Royal Society NZ - Wellington Branch

This is just speculation on my part at the moment, but maybe the deep basin under Bangkok could have caused a seismic resonance of the surface waves from the M7.7 Myanmar #earthquake?
In a manner similar to the resonance in Mexico City due to subduction earthquakes at significant distance. ⚒️🧪

events.humanitix.com/why-multi-wo...

Wed 2 April 6.00-7.00 pm at the Royal Society Te Apārangi premises 11 Turnbull St. Thorndon Wellington

Associate Professor Anna Siyanova-Chanturia, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington

YouTube video by Bruce Spedding The Coming Population Storm (Aotearoa / New Zealand)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuSj... Full lecture here. Len was fabulous, entertaining and thought provoking. #science #demographics #statistics

Packed out at the Royal Society lecture theatre last night to hear distinguished statistician, Len Cook, talk about the coming population storm. An accelerating fiscal drag from an aging population.
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Yellow glow above the horizon and tall red beams.

Aurora going well in Te Anau at the moment. More west than south.

YouTube video by European Space Agency, ESA Euclid's first deep dive into the Universe

⏰ Have you set your alarm for 12:00 CET / 11:00 GMT today?

Be ready to be amazed at the latest treasures uncovered by #ESAEuclid, our #DarkUniverse detective 🕵️

Watch this space for details & this link for a video premiere: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXCB...

🔭🧪 #astrosci

Secret ingredients of hoopoes' stinky preen oil help them keep their feathers safe Hoopoes harbor symbiotic bacteria in their preen gland that supplement the birds' preen oil with antimicrobial compounds.

Hoopoes are beautiful #birds — that can smell of rotten meat.

They do so for a good reason, though, which I reveal in my new post for Beaks & Bones! 🧪🪶

beaksandbones.substack.com/p/hoopoes-pr...

#bird #ornithology #scicomm #birding

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Cook is a professional statistician who was Government Statistician of New Zealand from 1992-2000 and National Statistician and Director of the United Kingdom Office for National Statistics and Registrar General for England and Wales from 2000 to 2005.

Joint Royal Society Te Apārangi/Royal Society Te Apārangi Wellington Branch free public lecture

Wed 19 March 6.00-7.00 pm at the Royal Society Te Apārangi premises 11 Turnbull St. Thorndon Wellington

Len Cook - How New Zealand’s changing demographics will play out and the possible consequences

Did you get what you were looking for, Joanna?

If you have access to suitable venuesup to 2-3 times a year or you know of eg. pubs that would be willing to host an informal gathering of interested public (and have a jar at the same time) can you hit us up in the DMs please? The line up is exciting and we look forward to seeing you this year.

Hi everyone! We are getting ready for our 2025 lecture series most of which will be held at the Royal Society lecture theatre in Thorndon. While grateful for the parent body support, we'd also like to explore other venues in Wellington due to the high number of potential speakers.

Hi we are the Royal Society Wellington Branch in New Zealand. We'd like to get in touch with academics who may be visiting New Zealand from overseas in order to share their work with an informed public here through our lecture series. We've been around for > 140 years.

I suspect this is a long shot so I'm not sure if there will be many responses to this question, but are there any Aotearoa-based social scientists researching olfactory racism?
Failing that, any sensory ethnographers, or even health or geography researchers, focusing on colonial smellscapes?

Angela Krenn - Deputy Chief Architect
Liquid Hydrogen @ NASA
SamsungA55_02_12_2024

A very interesting talk from Angela on how rockets are filled, I guess with all the focus on the rockets one doesn’t think about all the supporting infrastructure,

Sadly our last lecture of the year and it was a great one, detailing the history of liquid hydrogen in space travel with an equally exciting future. It takes 5 years to train to be a NASA cryogenic fuels specialist. Much of the infrastructure remains in place since the '60s. LH2 and LO2 don't mix!

We appreciate the likes! Note our lectures are free and are often enlightening and fun. Please do pass along the details to anyone you might know in the Wellington region who may have interest.

Hydrogen for Rocket Propulsion

Angela Krenn - Deputy Chief Architect and Surface Systems Principal Technologist, NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate

Monday 2 December 2024
6.00 - 7.00 pm at the Royal Society Te Apārangi premises,
11 Turnbull St, Thorndon, Wellington