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The objectives of the Academy are to promote science through a range of activities. It has defined four major program areas:

•recognition of outstanding contributions to science

•education and public awareness

•science policy

•international relations

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Public talk: Robotics

Academy of Science 5 Oct 2015

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Public Talk: Quantum computing

Academy of Science 30 Sep 2015

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Public talk: Nanoscience – are nanoparticles alive?

Academy of Science 26 Aug 2015

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Public talk: Can we alter our genetic destiny?

Academy of Science 1 Aug 2015

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Public talk: Metamaterials – invisibility cloaks and bending light

Academy of Science 8 Jul 2015

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Public talk: Techno-fixes for climate change

Academy of Science 9 Jun 2015 2

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Pain in the brain: the overlap between physical, social and empathy for pain

Academy of Science 20 Apr 2015

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Public talk: Warp drives and bending time

Academy of Science 19 Mar 2015

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Public talk: A fly on the wall – solving crime with fly poo

Academy of Science 3 Feb 2015

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Public talk: Artificial Intelligence, machines on the rise

Academy of Science 20 Jan 2015

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Public Talk: Building the world’s biggest telescope

Academy of Science 13 Nov 2014

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Brain stimulation and autism spectrum disorder – Public Talk, Dr Peter Enticott

Academy of Science 16 Oct 2014

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Nuclear Reprogramming: past, present and prospects – Public Talk, Sir John Gurdon

Academy of Science 17 Sep 2014

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Organic semi-conductors – Public Talk, Associate Professor Vipul Bansal

Academy of Science 26 Aug 2014

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Will Australia continue to be a land of droughts and flooding rains? – Public Talk, Dr Lisa Alexander

Academy of Science 22 Jul 2014 1

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Understanding venom evolution as a guide for biodiscovery – Public Talk, Associate Professor Bryan Grieg Fry

Academy of Science 30 Jun 2014

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Young driver road safety: an innovative approach to a persistent problem – Public lecture, Dr Bridie Scott-Parker

Academy of Science 7 Apr 2014

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Zombies and Maths: tipping the balance towards scientific thinking – Public lecture, Dr Judy-anne Osborn

Academy of Science 13 Feb 2014 1

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Magnets in the sky – Public lecture, Prof Bryan Gaensler

Academy of Science 31 Jan 2014

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Weird animal genomes, sex and the future of men

Academy of Science 1 Mar 2013 5

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Brian Schmidt Public Lecture: Exploring the last frontier

Academy of Science 25 Feb 2013 2

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Australian Academy of Science’s public lecture – Rural policy, people and place: sustainability in an uncertain future

Academy of Science 26 Oct 2012

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Australian Academy of Science Selby Lecture – Out and about in the Universe

Academy of Science 25 Oct 2012

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Australian Academy of Science public lecture by Tony Windsor MP

Academy of Science 18 Sep 2012 3

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Buying biodiversity – Australian Academy of Science Public Lecture

Academy of Science 24 Aug 2012

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Coal seam gas: alternative energy source or environmental hazard

Academy of Science 20 Jun 2012

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Australia’s desert heartlands: a vibrant future or a victim in decline?

Academy of Science 24 May 2012

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