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November 12, 2016

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November 12, 2016

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September 1, 2016

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August 31, 2016

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August 31, 2016

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August 31, 2016

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Josh Richards on Dr Wernher Von Braun

November 24, 2015

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November 24, 2015

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November 24, 2015

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November 24, 2015

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October 30, 2015

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Prasanna Sritharan on Sir Joseph Bazalgette

October 30, 2015

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October 30, 2015

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Dr Dave Carmody on Emil Kraepelin

October 30, 2015

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Matthew Selinske on Aldo Leopold

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Dani Measday on Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope

October 4, 2015

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October 4, 2015

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October 4, 2015

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October 4, 2015

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October 4, 2015

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September 15, 2015

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September 15, 2015

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September 15, 2015

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September 15, 2015

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September 15, 2015

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Josh Richards on Sally Ride

July 26, 2015

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July 26, 2015

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July 26, 2015

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July 26, 2015

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July 26, 2015

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A/Prof David Beattie on William Ramsay

June 20, 2015

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Tom Lang on Thomas Midgley

June 20, 2015

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Dr Padraig O Cathain on James Joseph Sylvester

June 20, 2015

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June 20, 2015

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Charlie Marshall on Lyn Margulis

June 20, 2015

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May 16, 2015

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May 16, 2015

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May 16, 2015

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May 16, 2015

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May 16, 2015

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April 19, 2015

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Astrophysicist Emily Petroff tells the story of biologist Jacques Monod
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April 19, 2015

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April 19, 2015

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April 19, 2015

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November 23, 2014

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November 23, 2014

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November 23, 2014

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November 23, 2014

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November 23, 2014

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November 2, 2014

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November 2, 2014

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Chris Lassig tells the story of theoretical physicist Edward Teller
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November 2, 2014

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November 2, 2014

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Simon McKenzie-Nickson on Andrew Wakefield

November 2, 2014

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September 28, 2014

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September 28, 2014

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September 28, 2014

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September 28, 2014

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September 28, 2014

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July 24, 2014

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July 24, 2014

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July 24, 2014

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July 24, 2014

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July 24, 2014

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June 13, 2014

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June 13, 2014

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June 13, 2014

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June 13, 2014

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Tom Lang on Michael Faraday

June 13, 2014

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Ben McKenzie on Hedy Lamarr

May 19, 2014

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Sarah Nagorcka on Gertrude Elion

May 19, 2014

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May 19, 2014

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Gil Rind on Thomas Midgley

May 19, 2014

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May 19, 2014

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Chris Ward on John Harrison

April 9, 2014

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Jen Morris on William Morton

April 9, 2014

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Dr Melanie Thomson on David Unaipon

April 9, 2014

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Evan Howard on Apsley Cherry-Garrard

March 26, 2014

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Assoc/Prof Ros Gleadow on Michael E. Mann

March 26, 2014

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Dr Nick Beaton on Paul Erdős

March 26, 2014

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Dr Alan Duffy on Guillaume Le Gentil

March 26, 2014

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Alex Cullen on Philo Farnsworth

March 26, 2014

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Liam Ryan on Thomas Edison

November 17, 2013

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Sarah Nagorcka on Albert Hofmann

November 17, 2013

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Andrew Watt on Robert J. White

November 17, 2013

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Carleton Coffrin on Ted Kaczynski and Henry Murray

November 17, 2013

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Jen Morris on Dr William Stark

November 17, 2013

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Dr Colin Hales on Thomas Kuhn

October 23, 2013

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Prof Tony Klein on Augustin-Jean Fresnel

October 23, 2013

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Simon McKenzie-Nickson on Carl Sagan

October 23, 2013

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Dr Alasdair McAndrew on Gerolamo Cardano

October 23, 2013

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Dr Katie Mack on Stephen Hawking and her real science hero

October 23, 2013

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Upulie Divisekera on Erwin Schrödinger

September 11, 2013

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Prof. James Harland on Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman

September 11, 2013

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Belinda Nicholson on Ruby Payne-Scott

September 11, 2013

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Dan Nicholls on Lise Meitner

September 11, 2013

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September 11, 2013

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Dr Clare Hampson shares the story of Robert Knox
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Dr. Clare Hampson on Doctor Robert Knox

August 12, 2013

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Prof. Tony Guttmann on Norbert Wiener

August 12, 2013

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Camilla Battistuzzo on Santiago Ramon y Cajal

August 12, 2013

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Dr. Meng Wai Woo on Nicolas Carnot

August 12, 2013

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Kristijan Jovanoski on Srinivasa Ramanujan

August 12, 2013

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Dr Tony Wirth on Steve Jobs

July 20, 2013

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Dr Teresa MacDonald on Rhesus Autoimmunity

July 20, 2013

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Dr Alana Bruce on Ignaz Semmelweis

July 20, 2013

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Professor Graham Farr on William Thomas Tutte

July 20, 2013

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Joe Dreyfus on Professor Alvin Roth

July 20, 2013

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Ben McKenzie on Mary Anning

June 30, 2013

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Dave Kaplan on Hodgkin & Huxley

June 30, 2013

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Rachel Neumann on John Maynard Keynes

June 30, 2013

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Jack Scanlan on Thomas Hunt Morgan

June 30, 2013

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Dr Sam Fiorenze on Sir Macfarlane Burnet

June 30, 2013

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Upulie Divisekera on Fleming and Curie

May 30, 2013

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Mathematician Norman Do sharing the story of Galois
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Dr Norman Do on Évariste Galois

May 29, 2013

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Dr Sam Lieblich on Bud Craig

May 29, 2013

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Dr Clare Hampson shares the science story of George and Mary Papanicolaou
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Dr Clare Hampson on George and Mary Papanicolaou

May 29, 2013

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Computer Scientist Carleton Coffrin sharing his science hero's story
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May 6, 2013

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“Existing at a point where science meets storytelling, Laborastory is a night of five scientists telling stories about personal heroes from their field.
Sometimes serious but often funny, this different take on storytelling will switch on your scientific brain and you might even learn something!"
— Broadsheet

”The Laborastory is great for two main reasons. Firstly, there's nothing quite like listening to someone talk about something they deeply understand - and who understands science better than scientists? Secondly, most of history's greatest scientists were batshit insane, so the stories about them are always top-notch."
— Everguide

”So much fun! It should be required post-grad/doc/prof experience!"
— Dr Colin Hales

“As for the storytelling itself, for the most part it was roll-on-the-floor funny. These guys and gals were naturals. Or, perhaps, they have inhaled, imbibed or injected so many weird chemicals that they are actually cracked. Either way, it was a great night."
— Bait for Bookworms

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