“Aboriginal astronomy” Dr Ragbir Bhathal FRSN Monday 12 August 2019, 6pm for 6.30Venue: Tom Keneally Centre, Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts, 280 Pitt St, SydneyCost: $15 for RSNSW Fellows and Members and SMSA members, $20 for othersBooking: here or call 9262 7300 For over 60,000 years the Aboriginal peoples of Australia have ...
“Visual perception in Aboriginal art” Emeritus Professor Barbara Gillam FASSA FRSN School of Psychology, UNSW Thursday, 18 July 2019Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney Aboriginal painting now has a world-wide reputation. However it has largely been regarded as conceptual rathe...
“The telomere effect” Professor Elizabeth Blackburn AC FAA FRS DistFRSN Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics University of California San Francisco Friday 16 August 2019, 6.30pmCity Recital Hall, 2 Angel Place, Sydney Cost: $35 without discount, $25 for RSNSW Members and Fellows, and for U...
“Past, present and future of polymers: is the plastics age over?” Emeritus Professor Robert Burford FRSN UNSW Wednesday 3 July 2019Gallery Room, State Library of NSW The search for synthetic alternatives (including polymers) to scarce natural materials is not new, and substitution occurred well befo...
“Climate change and our life support system” Professor Lesley Hughes FRSN Dept. of Biological Sciences Macquarie University Thursday, 20 June 2019Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney Our climate system is changing rapidly as a result of the burning of fossil fuels. I...
Sci-Fi Series - The future is here. Date: Thursday, 19 September 2019 Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Venue: Australian National Maritime Museum (Tasman Light Gallery and Theatre) 2 Murray Street, Darling Harbour, Sydney This series of lectures, Sci-Fi Series – Future Planet was presented by a panel of le...
“This talk may cause side effects: nocebo effects in medicine” Dr Kate Faasse School of Psychology UNSW Wednesday 5 June 2019Gallery Room, State Library of NSW Almost everyone has experienced unpleasant side effects from a medical treatment. But what if I were to tell you tha...
Guest of Honour: The Honourable Margaret Beazley AO QC Governor of New South Wales Distinguished Fellow’s Lecture: “The new field of atomic electronics” Michelle Simmons FRS FAA FTSE DistFRSN &n...
This is the second in a series of lectures about Women and Science presented jointly by the Royal Society of NSW and the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts. The series examines the huge changes we have seen in the roles women have played in science, and the view science has held of women. “Ada Lovelace, without whom we might ...
The Women and Science lecture series is co-hosted by the Royal Society of NSW and the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts. It examines the huge changes in the roles women play in science, and the view science has of women. Prohibited for much of history from having a serious interest in such a ‘masculine’ domain, women now abound in science, mathemati...
“Measuring what we can: or how to lose weight on May 20th” Emeritus Professor Brynn Hibbert School of Analytical Chemistry UNSW Wednesday 3 April 2019 Gallery Room, State Library of NSW Galileo said “Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so”, which is a statement of...
“Using genomics to conserve Australia’s biodiversity” Katherine Belov School of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Sydney There was also a 3-minute thesis (3MT) talk: “Pee-cycling: transforming our urine into valuable fertiliser” by Federico Volpin, University of Te...
“Legal considerations pertaining to nuclear energy as an option for Australia” Helen Cook GNE Advisory Monday 25 February 2019 Allens, Level 28, Deutsche Bank Place, 126 Phillip Street, Sydney This presentation gave an overview of international approaches to the development of nuclear power...
The Speaking of Music lecture series is co-hosted by the Royal Society of NSW and the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts. Our speakers will examine music, its relation to the world and its profound power to affect us – sometimes in surprising ways. “Jazz and democracy” Dr. Wesley J. Watkins IV Jazz ...
Royal Society of NSW Scholarship Award Winners for 2018 Fiona McDougall, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University Evelyn Todd, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney There was also a 3-minute thesis (3MT) talk: “Finding the best-fitting jeans for railway foundations” by Mr Chuhao Liu, 2018 3MT winner, Univers...
Wednesday 6 February 1270th OGM and open lecture: 2018 Scholarship presentations Evelyn Todd, University of Sydney “Using genetics to improve athletic performance in throughbred horses” Fiona McDougall, Macquarie University “Human-associated bacteria and antibiotic resistance in grey-headed flying foxes” Venue: State Library of NSW, Shakespeare Pla...
Jak Kelly Award lecture and Christmas party“Hydroxyl as a probe of the molecular interstellar medium” Anita Petzler, Jak Kelly Award winner for 2018 Department of Physics and Astronomy Macquarie University Wednesday 5 December 2018State Library of NSW, Sydney The Jak Kelly AwardThis award was created in honour of P...
“Towards a prosperous and sustainable Australia: what now for the lucky country?” Hosted by His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (ret’d.), Governor of NSW and Patron of the Royal Society of NSW Thursday 29 November 2018Government House, Sydney A day dissecting the big questions facing Australia today and into the future. Austra...
“3D printing of body parts: practical applications and fundamental explorations” Professor Gordon Wallace AO FRSN Director, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute University of Wollongong There was also a 3-minute thesis talk, “Knowing your alien”, by Mr Yingyod Lapwong, Faculty of ...
Lecture 4 “A geologist, geographer and anthropologist” Professor Alison Bashford FRSN School of Humanities & Languages UNSW Monday 12 November 2018Mitchell Theatre, Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts, 280 Pitt St, Sydney This is the final in a series of four talks co-hos...
