How does scientific and legal decision-making and certainty compare? How is expert scientific evidence presented and treated in the courts? What differences exist between the scientific assessment of evidence and the assessment of evidence by the courts?
These are just some of the questions that will be explored by a leading panel of judicial officers and scientists at the inaugural joint symposium of the Australian Academy of Science and Australian Academy of Law.
The Australian Academy of Science is bringing Dr Karl Kruszelnicki to Canberra for a special National Science Week event.
What is the real colour of the Universe? Do you really use only 10% of your brain? Do the Seven Deadly Sins still exist? What generates more power on a weight and volume basis—the mighty sun or your compost pile? And finally, the truth about Santa and astrology.
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This conference covers the role of gas mixtures in distributing chemical elements, modifying materials and transferring heat from the atomic through parsec scales.
Future Earth is an eminent global research network aimed at enhancing sustainability by enabling and translating the Sustainable Development Goals from research to practice.
This informal public event will showcase the activities of the global Future Earth network by bringing together three key Future Earth initiatives underway in Australia and abroad.
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2018 Australasian Early Career Researchers Network (AECURN) Queensland Symposium: Transformation in Urban Environments features cutting-edge research from early career urban researchers on transforming cities
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Future Earth Australia (FEA) and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Australia, New Zealand & Pacific are pleased to invite applications from early career researchers and practitioners (ECRs) to a 2-day symposium looking at how research can help address interactions between the Sustainable Development Goals.
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