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1295th OGM and Open Lecture: Society as an information processing system, and the influence of the media

Society as an information processing system, and the influence of the media Dr Erik Aslaksen FRSN Physicist, Engineer, and Author We are concerned about our environment, and rightfully so: the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, and threats to this environment from global warming, loss of biological diversity, and many other concerns. These are all concerns about our physical environment, much as an ice bear [...]

Decarbonising Energy: At the Tipping Point

Australia installed more renewable generation in the last three years than in the thirty years prior. It seems that every week a new renewable energy record is smashed. Yet despite this, Australia has the highest per-capita greenhouse emissions of any advanced economy, we’re on track to miss our Paris Agreement commitments and we’re nowhere near achieving net zero. How did we get here, and how can we turn it around? [...]

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STEM and Society: A Hard-Won Theory – Tectonic Plates in Victoria

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In a ‘post-truth’ society, fuelled by soundbites and status updates, opinions and personal theories are often presented with unwavering certainty but remain untested. In this climate, it can be confusing when we hear from scientists reluctant to deal in absolutes, who instead engage in conversations about ‘degrees of certainty’. In the world of science, a ‘theory’ is the closest something may ever come to being ‘the truth’. To understand what [...]

Ideas@theHouse: Music as a Superfood

Online event

Ideas@theHouse: July 2021 Presented by Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC, Governor of NSW “Music as a Superfood: How music can help us live longer, sleep better, calm down, find flow, and feel happier” Greta J. Bradman Writer, broadcaster and psychologist About the talk: Greta Bradman will discuss how music can help us live longer, sleep better, calm down, find flow, and feel happier. The talk will include explorations of the [...]

RST Doctoral Award Webinar

Online event

Dr Abersteiner is the 2020 Royal Society of Tasmania's Doctoral Award winner. His PhD focused on kimberlite, an igneous rock that originates deep within the Earth and is the primary source of diamonds. He will deliver an online webinar and speak about how his work greatly improves our understanding of the Earth’s deep interior. For details...read more. 

1296th OGM and Open Lecture: The Intimate History of Evolution: The Huxleys 1825–1975

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The Intimate History of Evolution: The Huxleys 1825–1975 Professor Alison Bashford FRSN FAHA FRHistS FBA Laureate Professor of History UNSW (Sydney) For webinar registration and details...read more.  At Life Magazine’s 1947 photoshoot, Julian Huxley self-consciously arranged himself in front of a portrait of his grandfather, Thomas Henry Huxley. In the foreground, a well-known mid-twentieth century science writer, zoologist, conservationist—that generation’s David Attenborough. In the background, a mid-nineteenth century natural scientist – Darwin’s [...]

Indigenous Food and Agriculture

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A Joint Presentation with the ACT National Science Week Coordinating Committee Join the Royal Society of Victoria for a special webinar on Indigenous agriculture, where we’ll yarn about native foods and Indigenous farmers — everything from practising agriculture as a traditional custodian, growing bush foods and making sure they’re safe to eat, preparing amazing meals and getting Australian native foods to market! About the Speakers Luke Williams is a proud Gumbaynggirr descendent [...]

Acclimatise

Online event

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners from all First Nations communities across Victoria.  To you we convey our deep respect. ACCLIMATISE is a series of live audience and broadcast events presented in collaboration with Museums Victoria, Royal Botanical Gardens Victoria, Zoos Victoria, Public Libraries Victoria, Parliament of Victoria, State Library of Victoria, Philip Island Nature Reserve, Neighbourhood Houses Victoria and Royal Society of Victoria. Follow us on all social media channels [...]

Royal Society Show Case Science

Pacific Cultures Gallery, South Australian Museum North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

The Royal Society Show Case Science aims to celebrate and promote to the public the diverse research members undertake to advance knowledge in SA. The event will: Show examples of cutting-edge and impactful research, Make a Case for science in our society, and Have a dialogue on the future of Science in SA. The format will be a combination of live, high-energy 3-minute lightning talks presenting research, arguments for why we need science, followed by question [...]

Young Scientist Research Prizes Competition: Presentations, Judging and Prize Ceremony

Online event

To foster and recognise excellence in Victoria’s early career scientists, the Royal Society of Victoria has established four prestigious competitive prizes open to Victorian students in their final year of doctoral candidature, in all areas of the Biomedical & Health Sciences, Biological Sciences (Non-human), Earth Sciences and Physical Sciences. Following assessment of applications across the four categories, we will select eight PhD finalists to present their work to us during National Science [...]

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