Events | Science

21 February 2020

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3pm - 4pm

Ecological Consequences of Plant Genetic Diversity

This talk will highlight recent results demonstrating the importance of plant genetic identity and diversity for populations, communities, and ecosystems and the implications for con

25 February 2020

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1pm - 2pm

The Physics of Climate Change

- School of Physics, UNSW Science

26 February 2020

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2pm - 3pm

Confronting the Challenge of Modelling Cloud and Precipitation Microphysics

- Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC)

28 February 2020

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3pm - 4pm

Macronutrient Balance and the Nutritional Ecology of Primates including Humans

Traditional foraging models are based primarily on a single dietary currency, usually energy or less commonly protein.

28 February 2020

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3pm - 4pm

RNA at the Epicentre of Human Development, Cognition and Evolution

The programming of multicellular development has been misunderstood, because of the incorrect assumption that most genetic information is transacted by proteins.

4 March 2020

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2pm - 3pm

The Predictability of Tropical Pacific Decadal Variability: Insights from Attractor Reconstruction

In this study, we make use of a 100,000-year unforced simulation from an intermediate-complexity model of the tropical Pacific region in order to examine the predictability of this phenomenon.

05/03/2020 - 05/03/2020

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6:30pm - 7:30pm

Democracy in the Digital Age: Jamie Susskind

It is one of the most important questions of our time: how will digital technology transform society and the way we govern? There is no doubt that technological advances have transformed our lives for the better.

09/03/2020 - 09/03/2020

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6:30pm - 7:30pm

AI and the Bias of Machines: Robert Elliott Smith

How do we stop the internet making bigots of us all? We live in a world increasingly ruled by technology, finding comfort in the idea that this technology is free of prejudice; only its users are fallible.

10/03/2020 - 10/03/2020

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6:30pm - 7:30pm

The Science of Fate: Hannah Critchlow

Are we really the masters of our own destiny? The concept of fate has been around since the ancient Greeks, inspiring literature and folklore for thousands of years.

12/03/2020 - 12/03/2020

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6:30pm - 7:30pm

The Future We Choose: Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac

We’re in the midst of a climate crisis, so what can we do to ensure our survival? How we address the Earth’s changing climate in the next 30 years will determine not only the world we live in but the world we will pass on to our children and theirs

18/03/2020 - 18/03/2020

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6:30pm - 7:30pm

Everybody Can Be Creative: Tina Seelig

Does creativity come naturally to you? Or do you struggle to think in new and different ways? Creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship are not magical qualities of the lucky few; nor are they inborn traits such as eye and hair colour.

03/04/2020 - 05/04/2020

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10:30am - 9:00pm

Festival of Dangerous Ideas

It's time to confront the here and now with the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. This year UNSW Sydney is the principal partner of the Festival, which will be celebrating its 10th anniversary. The 2020 program features more than 30 speakers including U

27/05/2020 - 27/05/2020

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9:00am - 3:00pm

Experience UNSW Science Day

Have you ever wanted to experience what it would be like as a university student conducting research and experiments in a lab? Let us take you on a journey through some of the branches of Science that you can study at UNSW.