Communicating Climate Change & other Risky Business

COMMUNICATING CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER RISKY BUSINESS
Jenni Metcalfe – convenor, Hot Air Symposia.
Tuesday August 10th, 6.30 PM Clarendon Hotel, 156 Devonshire St, Surry Hills Members free, non-members $10 RSVP: ascnsw@gmail.com by 5 PM Fri 6th Light refreshments provided, first drink free

Care for some Nanotech in your trolley? Canberra

ABC Science at Tilley’s
LIVE FORUM: Care for some Nanotech in your trolley?
Saturday August 21
6pm-7.30pm (with live election updates!)
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Drop into Tilley’s in Lyneham and check out the nano-trolley: a load of real and hypothetical products based on nanotechnology. This technology is now being used in everyday items including clothes, phones, computers, packaging, sunscreens and cosmetics – […]

Science Centric 10 Aug – Advance Registration Closing

Vic Communicators
**Science Centric 10 August – advance registration closing tomorrow**
Are you planning to attend the ASC-Vic Science Centric event on Tuesday 10 August in Melbourne CBD at City Bar Three Degrees?
If so, please register *today* at www.sciencecentric.eventbrite.com .There is no charge for ASC members and their guests but we do ask that you register in […]

Mathematics careers – Victorian event

Where do mathematical scientists go after graduation? Well here is a chance to find some answers.
Mathematics and Statistics Careers Evening
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne will host a careers evening on Thursday, 26 August 2010. An aim of the evening is to provide information to students about careers in […]

Mathematics careers – Victorian event

Where do mathematical scientists go after graduation? Well here is a chance to find some answers.
Mathematics and Statistics Careers Evening
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne will host a careers evening on Thursday, 26 August 2010. An aim of the evening is to provide information to students about careers in […]

Science of Being Human – Canberra tomorrow night

Do not miss the Science of Being Human which will kick start the Australian Science Festival tomorrow night (Monday, August 2) at CSIRO Discovery Centre, Canberra, from 6.30pm. Below is a detailed description of the 3 hour free event which gives a rare expert insight into human behaviour. Hope to see you there. All Australian […]

Great big science gig – Canberra 12 Aug @ The Front

Join the Great Big Science Gig crew during National Science Week for inspiring, unconventional science, presented cabaret-style.
They are back in Canberra this year and playing a gig…
@ The Front Gallery and Café 12 August at 8pm.
Great Big Science Gig have fallen in love with spuds, celebrated crocodile immunity, taken on the world’s energy crisis and […]

On the Origin of Science Writers

A common question for science writers; “how do I get into science writing?”.
The creation of a discussion thread on the Discover blog, with a range experiences from science journalists and writers, seem an excellent idea.
Follow the link : bit.ly/sciwriters
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PCST Conference

The 11th international conference of the PCST Network will be held in New Delhi, India from 6-10 December 2010.
The event is expected to attract 500 registrants, international and from India.
If you would like to speak at the Conference, please submit an abstract by going to the conference web site. The closing date for abstracts […]

Life in the Central Deserts of Australia

Australia’s central deserts support rich assemblages of animals and plants: add water, and the seemingly barren landscapes transform and pulsate with colour and activity. In this lecture, Professor Dickman will take us through the extraordinary ‘boom’ and ‘bust’ cycles that characterise inland Australia and examine how life persists during good times and bad. You will […]