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August 2020
We all cheer when the forensic scientist cracks the television murder case but how does the screen science stack up against the real thing? Join Virginia Trioli, presenter on Mornings for ABC Radio Melbourne along with forensic specialists Dr Richard Bassed and Professor David Ranson, as they put fictional forensics under the microscope. As part of National Science Week, ABC Melbourne brings you Fact vs Fiction, a special streamed event in partnership with the Victorian [...]
Find out moreTo 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 an assessment of applications across the four categories, we will select eight PhD finalists to present their work to us during National [...]
Find out moreEnormous changes and transitions are already upon us, and we find ourselves unprepared. This summer’s devastating bushfires and the unprecedented disruption to industries and the business of government here in Victoria during the COVID-19 pandemic have given us a disquieting insight to the sustained uncertainty we’ll be facing under a rapidly changing climate in the decades to come. Under these new conditions, referring to what happened in the past will [...]
Find out moreA joint event with Let’s Torque Join us for the Let’s Torque Grand Final! Featuring this year’s finest undergraduate science communicators, who have honed their presentations to provide us with short, sharp, engaging tales from the bleeding edge of human knowledge. Our presenters will compete for First Prize, Second Prize and the People’s Choice prize on the big night. To accommodate COVID-19 restrictions, Grand Finalists will have their presentations pre-recorded, then [...]
Find out moreA Joint Event with the Parliament of Victoria A live, online community forum exploring how science can help create the sort of future Victorians want. Four scientists working at the forefront of environmental science, new technologies, medical science and space exploration will answer questions from an online audience and reflect on the way science can respond to community demands to improve people’s lives. The Possible Impossibles online forum will be hosted by award-winning [...]
Find out moreOctober 2020
The advent of Artificial Intelligence came with promises to overcome the human limitations of speed, processing and information storage, opening up a whole new world of possibilities for how we live and how we work. However, AI has yet to deliver on those promises and now faces ethical and moral dilemmas never encountered before. With COVID-19 now shaking the fabric of every society without discrimination on the basis of gender, race [...]
Find out moreIntrospection is something of a feature of our lives in 2020; never mind the trajectory of the global pandemic and the fate of the planet, how did we each, individually start out from our distant personal origins to arrive at this curious point in time and space? So we’ve asked four scholars, scientists and seekers of a better world: What’s keeping you off the streets, and up at night? The [...]
Find out moreNovember 2020
Dr Samantha Grover Lecturer, Environmental Chemistry, RMIT University A joint presentation with Soil Science Australia What if we could reverse climate change, increase biodiversity and feed everyone? Does that sound like a win-win-win scenario for people and the planet? Join Dr Samantha Grover as she explores the possibilities of soil carbon. From microbial processes to global policy settings, she will discuss how carbon moves from the atmosphere into soils, how land [...]
Find out moreDr Nisa Salim’s research focuses on novel designs, materials and scalable formulations for the production of multifunctional materials inspired by nature, a promising approach to help solve human challenges. The research underpins the molecular level understanding of the structure of these materials and how these are translated into functionalities at the macro level. In a recent discovery, Nisa’s team created ‘hair-like’ fibres that are extremely light weight, yet strong and can [...]
Find out moreDecember 2020
The Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO play an important role in monitoring, analysing and communicating observed changes in Australia’s climate. Observations and climate modelling paint a consistent picture of ongoing, long term climate change interacting with underlying natural variability. These changes affect many Australians, particularly the changes associated with increases in the frequency or intensity of heat events, fire weather and drought. Australia will need to plan for and adapt [...]
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