POPSICULE

A screen featuring a snippet of Roger eberts review of Army of Darkness alongside the movie poster

What a great day for a movie with the @anu-popsicule.bsky.social

and cc @v-chitra.bsky.social

cc @anna-sophiejurgens.bsky.social & @sci-comm-anu.bsky.social!!!

What a night! Packed house at @nfsaonline.bsky.social diving into "Paprika" - a wild anime about dream therapy and neurotech fantasy 🎬

And great discussion with @crystationalbio.bsky.social, Dr Chitra V & Dr Lou Farrer about identity, science, and those gorgeous/terrifying neurotech imaginaries!

cc @anna-sophiejurgens.bsky.social, @sci-comm-anu.bsky.social & @crystationalbio.bsky.social!!!

Science is funny as long as it happens to someone else: understanding humour in science publications Humour is the driving force behind the Ig Nobel Prize, which celebrates unusual research that ‘makes people laugh and then think’. It appears in publications across STEM fields, on topics such as w...

🎓Outstanding Student Project Alert🎓

🤩 2024 Science and Humour student, Gypsy Cook, has published her final project in IJSE Pt.B, OA 🤩

"Science is funny as long as it happens to someone else: understanding humour in science publications"

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#science #humour

Science Goes Pop: Superhero Art Edition Popsicule et al.: In this article, visual artists Kel Ronning and Kikifoxbones reflect on the aesthetic strategies used to communicate science through the visual language of superhero comics – from th...

📚Science Goes Pop💥Publication 3/3📚

The Superhero Art Edition:
between-science-and-art.com/science-goes...

Kel Ronning, Kikifoxbones, Ben Nickl, and @anna-sophiejurgens.bsky.social cc @sci-comm-anu.bsky.social

#sciart #superheroscience #NationalScienceWeek2025

Science Goes Pop: The Zine Art Edition Till Bödeker: Drawing inspiration from scholarly discussions on manga as a historically inflected form of educational media, as well as comic books featuring eccentric scientists, visual artists Patri...

📚Science Goes Pop💥Publication 2/3 📚

The Zine Art Edition:
between-science-and-art.com/science-goes...

Patrick Galvin, Camilo Potocnjak Oxman, Stefan Buchenberger, Torsten Weber & @crystationalbio.bsky.social cc @sci-comm-anu.bsky.social

#manga #supervillainscience #NationalScienceWeek2025

Science Goes Pop: The Whimsical Assemblage Art Edition Till Bödeker: Houl and Brit Nicholl’s artworks explore science through the lens of comics, artistic imagination and visual storytelling by framing and reflecting on scientific work (in progress) as bo...

📚Science Goes Pop💥Publication 1/3📚

The Whimsical Art Assemblage:
between-science-and-art.com/science-goes...

Houl, Britt Nichols, Dan Santos, @crystationalbio.bsky.social & @anna-sophiejurgens.bsky.social cc @sci-comm-anu.bsky.social

#laboratories #hopepunk #NationalScienceWeek2025

SuperScientists: Celebrating science through the power of superheroes Anna-Sophie Jürgens: In this conversation, Dr Justin Yarrow and Clyde Beech discuss the SuperScientists project, which combines science communication and comic art to inspire and educate South African...

🦹 Meet Africa's SuperScientists! 🦸

Check out the the latest interview in our w/k series on Visual Science Storytelling with the (Super)creators of @scisuperheroes.bsky.social!!!

between-science-and-art.com/superscienti...

Hi Glendon, thanks so much for that! And noted. We mostly share the art (or links to art) of our students and their final creative SciArt and Science and Humour projects on this profile!

Quoll and the Stars - POPSICULE By Tilda Joy Blackbourn-Rooney – A ‘Special Project’ (SCOM3005, 2025, shortened) Communicating Extinction through Children’s Picture Books This report is part of an environmental science communication...

🎓Outstanding Student Project Alert 🎓

✨Quoll and the Stars!✨

A beautiful, soulful and exquisitely illustrated children's book, created by the brilliant 2025 SCOM3003 Special Project student, Tilda Joy Blackbourn-Rooney 🌌

popsicule.weblogs.anu.edu.au/quoll-and-th...
#extinction #anthropomorphism

Science.Art.Film.: Ex Machina Alicia Vikander’s humanoid AI, Ava, challenges the line between technology and consciousness in this sci-fi thriller.

📯"Science. Art. Film." Season 6 announcement!📯

Where do the boundaries between human and humanoid begin and end?
Join our "Ex Machina" event and find out! 16 April, 6pm, Arc Cinema, tickets:

tickets.nfsa.gov.au/Events/Scien...

#Canberraevents #Canberralife #scicomm #ScienceArtFilm

SCIENCE. ART. FILM. returns with Season 6 and we're starting it with a bang! 🥳 Join us for a screening of cult classic TANK GIRL (1995), followed by a panel on the science & themes of the film! See you this 26 March, Wednesday, 6:00 PM, Arc Cinema! #Canberra #scicomm #popculture #Canberraevents

Science. Art. Film.: Tank Girl Punk-rock rebel Tank Girl battles baddies in a post-apocalyptic world without water

📯"Science. Art. Film." Season 6 announcement!📯

Book your tickets now (8 AUD) for the 20th Anniversary #cult #classic #postapocalyptic #scifi "Tank Girl"

tickets.nfsa.gov.au/Events/Scien...

