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Planets, Planets Everywhere: Our Search for other Solar Systems

North

26 November 2017

Join Martin George, Manager of the Launceston Planetarium at QVMAG and well known science communicator as he discusses the methods with which astronomers detect planets previously not known to science. Click HERE for more information.

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Fermented As Anything- Beaker Street

South

25 November 2017

Fermented As Anything returns to Glen Huon’s stunning Studio Zona! Recently featured on SBS’s Gourmet Farmer, Studio Zona is home to celebrated ceramicists and makers of Tassie’s famous fermentation crocks, Nanna Bayer and Zsolt Faludi.…

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Museum Hack

North

25 November 2017 - 26 November 2017

Come and help us build exciting new ways of interacting with the museum’s collection! The Innovation Circle is a community of technology enthusiasts that work out of the Battery Shed at The Queen Victoria Museum…

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Tarkine BioBlitz

North West

23 November 2017 - 26 November 2017

 BioBlitz is a festival of science in nature. In one of the world’s last wild places, takayna / Tarkine, our BioBlitz will discover and record as many living things as possible over several days. BioBlitzes…

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Waterbug Blitz: Hobart Rivulet – Free training

South

19 November 2017

Using basic tools (hand lens, icecube tray and plastic spoon) and following the guidance of The Waterbug App, participants can easily identify live waterbugs, and upload their observations to a database. The information will then…

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2017 Forthside Vegetable Research Facility Open Day

North West

14 November 2017

TIA’s Forthside Vegetable Research Facility (Forthside) is the site of leading-edge agricultural research. Some of the research to be showcased at this event includes: Overview of TIA, Professor Holger Meinke Systemic downy mildew in poppies,…

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Climate Leaders Conference

South

14 November 2017

Join the student-led Zayed Huon Energy Futures Team as they take action on climate change by taking the Australian Youth Climate Collation Repower Pledge as the first Tasmanian School. They call to action on climate…

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Climate Leaders Conference

South

14 November 2017

Join the student-led Zayed Huon Energy Futures Team as they take action on climate change by taking the Australian Youth Climate Collation Repower Pledge as the first Tasmanian School. They call to action on climate…

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Pedal Powered Family Film Day

South

12 November 2017

Come and hop on a bike and help power a great selection of short eco family friendly films. Pedal powered milkshakes and popcorn also available. ​We NEED your legs!! This is a FREE event. Films…

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Public Science Exhibition in Hobart

South

11 November 2017

The Derwent Entertainment Centre will be overflowing with exciting hands-on science exhibits when the Science Circus and their colourful semi-trailer roll into town for a public exhibition of their ‘pop-up’ science centre. Adult $6, Students/Concession…

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Cortical Inhibitory Dysfunction in Motor Neuron Disease: How can we get the balance back

South

7 November 2017

There are no treatments or cures for Motor Neuron Disease, and most people with the illness die three to five years after diagnosis. For the past 10 years Associate Professor Dickson’s group at the Menzies…

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Vanishing Point II – Is Plastic Ingestion a Threat to Tasmanian Seabirds?

South

4 November 2017

Vanishing Point is an arts/science collaboration to raise awareness about the issues surrounding plastics pollution in the oceans and its ecological, biological and social impact. Throughout the exhibition we are holding a series of public talks…

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