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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!

19/08/2026

Join us next Thursday (27th August) at 6pm in the Lyle Theatre at Redmond Barry, for an awesome night of science fiction, non-fiction and everything in between!

We'll be watching a variety of documentaries, dramas, short films and animations selected from SCINEMA, an international science film festival as a part of National Science Week.

Free snacks and drinks will be provided! 🍿

10/08/2026

📢 Calling all editors and illustrators! 📢
We're extending the deadline for Issue 11 applications to 11:59pm Thursday, 13th August! We are LOVING the enthusiasm from our awesome upcoming writers, but we need some more editors and illustrators to make everything come together! 😣

APPLY NOW using the link in our bio or shoot us a quick email in the days after for late submissions.

In Issue 11, we hope to celebrate the many perspectives and discoveries that bring colour, beauty and complexity to science. Just as a kaleidoscope transforms the same fragments of light into ever-changing patterns, science draws on diverse ideas and ways of thinking to create new understanding, making our world even more fascinating than can be seen with the regular eye. We encourage you to turn the kaleidoscope in your own way, viewing science through its many colours, patterns and possibilities.

05/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who came to our Welcome Night yesterday! We had lots of fun chatting to you all and seeing lots of new faces (as well as familiar, of course).

Just a reminder that applications for Issue 11: Kaleidoscope are closing this Sunday. You can apply at the link in our bio. Please reach out to us if you have any questions at all about the whole process! 😊

Stay sciencey! 🧪

30/07/2026

OmniSci Welcome Night Sem 2 2026
(Tuesday 4th August, 5:30pm – Ida Bar, UMSU Building)

Hey Omniscientists! Welcome back for Semester 2!

New to the club or university and keen to meet other fellow science enthusiasts passionate about their niche interest? Are you an OG member looking to go off on another tangent or two? Like to know more about our science magazine and what we do? 🔬

If so, come along to our Welcome Night for Semester 2 2026! Get to know some new friendly faces over some FREE snacks (think chips, empanadas and more! 🍟🥟) as we chat about contributing to Issue 11: Kaleidoscope, our exciting events for Semester 2 and all else!

29/07/2026

Explaining Issue 11: Kaleidescope

Did you see the announcement for our new issue and ask yourself "What is a kaleidoscope?", "What does this have to do with science?" or "What do I even write about?"

Fear not, as our Editors in Chief, Kara and Ingrid, have the answers to all your questions and more. Scroll through the slides to get some inspiration for your articles and illustration applications, which close on SUNDAY 9TH AUGUST. Apply using the link in our bio and feel free to send us a message if you have any questions about contributing.

Stay sciencey! 🤙

20/07/2026

OmniSci is excited to present the theme for Issue 11...

☮️KALEIDOSCOPE🌈

In Issue 11, we hope to celebrate the many perspectives and discoveries that bring colour, beauty and complexity to science. Just as a kaleidoscope transforms the same fragments of light into ever-changing patterns, science draws on diverse ideas and ways of thinking to create new understanding, making our world even more fascinating than can be seen with the regular eye. We encourage you to turn the kaleidoscope in your own way, viewing science through its many colours, patterns and possibilities.

As always, you are free to interpret the theme as literally or figuratively as you wish.

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 9 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 tomorrow from 12pm-3pm! Feel free to come down and say hi!

See y'all soon!

19/07/2026

Jason unlocks how biobanks are helping researchers probe new insights into human health and disease. Illustrated by Chris Cao. Edited by Cady Jacobson. 🧪

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"Imagine yourself as a researcher.

Perhaps your work requires biological samples from a rare disease, but finding and collecting these samples from patients is difficult. Or maybe your research depends on comparing a person’s current cell or tissue data to what it was ten years ago, but you cannot afford to wait a decade. Thankfully, there are biobanks: specialised facilities that store biological samples and other relevant medical information from donors, while also distributing samples to researchers regardless of where they are based."

Read the full article and the rest of Issue 10: Fact & Fiction using the link in our bio (www.omniscimag.com).

18/07/2026

Where does reality exist: in the world, or in our mind? Terra probes how the brain blurs the boundaries of perception and experience. 🧠

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'Most of us assume the brain can clearly separate what is real from what is imagined. Fact seems stable and objective, while fiction seems invented, distant, and unreal. But the brain does not work with reality in such a simple way...
..If the brain struggles to separate fact from fiction unless it is clearly corrected, then imagination becomes something we can use, not just something we experience. We can use this to mentally simulate nerve-wracking situations before facing them, or even to picture ourselves achieving future goals so they feel more possible and familiar.'

Read the full article and the rest of Issue 10: Fact & Fiction using the link in our bio (www.omniscimag.com).

15/07/2026

Beyond mere educated guesses, precision in scientific prediction is paving the way forward in genomic innovation. 🧬

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'Perhaps the birth of genome analysis came with the Human Genome Project. The plan was, in itself, quite simple:. to sequence all three billion base pairs of human DNA...
..Going back to the printer: say, our red cartridge and blue cartridge are the genetic code. Whether or not we get purple ink depends on the instructions the computer sends, whether the printer is working, and the relative amounts of red and blue ink - there’s a possibility of no blue ink in the printer at all. A green page means something is releasing yellow somewhere we didn't expect. A red page means something is blocking the blue cartridge entirely.'

Read the full article and the rest of Issue 10: Fact & Fiction using the link in our bio (www.omniscimag.com).

11/07/2026

Vaccines save lives — but as Kara explores, misinformation can undermine them just as powerfully. Illustrated by Aisyah Mohammad Sulhanuddin. Edited by Nushi Singh. 💉

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"In 1998, Andrew Wakefield published a paper in The Lancet claiming that the MMR vaccine was linked to autism.

For such a serious claim, the evidence was astonishingly weak. The study included only 12 hand-picked participants, had no control group, and was riddled with inconsistencies. To make matters worse, Wakefield failed to disclose that he had received funding from a lawyer representing parents taking legal action against vaccine manufacturers. He further concealed that he had filed a patent for a rival vaccine that stood to benefit if confidence in the MMR vaccine fell.

Despite these glaring flaws, the paper gained enormous influence."

Read the full article and the rest of Issue 10: Fact & Fiction using the link in our bio (www.omniscimag.com).

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