RiAus

Where is RiAus and the Science Exchange?

Map
Contact us
Opening hours

Programs
Media

  • Venue Hire

Icon - Home building

The stunningly refurbished Science Exchange is available for hire. Details...

Presenting...

SCINEMA winners
SCINEMA winners

Event winter 2010 - SCINEMA 2010 coming soon - 150pxRiAus is partnering with the CSIRO and COSMOS magazine on the 2010 SCINEMA Festival of Science Film, a showcase for science dramas, documentaries, animations and short films. The winners have now been selected from more than 400 entries across 35 countries. They will be shown across Australia and beyond, including at the Science Exchange. Click here for the finalists. 


Khemia: Living Alchemy exhibition launch
Khemia: Living Alchemy exhibition launch
5 August 2010 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
SALA aligns with National Science Week and the UN International year of Biodiversity with an exploration of the world of chimeras, hybrids and other strange bedfellows. Explore it for yourself at the launch.

For more upcoming events, click here

The Oxford Lecture: Supersize me! The early origins of a life of obesity
The Oxford Lecture: Supersize me! The early origins of a life of obesity
28 July 2010 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
With increasing evidence that our nutritional environment before birth affects our health in later life, this lecture looks at what we can do to prevent an 'intergenerational cycle of obesity'.

For a full listing of past events click here...

Click here for our full video archive.

 

Science...

Geoengineering. More...

How far can we extend human life? More... 

Nuclear waste. More...

People in science

Jeff Goodell home page thumbnailJeff Goodell is a journalist, author and commentator on environmental and energy issues. He has become an advocate on climate change, particularly in relation to proposed geoengineering technologies. Video and audio recordings of his presentation at RiAus are available here.

 

  • The Great Big Science Read: Details
 

In the news

Home - In the news - Giant Magellan TelescopeThe Giant Magellan Telescope, due to be built by 2019 on the Las Campanas Peak in the Andes in Chile, will have a primary mirror 24.5 metres in diameter. It will be 10 times more powerful than the Hubble telescope - and there's an Australian connection. More...

 

 

Become an
RiAus member

 

Support RiAus

Click here

Subscribe
Sign up to receive our e-Newsletter.
 
 
 
RiAus