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4 April 2019
A Fulbright Public Lecture presented by William P. Schonberg, P.E., D.S. F.ASCE, F.ASME, AssocF.AIAA. What is space junk, where does it come from and what is its impact now and into the future? This is a free public lecture.…
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31 March 2019
Scientists and teachers will present a series of workshops and hands-on activities for kids of all ages including guided hikes, aboriginal science and dance (with NITA guides), DNA extraction, crystal chemistry, create your own ocean…
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28 March 2019
Could so-called green firebreaks – strips of low flammability plant-life – protect Hobart from a bushfire disaster? Dr Tim Curran, Senior Lecturer in Ecology at Lincoln University in New Zealand, is a world authority on…
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26 March 2019
A special public talk by Dr Krzysztof Bolejko from the School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania. The Universe on its largest scales (i.e. scales of billion of light years) has the form of a web. The cosmic…
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23 March 2019 - 24 March 2019
The Royal Society of Tasmania has put together a once-in-a-lifetime program of talks on the latest discoveries about dinosaurs and evolution. We have invited the top dinosaur experts from around Australia to present their recent research on…
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22 March 2019 - 13 May 2019
Re-live the horror of the 1919 Spanish Flu in this searing art-meets-science exhibition that shines a spotlight on modern attitudes to disease. Pandemic features powerful contemporary art including a ceramic installation about breast cancer where viewers can…
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21 March 2019
Teachers are invited to join Dr.Rob Wiltshire, PooFlip creator and Senior Lecturer at the University of Tasmania’s Biological Sciences for a workshop to unpack the PooFlip and revisit the Flip family: EucaFlip, TreeFlip and FungiFlip. The latest in the…
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20 March 2019
The Menzies Institute for Medical Research is holding a free public lecture on exciting new directions in Alzheimer’s disease research. Professor Tracey Dickson will host the event and the topics will include: Dr Owen Marshall…
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15 March 2019
TMAG and Beaker Street have teamed up to bring you Triassic Night! Check out Dinosaur rEvolution: Secrets of Survival after dark, plus fascinating talks, live music, prehistoric cocktails, and more. Be there or be extinct.…
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12 March 2019
For one-night only, ANU superstar Astrophysicist Dr Brad Tucker will visit Hobart to talk about the Universe and the future of space followed by an evening of stargazing with the audience. In the past few…
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9 March 2019
Celebrating International Women’s Day, a morning of activities and talks highlighting the achievements of female paleontologists and Earth scientists. Short talks and hands-on paleo activities, with a focus on girls. Please visit the website for…
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6 March 2019
Meet with other members of the local science community and industry. Hear how Hobart is packed full of science and how you can be involved. National Science Week, held in August each year, is an…