This workshop (all day for only $30) put on by SEEN may appeal to ASCers:
Sydney Environmental Education Network (SEEN)
Sponsored by
Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority
Invites you to
Talking up Biodiversity
Take 2
A second workshop for Bushcare staff, Biodiversity educators and communicators
interested in
“putting biodiversity back in the spotlight”
. Do you want to know more about the science surrounding biodiversity?
. […]

Some might be interested to see what the South Africans are doing on the SKA project. They are of course competing with Australia to host the facility.
All the attachments from the newsletter below have been stripped out, but you can get the full version at www.ska.ac.za
************ Toss Gascoigne and Associates 56 Vasey Cres […]

Dear ASC’ers
Sent on behalf of the International Year of Biodiversity 2010 project coordinators
Welcome to our October bulletin celebrating the International Year of Biodiversity (IYOB).
This month Biodiversity Year gets serious, and fun.
* Two weeks ago the UN General Assembly debated the Convention on Biological Diversity. The Secretary General […]

STARS, SPACE AND SHARKS
Tickets are available for purchase (online only) at http://starsspaceandsharks.eventbrite.com
Six local primary schools, connected through their science network are collaborating with the School of Science at Curtin University to host the inaugural Space Stars and Sharks ­ Eminent Speakers Event.
This evening event offers families an exciting and rare opportunity to hear from and […]

For ASC members in Adelaide- there are still a few seats available if you’re quick!
Free but bookings essential https://www.riaus.org.au/events/2010/10/06/thinking_critically_about_sustainable_energy_a_nuclear_future.jsp
Thinking critically about sustainable energy: A Nuclear Future?
Wednesday 6th October 6.00 – 7.30pm The Science Exchange With an urgent need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and the global demand for energy rising exponentially, might […]

SE-QLD Event: Science of beer
Beer… the 3rd most consumed beverage in the world and arguably the oldest alcoholic drink in existence.
Join the South East Queensland branch of ASC for a tour of the XXXX Brewery. After the tour enjoy a few samples of the amber liquid and a BBQ dinner while networking with fellow […]

Are they asking us to believe that bark canoes could cross the Pacific? (Anyone who has read the early accounts of the whalers or about what it took the Polynesians, would know this is not on.)
Having a strong physical similarity to someone does not mean you are descended from them. Half the Wallabies forward pack […]

The idea that Australian Aborigines may have been the first humans in the Americas may be “startling” but it isn’t “new”.
The attachment to this message is an article from Scientific American that was published in 2005 on the same subject.
Chris Forbes-Ewan
19 Hedley St
Scottsdale Tas 7260
From: asc-list-bounces@lists.asc.asn.au [mailto:asc-list-bounces@lists.asc.asn.au] On Behalf Of Wilson da Silva […]

Geoscience Australia will be hosting a range of activities to celebrate Earth Science Week 2010, with the main event our annual Open Day on Sunday 17 October from 10am-4pm. Geoscience Australia’s Open Day offers a diverse program of activities, science displays, tours and talks showcasing our agency’s latest endeavours in the fields of petroleum, mineral, […]

[image: Image]FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 1 OCTOBER 2010
EXCLUSIVE: Did Australian Aborigines reach America first?
Startling new archaeological finds are set to rewrite the record books, suggesting that the Americas were settled more than 11,000 years ago by the first Australians.
A detailed investigation in the October issue of COSMOS, Australia’s #1 science magazine, details the astonishing discovery […]