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9 December 2018
Discover Dinosaurs is our final Discovery Day for 2018 so don’t miss this chance to celebrate the secrets of the Dinosaurs! Discovery Days at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) provide an opportunity for…
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7 December 2018 - 5 May 2019
Horns, spikes, quills and feathers. The secret is in the skin! Journey back 100 million years to a time when fearsome beasts stalked the earth! This summer, TMAG’s galleries will be transformed into an amazing exhibition…
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6 December 2018
The nature of conservation and the conservation of nature: a philisophical, legal and scientific discussion #SciPubConservation Panellists Aidan Davison, Assoc. Prof, Human geography and Environmental Studies, UTas Phillipa McCormack, Lecturer, School of Law, UTas Andrew…
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16 November 2018
Take a stroll along the tracks and trails of Waterworks Reserve. Follow your nose, look out for tracks and scats, feel the rough bark of eucalypt trees and taste the crisp cool winter air as…
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16 November 2018
Coming to CSIRO Hobart is the Tasmanian premiere of ‘Stuck on a Rock’, a new short documentary (32mins) by Melbourne filmmaker Asher Flatt about adventuring into the unknown, extinction, conservation and our fragile connections with…
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13 November 2018
MARINE AND ANTARCTIC SEMINAR SERIES (MASS) – WHOLENESS AND REGIONALITY IN THE ANTARCTIC AND SOUTHERN OCEAN In the popular imagination, both the Antarctic and the Southern Ocean tend to be understood as wholes – undifferentiated…
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10 November 2018
In this free, family-friendly picnic, dinosaurs come to life and roam amongst checkered blankets and fairy bread. Grab the family and enjoy a day out learning about life millions of years ago including a talk…
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8 November 2018
Are krill really tiny shrimp-like crustaceans, are they more abundant than humans and is the krill fishery sustainable? Steve Nicol, adjunct professor at IMAS and author of the newly published book “The Curious Life of…
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7 November 2018
Acclaimed award-winning Australian Astrophysicist Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith takes audiences on a journey 5.8 billion year into the future. With the Andromeda Galaxy rushing towards the Milky Way at 400,000 kilometres an hour, Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith considers the…
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4 November 2018
DO YOU LIKE TO FISH? HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT BUGS THE TROUT LIKE? OR MAYBE YOU JUST LIKE TO HAVE FUN LOOKING AT BUGS THAT LIVE IN THE RIVER? COME DOWN TO THE LACHLAN RIVER AND BE…
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31 October 2018
We are all apt to alter our beliefs and even our principles to suit the prevailing winds. Marshalling evidence from psychology and evolutionary theory, Professor Levy will suggest that we are designed to update our…
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23 October 2018
Geoengineering technologies are the next challenge for climate change law and governance. These are proposals to counteract climate change by removing CO2 directly from the atmosphere, or by reflecting sunlight away from the earth to reduce…