Friday February 17, 2006 :

The Universe and the Big Bang

Peter Green, a regular participant at the Science Cafe, will speak about his writing of the 'History of the universe, from the Big Bang to civilisation'. It is, he says, an attempt to put together what happened in chronological order, for the non-scientist, in a series of three papers. The first of the three, 'The Big Bang and the formation of the Universe' an MS Word document is available now in draft form by clicking here.

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FRI MAR 2006 Mars - the next frontier (session cancelled)

Dr Nick Hoffman

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Friday April 21

Iconic moments in the history of science
Dr John Waller

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Friday May 19

Nanotechnology

Terry Turney, Director,
CSIRO Nanotechnology Centre

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Fri June 16

Climate change

Paul Holper, Executive
Officer, CSIRO CLIMATE

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Friday August 18

Human origins

Dr Nikki Stern

Related links: Neanderthal DNA study 

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FRI 15 SEPT 2006

Measuring quality of life

Associate Professor Graeme Hawthorne

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FRI 20 OCT 2006

Evolution, sexual selection and co-operative behaviour.
Dr Chris Boland.


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Friday November 17

Animal intelligence/animal minds

Howard Sankey will be talking about studies of the language ability of chimpanzees, and the philosophical issues arising from this - for example arguments that language is required for having a mind.

Associate Professor Howard Sankey