TEDx Melbourne Details

There are ten days to go to TEDx Melbourne marathon! Thanks to Monash University entry to the event is now free and there are already over sixty confirmed guests :)

Here are the basics:

Date: 17 January, 2008
Time: 10am to 7pm
Location: Lecture Theatre H1.25, Building H, Monash Caulfield campus

For more details visit:

There’s still time to nominate your favourite TED talk on the TED Facebook app (there’s a link on the Facebook group page) so make sure you do that soon.

See you there :)

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Biases in Communities – Even the Scientific One

Awesome blog post by Lee Kottner on the Cocktail Party Physics blog on the “old guard” or “old boys’ club” attitude that tends to permeate through religious or specialist knowledge communities. In this case, of course, she’s writing about the scientific community:

…Richard Dawkins’ selection of writers for the new Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is damned odd, if not downright insulting. For one thing, there’s nary a mere science writer among them; they’re almost all scientists…

…And, of course, there are too few women, three, to be precise…

Make sure you check it out.

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International Year of Astronomy 2009

I’m a day late in posting this but the International Year of Astronomy 2009 has begun!

Over 130 countries are participating and, indeed, 87 countries have their own IYA websites (including, of course, both Pakistan and Australia). Be sure to check those out so you can take part in the events being held in your area.

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