CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 12 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Questacon.

Editor's note: B-roll and imagery of the 2024 event is available via Hightail.

The science of solving crime with STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) will go under the microscope at the annual AFP x Questacon day on Saturday, August 16, 2025.

In the event's third year - as it promotes both STEM and National Science Week from 9-17 August - the two agencies will invite young people to try their hand at being an AFP forensic expert.

Participants will interact with a range of stations around the Questacon site, including fingerprint matching, decoding acti...