#canberra #ScienceArtFilm #filmscreening in collab with @nfsaonline.bsky.social @sci-comm-anu.bsky.social

cc @sci-comm-anu.bsky.social 🤩

For the 10th anniversary of 👩‍🏫👩‍🔬
International Day of Women and Girls in Science #IDWGS

Celebrate with us! Read Bridget Gaul, @anna-sophiejurgens.bsky.social and Karina Judd's "Women Scientists in American Television Comedy" @springernature.com

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#scicomm #popculture

YouTube video by Science ANU A year in science at ANU | 2024

That's a wrap on science at ANU for 2024!

Wishing everyone a safe and happy festive season🎄🎆🧪
youtu.be/Nhk8sQcv5-c?...

cc @jay.bsky.team thought you might appreciate the art :)

A simple drawing of a dead bird (representing the old twitter logo), with Elon Musk's X symbol in the place of the eye, and a flutter of butterflies (bluesky's symbol) emerging from it.

Just a reminder that you can also find us on Instagram:
@ANU_Popsicule and Twitter: @ANU_Popsicule (we got advice to leave our account open there so our name doesn't get hijacked). The art is a lovely call and response between Teddy Lampert and Phillip Dexheimer, from LinkedIn:

shorturl.at/wG4bV

TransForming Science - POPSICULE By Lil Logan – A ‘Science & Humour’ Project (SCOM6006, 2024) The YouTube video “TransForming Science” was inspired by my personal experience of trying to find accurate information about testosterone t...

🎓Outstanding Student Project Alert 🎓

"The Science of T!" A brilliant, funny and informative video helping folks navigate the information deluge around testosterone therapy. Created by 2024 SCOM2006/6006 Science and Humour student, Lil Logan💫

popsicule.weblogs.anu.edu.au/transforming...

Science goes pop: where mad scientists meet the world When exploring pop culture is your passion and your profession, violent clowns, parasitic villains and extraterrestrial jellyfish are just another day in the office.

☄️🦸‍♀️ "When exploring pop culture is your passion and your profession, violent clowns, parasitic villains and extraterrestrial jellyfish are just another day in the office"

Kicking off 2025 in the most colourful way, with this ANU Reporter profile of @anu-popsicule.bsky.social's Dr Anna-Sophie Jürgens

The human right to science is 76 years old. It’s a reminder for us all to be more curious The right to science can serve as a spark for human imagination and curiosity. And this is where its true power resides.

"[The human right to science] can also serve as a spark for human imagination and curiosity. And this is where its true power resides," write Professor Sujatha Raman and Professor Brian Schmidt in The Conversation.

#science #humanrights

science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

ASC Christmas Lecture: THE CASE FOR HOPE Professor Joan Leach, the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science (CPAS), ANU will delvier a lecture on the case for hope in science communication

This lecture on the case for hope by Professor Joan Leach from @sci-comm-anu.bsky.social will be great way to end the year!
🗓️: 5.30pm 18th December at Smith's Alternative, Canberra & online

science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

We've collated a starter pack of researchers, students and staff from the College of Science at the Australian National University (ANU). This is a growing starter pack, so please send us your suggestions!
go.bsky.app/D2Cih9V 🧪

Jasper's Journey - POPSICULE By AMIRAH FARRELL – A ‘Science & Humour’ Project (SCOM6006, 2024) Jasper’s Journey is a storybook written for children aged 5-7, inspired by my background in geomorphology, and my young nephews and ni...

🎓ANOTHER Outstanding Student Project Alert🎓

This week we meet Jasper! Brainchild of this year's SCOM2006/6006 Science and Humour student, Amirah Farell! "Jasper's Journey" is a fantastic educational comic chronicling the life history of a ROCK 🤘🤘🤘

popsicule.weblogs.anu.edu.au/jaspers-jour...

Fighting for the future! Our last 2024 Science. Art. Film.
Screening & discussion of the Aussie scifi film "2067" was a blast! Thanks to our special guest panel: director Seth Larney, producer Lisa Shaunessy and composer Prof Ken Lampl!!!

#scifi #popculture #sciencecomm #canberra #nfsa

Cinematic science Film screenings that celebrate science, cinema and art

Love Science Fiction & Popular Culture??? 🤓

Read Prof Alice Motion's beautiful piece in @chemistryworld.bsky.social on how our Poptastic Leader, Dr @anna-sophiejurgens.bsky.social helps to "create wormholes between galaxies" with Cinematic Science 🤩
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/cine...

Engaging in humorous conversation: “Poly’s Tour in Sydney” - POPSICULE By Jaquelen Huang – A ‘Science & Humour’ Project (SCOM2006, 2024) “Poly’s Tour in Sydney” is a creative educational cartoon exploring the impacts of plastic pollution on Australian wildlife and landsc...

🎓Outstanding Student Project Alert🎓

Meet Poly! They're the brainchild of this year's SCOM2006/6006 Science and Humour student, Jaquelen Huang!

"Poly's Tour of Sydney" is a creative cartoon exploring plastic pollution on the Australian environment 🤩

popsicule.weblogs.anu.edu.au/engaging-in-...

YouTube video by Science ANU This is POPSICULE | Science in Popular Culture and Entertainment Hub

We're new to Blue Sky 🦋, but we're excited to be here!

The Popsicule was started in 2021 by the Poptastic🎉 Dr Anna-Sophie Jürgens 👩‍🏫, a Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University's Center for the Public Awareness of Science (CPAS):
youtu.be/ZERrHFY2HuI