ALT Picture of AFLW athlete Sarah Lampard next to her digital twin.

ALT Fungus with velvety orange caps and white gills. It has a characteristic two-toned stem (white at the top, blending into a red-brown at the base) which is nestled in a tuft of white hairs.

ALT A photograph taken underground in a 'lava tube' which is a tunnel created long ago by flowing lava. Inside the rocky tunnel is a robotic rover explorer that's traversing the harsh terrain.

ALT A photo of a large green python snake. It's wrapped around a tree branch and looking down towards the forest floor.

ALT Young Indigenous woman holding the Young Australian of the Year Award and smiling for the camera.

ALT Cicadas emerging from shell

ALT A painting where a man's portrait and face are composed of a wide array of fruits and vegetables. He has a pair for a nose, wheat for eyebrows, grapes for hair and so on. Text above the image reads: "Friend: How keen are you for our picnic? Me:".

ALT smoked oysterling fungus growing on a tree trunk

ALT Handshake where one arm is labelled "Snails" and a snail's head can be seen above, and the second arm is labelled "Vampires" and a black cloak can be seen behind. Where the hands meet is labelled "Hating garlic".

ALT A line chart showing the monthly mean carbon dioxide trending upwards from 1975 to 2024

ALT Heading reads "Songs Aussie birds would vote for in triple j's hottest 100" Picture of a Torresian Crow. Text beside it reads "Torresian Crow Murder on the Dancefloor [triple j Like a Version] Royel Otis" Picture of an Australian White Ibis. Text beside it reads "Australian White Ibis U Should Not Be Doing That Amyl and The Sniffers" Picture of a Channel-billed Cuckoo. Text beside it reads "Channel-billed Cuckoo Not Like Us Kendrick Lamar" Picture of a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. Text beside it reads "Sulphur-crested Cockatoo BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish"

ALT Picture of a Flame Robin. Text beside it reads "Flame Robin Tangerine Ocean Alley" Picture of a Southern Cassowary. Text beside it reads "Southern Cassowary Apple Charli xcx" Picture of a Superb Fairy-wren. Text beside it reads "Superb Fairy-wren Girls The Kid LAROI" Picture of a White-winged Chough. Text beside it reads "White-winged Chough I Had Some Help Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen"

ALT Picture of a Satin Bowerbird. Text beside it reads "Satin Bowerbird Beautiful Things Benson Boone" Picture of an Australian Brushturkey. Text beside it reads "Australian Brushturkey Baddy On The Floor Jamie xx & Honey Dijon" Picture of an Australian Magpie. Text beside it reads "Australian Magpie Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me Taylor Swift" Picture of a Galah. Text beside it reads "Galah Pink Pony Club Chappell Roan"

ALT Picture of an Azure Kingfisher. Text beside it reads "Azure Kingfisher Fisherrr Bay Swag, Cash Cobain, and Ice Spice" Picture of a Superb Lyrebird. Text beside it reads "Superb Lyrebird Guess ft. Billie Eilish Charli xcx" Picture of a Bar-tailed Godwit. Text beside it reads "Bar-tailed Godwit places to be Fred again.., Anderson .Paak, CHIKA" Picture of a Bush-stone Curlew. Text beside it reads "Bush-stone Curlew For Cryin’ Out Loud! FINNEAS"

ALT A photo of a highly slimy, purple mushroom rising from a forest floor. It has a thick stem and spherical cap.

ALT Moth with a Phantom of the Opera half face mask superimposed onto its head. Below is text reading "The Phantom of the Lepidoptera".

ALT A sand-coloured egg case with ridges and curling tendrils lying on the shore of a beach.

ALT Heading reads "Animal equations". Subheading reads "In this puzzle, each Aussie animal stands for a number. Can you work out the answer to the last equation?" Equations read "[kangaroo image] x [kangaroo image] x [kangaroo image] = 27 [kangaroo image] x [wombat image] x [wombat image] = 12 [wombat image] x [koala image] x [koala image] = 32 [koala image] + [wombat image] x [kangaroo image] = ?"

ALT Photo of a group of people dressed up on a float decorated for an Elvis parade.

ALT Photo of a group of people dressed up on a float decorated for an Elvis parade.

ALT Photo of a group of people dressed up on a float decorated for an Elvis parade.

ALT Elephant Trunkfish Sea Cucumber

ALT Heading reads "How to spot the difference:" Below is a picture of a beach cabana labelled "Cabana" and a march fly labelled "March fly". Below is a list of items which have ticks or crosses beneath the cabana and march fly. "Annoying at the beach" has ticks for both. "Provides sun protection" has a tick for cabana and cross for march fly. "Gets confused by vertical stripes" and "Bloodthirsty" both have a cross for cabana and tick for march fly. "Will travel for the perfect spot" has ticks for both. "Takes up a lot of space" has a tick for cabana and cross for march fly.

