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Book launch
Why Are We Like This? Zoe Kean
Hobart Town Hall, 50 Macquarie St, Hobart TAS 7000
Zoe Kean will be launching her fabulous new science book, delving into the why’s of it all with Lucie Cutting, Tiana Pirtle and Dr Rodrigo Hamede. There will be some questions, some answers, animal vaginas and a Tasmanian Devil catch and release demo…
What can snorkelling at Shark Bay teach us about humanity? Will the secrets of our sex lives be uncovered by stick insects? What do whale societies reveal about kindness? And why did we evolve to spend a third of our life asleep?
Some questions have nipped at humanity’s heels for as long as we’ve been…well, humans. In Why Are We Like This? science journalist Zoe Kean takes us behind the scenes of the evolutionary paradoxes that make up life on this planet. Exploring with scientists, from freezing in Tasmanian sleet to a laboratory of sleeping sharks in North Queensland, we see how these evolutionary mysteries might just uncover the secrets of a better life for humans and the creatures we share the planet with.
The ancient ancestors of life on Earth faced the same challenges we do, so let’s learn a lesson or two about how they dealt with them.
Join Zoe, Lucie and friends at the Hobart Town Hall for a celebration of science-y inquiry!
About everyone:
Zoe Kean is an award-winning science writer with a focus on evolution, ecology, and the environment. She has published in The Guardian, the ABC online, The Best Australian Science Writing 2022, 2023, and 2024, Cosmos magazine and with the BBC. She also gives talks, makes science TikTok videos and regularly appears on live radio.
Lucie Cutting is a broadcaster and features reporter based in nipaluna/Hobart, host of Sundays on ABC Radio Hobart and Northern Tasmania.
Dr Rodrigo Hamede is a senior lecturer and research biologist at the University of Tasmania, and specialises in disease ecology, epidemiology and evolutionary biology. Over the last 15 years, he has been focused on studying Tasmanian devils, and facial tumour disease in their wild populations.
Tiana Pirtle has has a PhD in reproductive ecology and physiology and has spent most of her life studying how animals breed. As the proud owner of a vagina, she especially loves telling people about all the amazingly interesting and wildly diverse vaginas of the animal queendom.
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| Ticket Type | Price | Cart |
|---|---|---|
| TICKET | Why Are We Like This? Zoe Kean | $15.00 | |
| BOOK + TICKET | Why Are We Like This? Zoe Kean | $38.00 |
