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The Home of Student Science Communication at UniMelb! A science magazine: by students, for students.

Welcome to OmniSci Magazine - the home of science communication here at the University of Melbourne. Whether you're interested in writing, editing, graphic design, web development or just want to hang out with a community of students passionate about science and creativity, this is the place for you!

16/08/2025

Scinema Movie Night (Semester 2, 2025) - Wednesday 20 August, 5:30pm - Latham Theatre, Redmond Barry Building

Lights, camera, action! 🎥🎬🎞

Coinciding with MIFF, OmniSci is hosting a movie night to screen a selection of films from the 2025 ‘Scinema’ Film Festival, a yearly festival showing a variety of fictional and documentary films centering science in all shapes and forms. We will be screening a variety of short films and longer form movies from the festival's different science themes, meaning there should be something for every cinephile and scientist alike.

Our cinema will be Latham Theatre in the Redman Barry Building with the showtime beginning at 5:30pm. Unlike your local theatre, this session will be FREE for OmniSci members and will include FREE popcorn and drinks 🍿🥤.

So bring a friend, fire up your Letterboxed accounts and enjoy the show!

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11/08/2025

We are on the lookout for talented EDITORS and ILLUSTRATORS for OmniSci Magazine Issue 9: Entwined! ✏🎨

Applications for editors and illustrators have been EXTENDED until this FRIDAY 15 AUGUST.

Whether you've contributed before or have little to no magazine experience, we welcome all contributors to the OmniSci team!

APPLY AT THE LINK IN OUR BIO ⬆

06/08/2025

Thanks to everyone that came to our welcome back night for sem 2! It was great to so many new faces!😊 We swear there were a lot more that came to the event, but we were having such a great time that we completely forget to take photos until the end… 📣Also just a reminder that applications for Issue 9 will be closing THIS SUNDAY! As always, just shoot as an email if you think you won’t be able to submit on time.

04/08/2025

Unravelling 'Entwined'✨

Now that Issue 9's theme has been unveiled, Editors-in-Chief Aisyah and Ingrid share why 'Entwined' emerged as the key thread running through our upcoming issue.

We hope their insights spark ideas for your own contributions - we can't wait to see the creative ways you interpret the theme!

📣REMINDER that applications for writers, editors and illustrators are open until AUGUST 10!

03/08/2025

OmniSci Welcome Back Night Sem 2 2025
(Wednesday 6th August 5:30pm – Ida Bar, UMSU Building)

And we are back! Want to meet other fellow science enthusiasts passionate about their niche interest? Enjoy going off on a tangent or two? Like to know more about our science magazine and what we do? 🔬

If so, come along to our Welcome Back Night for Semester 2 2025! All are welcome, whether seasoned contributor or curious newbie! Let's gather together over some FREE snacks (think chips, empanadas and more! 🍟🥟) as we chat about contributing to Issue 9: Entwined, our exciting events for Semester 2 and all else!

24/07/2025

OmniSci is excited to present the theme for Issue 9...

🤝ENTWINED🤝

This issue is all about disentangling the ways in which science embeds itself in our everyday life; hidden, yet integral. Take a step back to unpick how science is fundamental to our day to day existence. However literally or creatively you want to interpret the topic, we can't wait to watch this issue come together!✨

If you would like to be part of the OmniSci Team, applications for writers, illustrators and editors are NOW OPEN. Whether experienced contributor or passionate newbie, science student or not, OmniSci is open to everyone! APPLY NOW before SUNDAY 10 AUGUST or shoot us a quick email in the days after for any late submissions. The link for applications is in our bio.

Also, a reminder that we will be holding a stall at the Winterfest Clubs Expo today from 12pm-4pm! See you there☺️

20/07/2025

I think, therefore I am... a slime mould? Jess ponders whether this humble, single cell protist may exhibit consciousness without a brain. Illustrated by Ashlee Yeo. Edited by Han Chong. 🚅🦠🤔 (EDITED POST)

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"Imagine yourself as an urban planner for Tokyo’s public transport system in 1927. Imagine mapping out the most efficient paths through dense urban sprawl, around obstructing rivers and mountains. And imagine meticulously designing the most efficient possible model, after years of study and expertise… only to find your design prowess, 83 years later, matched by a slime mould: a creature with no eyes, no head nor limbs, nor nervous system."

Read the full article and the rest of Issue 8: Enigma using the link in our bio.

10/07/2025

What's in a face? Mishen walks us through the ingenious ways our brains make meaning of the faces we see everyday. Illustrated by Aisyah Mohammad Sulhanuddin. Edited by Luci Ackland.👃👁👂

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"To be human is to seek meaning, even when none may exist. The mind has transformed what is two eyes above a nose, and a nose above a mouth, into its own pattern for classifying the identities and expressions we see around us. Many studies have suggested facial processing to be holistic, where the featural patterns of the eyes, nose and mouth are perceived together and upright (1,2). This mechanism of holistic facial processing explains the interesting phenomena behind pareidolia, where the brain adapts the characteristics of human faces onto everyday objects."

Read the full article and the rest of Issue 8: Enigma using the link in our bio.

07/07/2025

I think, therefore I am... a slime mould? Jess ponders whether this humble, single cell protist may exhibit consciousness without a brain. Illustrated by Ashlee Yeo. Edited by Han Chong. 🚅🦠🤔

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"Imagine yourself as an urban planner for Tokyo’s public transport system in 1927. Imagine mapping out the most efficient paths through dense urban sprawl, around obstructing rivers and mountains. And imagine meticulously designing the most efficient possible model, after years of study and expertise… only to find your design prowess, 83 years later, matched by a slime mould: a creature with no eyes, no head nor limbs, nor nervous system."

Read the full article and the rest of Issue 8: Enigma using the link in our bio.

03/07/2025

Step inside the hippocampus, as Sophie illustrates the mechanisms of memory formation and our power to make the past come alive again. Illustrated by Elena Pilo Boyl. Edited by Kara Miwa-Dale. 💭🧠

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"I like to go back in time.
Travel to places I have been to.
See faces I have not seen in a while.
Meet my younger self.
See the world as new.
As every memory slips through my fingers,
I write the pages hoping not to forget anymore.
How far can I remember?"

Read the full article and the rest of Issue 8: Enigma using the link in our bio.

30/06/2025

The theory of human evolution conjures textbook timelines of ape to man, but as Eymi explores, biology never is that simple. Illustrated by Anabelle Dewi Saraswati. Edited by Ciara Dahl. 🐒🧬🏃

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"Few scientific mysteries have captured the public imagination as deeply as the search for the “missing link”, a hypothetical species that bridges the evolutionary gap between ancient primates and modern humans. For generations, scientists and the public alike imagined that a single fossil discovery would neatly connect our distant ancestors to Homo sapiens. Yet as our understanding of evolution has grown, it has become clear that the story is far more complex. Rather than a single missing puzzle piece, human evolution is now regarded as a tangled web of interconnected species, with many branches and dead ends."

Read the full article and the rest of Issue 8: Enigma using the link in our bio.

28/06/2025

What make the night sky impossible to ignore? Emily uncovers how culture, commercialisation and science have fuelled our cosmic curiosity. Illustrated by Saraf Ishmam. Edited by Weilena Liu. 🔭🎇🚀

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"I have always been enamoured by the stars. Sitting on the beach after sunset, staring up at the sky, has always given me this hopeful, grateful feeling - for what I have, and for what’s to come. It has made me wonder, why do I feel this way? Why do I feel hope instead of fear, staring into the great darkness? Is it pure curiosity or is it curated by society?"

Read the full article and the rest of Issue 8: Enigma using the link in our bio.

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