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The Future of Space Travel

Royal Society of Victoria 8 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Let’s Torque and Sisters in Science present an exciting panel discussion on a topic that humans have puzzled over for centuries: space exploration. What are we doing in space? What might we find? What are the consequences? And, how can we best collaborate as we move further into the unknown? For National Science Week Let’s…

$5

The Great Debate: Greatest Discovery Ever Made

Royal Society of Victoria 8 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

To celebrate National Science Week the Science Nation is going to determine once and for all what is the Greatest Discovery Ever Made. Join the fun and mayhem as the best, brightest and bravest science aficionados in the land do battle in a debate tournament of whits and wittiness. We’ve all been there, having that…

$10 – $15

Secrets from Beyond Extinction: Unlocking the Thylacine Genome

Royal Society of Victoria 8 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

The Tasmanian tiger or thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) was the largest carnivorous Australian marsupial to exist into the modern era. Their resemblance to the eutherian wolf is considered the most striking example of convergent evolution in mammals. This is even more striking when you consider that they last shared a common ancestor over 160 million years…

Free – $5

Bionic vision: The brain-machine interface

Royal Society of Victoria 8 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Hear Professor Arthur Lowery talk about how engineers and clinicians are connecting specialised machines with our brains at the 2018 Joint Lecture with the Australian Academy of Technology & Engineering (Victorian Division).

Free – $25

Behind the scenes at the Australian Synchrotron

Royal Society of Victoria 8 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Join us on a tour of Australia's largest and most successful scientific user facility, the Australian Synchrotron at Clayton.

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