Upcoming Events

 

 

10th International Congress of Ecology 10th International Congress of Ecology

Brisbane, Australia
16 - 21 August 2009

 

 

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Faculty of Science Faculty of Science

Upcoming Seminar

Geoffrey MillerSex, mutations and human intelligence: New research on human fitness indicators

Geoffrey Miller
Associate Professor, Psychology Department,
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque USA

Visiting Scientist, Genetic Epidemiology, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane

Author of ‘Spent’ and ‘The Mating Mind’

Venue: Biomed Lecture Theatre C (Building E27), The University of New South Wales, Kensington
Date: Thursday, 2 July, 2009
Time: 3.30 pm to 5.00 pm
Refreshments will be provided after the seminar

 

 

 


Research Breakthroughs and Other News

You'd be dead lucky to win Oz Lotto

David WartonMany Australians are getting excited about the record $90 million dollar jackpot in the next OZ Lotto draw on Tuesday 30 June, but you should understand that your chances of winning it are almost incomprehensibly small.

In fact, if you buy a ticket the day before the draw, you have a greater chance of dying before the lottery is drawn than you do of winning the big one!

Full story by centre member David Warton

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Where giant plants dare to grow

willowTropical plants like to grow tall, while temperate zone plants are dwarfs in comparison.

This global pattern to plant height has been discovered for the first time, after scientists including centre member Angela Moles reviewed the size and locations of more than 7000 species.

Full story

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