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Science Outside the Square presents... Fun with Fungi. At the Market Demo Kitchen we explored the secret life of mushrooms and fungi. What are they, where do they come from, how do they grow and what is it about them that’s so good for us? Related Content Read a blog post ... Continue Reading »

How do you fuel a professional cyclist? Why is it easier to balance on two wheels than one? Questions like these were inspiration for experimentation during Science Outside the Square @ Santos Tour Down Under. Participants in this Science Outside the Square event included unicyclists and circus performers, sports dieticians, hackers, ... Continue Reading »

Acclaimed science writer Simon Singh explored a series of scenarios that demonstrate how our intuition can mislead us when it comes to assessing risk. At the same time -- using examples taken from the casino, the doctor's surgery, the law courts and the paranormal -- he discussed how ... Continue Reading »

Advances in science and technology speed along at such a rate it can be hard to know exactly what's out there, and to separate the plausible, possible or predictive, from the cold hard facts. While much of the fiction, remains just that (at least for now!), other ideas have ... Continue Reading »

When the world's largest and most expensive science experiment -- CERN's Large Hadron Collider -- was switched on in September 2008, rumours were rife that the world was about to end. Luckily for us, that didn't happen, and Professor Steve Carlip and CERN's ... Continue Reading »

Some say that 'silence is golden' but all-Australian science geek Dr Karl Kruszelnicki bucked the trend and shouted his love of science from the rooftops in November's thoroughly entertaining Science Outside the Square. This event was for all those who longed to know the answers to life's ... Continue Reading »