Wednesday 19 March – The Laboratory, Lincoln NZ
Reclaim your inner nerd – Think Tedx with beer!
Be there AND be square.
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Speakers:
“Secrets of the Arctic Wonderland”
Prof. Catherine Reid – Researcher and Professor
What makes the Arctic so unique in its ability to tell us what life on Earth was like 300 million years ago. Catherine Reid will lift the lid on the exciting world of Arctic Palaeontology. Catherine is a Professor of Earth and the Environment at the University of Canterbury and has spent much of her time uncovering secrets hidden in the Arctic wonderland.
“The Guide to the Hitchhikers Muse for Galactic Music”
Peter K Malthus – Professional musician and teacher
Musician, Songwriter and Sci Fi Ninja Peter K Malthus will be waxing lyrical about his love for The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, the songs he’s written about it, and the equipment he’s using to record those songs. Why, you ask? Why not?
“Widows, somersaults, suicide and the smell of vomit: Katipō and redback spiders”
Dr, Cor Vink – Researcher and Senior Lecturer
There are two species of widow spiders in New Zealand; the endemic katipō and the invasive Australian redback. Where they live and what they do may surprise, delight and/or horrify you.
Arachnologist Cor Vink is a Senior Lecturer in Entomology at Lincoln University. He has worked on spiders for nearly 30 years, which means he knows some stuff about them and he’s older than he’d like to admit. He is particularly interested in New Zealand spider taxonomy and systematics (describing new species and figuring out how they are related to each other) and their ecology. Cor doesn’t have any pet spiders because that would be weird.
Talks start 8pm