Issued by Sue Nelson, Quick Thinking Communications 11 March An event 400 years in the making One of the major cornerstone events of the UN-designated International Year of Astronomy, 100 Hours of …
100 Hours of Astronomy: an event 400 years in the making
One of the major cornerstone events of the UN-designated International Year of Astronomy, 100 Hours of Astronomy, will take place over 2-5 April. This global event will see millions of people all …
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Celebrate International Women’s Day with Australian women scientists
Marking International Women's Day, five of the world's women leaders in science each received the $US100,000 L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science at a ceremony in Paris. …
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Darwin’s Armada
By Iain McCalman: How four voyagers to Australasia won the battle for evolution and changed the world. …
Darwin's Armada
By Iain McCalman: How four voyagers to Australasia won the battle for evolution and changed the world. …
Darwin’s birthday today
Celebrations recognise the impact of Darwin's theory of evolution on society today Today is the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, and birthday celebrations are taking place across …
Chris Darwin on Charles Darwin
Australia’s only direct descendant speaks out about living in Charles Darwin’s shadow Blue Mountains resident Chris Darwin is a great great grandson of Charles Darwin. He’s available to talk today …
True Green Kids wins US science prize
Our colleague Kim McKay in Sydney has won a prize from the US AAAS for her children's book on '100 things you can do to save the planet'. …
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Australia will rule
Tasmania is remarkable But I do not like Sydney society That was Charles Darwin's view of Australia according to Emeritus Professor Frank Nicholas speaking on the 200th anniversary of Darwin's …
Big Bang to Big Bust!
The evolution of the Universe The evolution of life The end of human evolution Climate and an evolving planet These are some of the big topics that will be explored Sunday evening at a free …
The evolution of faith?
A church service is probably the last thing you would expect to kick off a year-long celebration of evolution-but that's exactly what's happening at St Paul's Anglican Cathedral in Melbourne at 2 pm …
Eat your way through 4 billion years of evolution
Melbourne will host a unique dinner to celebrate Charles Darwin's 200th birthday on 12 February at Melbourne Museum. Guests will eat their way through the evolutionary tree - from primordial soup, …
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