xiaojing Hao’s Next Big Thing in solar PV, nasal-spray vaccines, social networks and equality.

Putting gender on the robotic agenda; Unearthing new soil measurement capability; Indigenous horticulture in a changing climate; Australia’s first SpIRITed space mission; natural hazards; When is ‘fast off the blocks’ too fast?

Winning the race to net zero, How the nocebo effect messes with the brain, tackling the megatrends, Tapping the livestock genome, Are best before dates past their use-by?

Monitoring methane from coal mines, the Next Big Thing in genomics, the ventilation experiment, wave energy off King Island, Chile’s constitutional reform.

Murray-Darling water, defence and entertainment technology, Janice Scealy’s Next Big Thing in statistics, AI and medicine, Australia’s largest wind farm.

Chess robot breaks a child’s finger, COVID-19 pandemic reveals bias in healthcare, Susan Scott’s Next Big Thing, Australian navigation systems on the Moon, technology and fashion.

Getting healthcare greener, building ocean energy in Albany, gravitational waves, mite-y problems, living with loud.

Renting university space to private companies, greener agriculture, AI & traffic control, video games & climate, controlled burns on country.