ALT A small green orchid with a cupcake-like base growing on a branch.

ALT Card with the heading "Photovoltaics is..." and three multiple-choice options. Option (a) reads "the art of taking the perfect selfie for maximum likes." Option (b) reads "the kinetic energy generated by pole vaulters." Option (c) reads "technology that converts sunlight into electricity using solar cells."

ALT Card with the heading "What’s the missing word?" Two questions follow: Question 1: "For humans, the ______ contains around three billion base pairs of DNA, organised into 23 pairs of chromosomes." Question 2: "A type of neutron star, a ______ is a highly dense remnant of a massive star that has exploded in a supernova."

ALT card with the heading "You know you…" and two columns of text: Column 1 lists three options: (a) "sequenced a genome," (b) "picked up a wandering trad," (c) "met a cryosphere researcher." Column 2 lists three matching descriptions: (i) "when they can tell you exactly how much ice Antarctica is losing per year – down to the gigaton," (ii) "when you reveal the secrets hidden in DNA strands," (iii) "when your garden’s new guest spreads faster than gossip at a family reunion."

ALT Card with the heading " Decode the jumble" and a line of jumbled letters below: vtsrlbealrtsimodpeiyesbta. Directions on how to play follow: Can you find the words in the jumble? Use the hints below to spell them out until you don’t have any letters left. Three hints are provided: 1. A representative portion of a population. 2. The variety of life found in different environments. 3. Related to stars or the cosmos.

ALT A greyish fungi dripping with a thick black liquid

ALT Sleeping wombat

ALT Red bodied and green winged King Parrot perched on a branch. Text reads "King Parrot Alisterus scapularis"

ALT Shiny Christmas Beetle perched on some flowers. Text reads "Christmas Beetle Anoplognathus spp."

ALT Shiny silver fish specimen. Text reads "Spotted Tinselfish Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi"

ALT Bush with green leaves and vibrant red and white flowers. Text reads "New South Wales Christmas Bush Ceratopetalum gummiferum"

ALT The top half of the image is of Bikpela, a dark and rugged hydrothermal chimney with a bright yellow-orange sulphide deposit, suspended mid-air by a crane, surrounded by men in hard hats who are inspecting it. Overlaid text reads "Started from the bottom (of the ocean)". The bottom half of the image is Bikpela in the Australian National Maritime Museum Sydney. Overlaid text reads "Now we’re here!"

ALT Three orange and yellow fungi on a tree log.

ALT A spherical fungi hanging from a branch with many holes in its body.

ALT The velvety-looking and bright purple fungi.

ALT A glowing green fungi on a forest floor.

ALT Audience at the ICRI conference

ALT Crowd at the ICRI conference in the QAGOMA foyer

ALT Four experts on stage at the ICRI conference

ALT Four volunteers wearing orange at the ICRI conference

ALT A woman with short grey hair and a relaxed smile stands in front of a body of water. Text overlaid reads "On the same page What do colourful, soft, washable wool garments and equestrian helmets have in common? Dr Corrine Condie."

ALT CSIRO researchers and Thai partners wearing lab coats and hair nets during a recent visit to Thailand.

ALT Green cicada is perched on leaves.

ALT Pale orange cicada is perched on a piece of wood.

ALT Bright blue cicada is perched on leaves.

ALT Orange and black cicada is perched on leaves.

ALT Close up of a tiny fungus which has a round semi-transparent sphere perched in the jagged edges of an opaque sphere.

ALT Photo of a research ship sailing on the ocean.

ALT Black and white photo of a sheep in 1960 with a box that has an antenna coming out of it strapped to its back.

ALT Black and white photo of a sheep in 1970 with a box that has antennas coming out of it strapped to its back. A scientist can be seen to be patting the sheep's face.

ALT A computer-edited photo of a wombat, wearing a Santa hat, sitting atop a Christmas tree.

ALT Dr. Michael Robertson and Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh looking at camera wearing augmented reality headsets.

ALT Woman holding microphone in front of a banner, presenting at a conference.

ALT Woman working in a farm facility in Southeast Asia, in front of science equipment with a cow in the background

ALT Screenshot of a Google suggestion for a sleep routine. Text reads "Sleep routine From sources across the web Avoid caffeine before bed Create a relaxing bedtime ritual Tell local nocturnal bugs they're doing a great job Spend 2 hours identifying frog calls on the FrogID app Make your room comfy"

ALT A photo showing a comparison between a Volkswagen Beetle car and an Australian beetle (insect). They are compared against: Comes in a range of colours. Returns nutrients to soils. Cute and round. Pollinates native plants. Fun to spot on road trips. Requires a license.

ALT A very smooth fungus stems from part of a tree. The fungi have no hard edges with many overlapping growths atop themselves.

ALT A close-up photo of a very smooth and curvy fungus. The fungi have no hard edges with many overlapping growths atop itself.

ALT A photo of a woman on stage talking to the crowd.