The digital revolution offers profound opportunities for science to discover hitherto unsuspected patterns and relationships in nature and society, on scales from the nanoscale to the cosmic, from local health systems to global sustainability. It has created the potential for the disciplines of science to achieve more holistic understanding of the complexity that underlies the challenges that confront humanity by exposing their deep structure through the integration of data across relevant disciplines.
The 2019 conference will be the thirteenth Australian Space Research Conference (ASRC) jointly sponsored and organised by the National Committee for Space and Radio Science and the National Space Society of Australia, with the support of the Mars Society of Australia. The 2019 conference will be held in conjunction with the South Australia Space Forum, convened by the South Australian Space Industry Centre.
To meet the great challenges of this century we need the best science, but also the best social and humanities research. The answers that science provides are often not enough to make the changes we need to see in the world. Only when researchers work together across disciplinary divides can we be sure we are asking the right questions.
A panel of experts on the science and the law relating to climate change will be asked questions by Justin Gleeson SC of the New South Wales Bar on this important topic.
Application deadline has been extended until 25 August
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Professor Martina Stenzel on stage, MC’ed by ABC’s Natasha Mitchell
The mind boggles at the diversity of chemical elements that make up our bodies, the world around us, and the objects we use every day. As we celebrate the 150th birthday of the periodic table, Professor Martina Stenzel FAA will unveil the hidden genius of this chart and bring to life the weird and wonderful elements it describes.
Join us to hear Dr Steve Rintoul FAA in conversation with ABC’s Professor Robyn Williams AM FAA, about how the Southern Ocean drives the earth’s climate and how the fate of Antarctica depends on choices we make today.
Join Professor Jenny Graves AO FAA in conversation with ABC’s Professor Robyn Williams AM FAA to find out how her research on Australian animals has transformed our understanding of how genomes of humans and all vertebrates evolved and function, particularly in determining sex. In the course of her work, she has kick-started genomic and epigenetic research in Australia, and is (in)famous for predicting the extinction of the male Y chromosome.
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