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Polar Science Open Day

South

9 March 2014

What’s it like to be a polar scientist? To walk on the ice sheets of Antarctica, understand the extraordinary seasonal freeze-up and melt back of the sea ice zone, investigate the myriad organisms that inhabit…

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Innovation, at the Boundary

South

7 March 2014

A presentation by Holger Meinke Agricultural systems are undergoing rapid transformations. Consequently, there is a lot of talk about the importance of ‘innovation’. In this talk Professor Holger Meinke will unpack what ‘innovation’ means, why…

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The Surprising Science of Weight Loss

South

1 March 2014

When somebody loses weight, where does it go? If you’ve never thought to ask, join Ruben Meerman for some cocktails and canapés as he explains the fascinating science of weight loss with live demonstrations and experiments.…

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The Science of Crowds and Cocktail Parties- Cygnet

South

28 February 2014

An interactive science performance by Catalyst presenter Ruben Meerman Join Ruben for some cocktails, canapes and a few laughs as he reveals the fascinating science of cocktail parties with live demonstrations and experiments. Learn the…

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Science in Society Forum: Citizen science – Understanding our marine environment

South

28 February 2014

Do you want to help care for your local marine environment? Do you want to be involved in science at a local, national or international level? Come along and hear about fantastic opportunities to be…

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A Field Guide to Tasmanian Fungi

South

27 February 2014

600 species superbly illustrated… Covers all of Southern Australia… Native and introduced species… Includes boletes, polypores, leather fungi, cup and disc fungi, puffballs and all other artificial groups that constitute the macrofungi. FASCINATING!Come along to…

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Climate change science and solutions for Australia- Free public lecture by the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society

South

11 February 2014

The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) “Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis” was released at the end of September. This confirmed with greater confidence the key conclusions on…

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How warm is the water? or How much warm water?

South

4 February 2014

A special lecture by Dr Jan Zika from the University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, UK Abstract What physical mechanisms set the deep ocean circulation? How will it respond if the atmosphere becomes warmer and windier?…

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Double Helix Holiday Program

South

14 January 2014 - 30 January 2014

CSIRO Education is offering a fun filled program of entertaining and educational science activities for children. There will be some awesome activities on offer- including Chemistry Chaos, Marine Madness and Deconstruction Day. Check out the…

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Pop Up Pod: science and art at the Taste of Tasmania Festival

South

3 January 2014

A cardboard geodesic dome structure incorporating a number of fun science activities for children and families to participate in, including paper folding, mask making, an interactive display of insects, information on local moth species and research…

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The Diamond Bionic Eye

South

19 December 2013

A lecture by Professor Steven Prawer, Director of the Melbourne Materials Institute, University of Melbourne. The diseases of age related macular degeneration and retinitis pigemntosa are one of the main causes of blindness and cause untold suffering…

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EXPLORING AUSTRALIA'S EUCALYPTS: adventures in eucalypt taxonomy

South

13 December 2013

A lecture by Dean Nicolle, from the Currency Creek Arboretum in South Australia. Dean has written a number of eucalypt field guides as well as papers on eucalypt taxonomy, and has been a collaborator of UTAS for…

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