EVENT: The Problem with Science: Why it's so hard to get a straight answer from a scientist.

The Problem with Science: Why it's so hard to get a straight answer from a scientist.

How uncertainty, risk and the way science is reported make it such a slippery customer.

In Australia, are we really at risk of a bird flu pandemic – or is it just a media beat-up? Is our lifestyle and diet slowly killing us – or do genetics have a greater role to play? How are we supposed to make sense of science when experts can’t agree on issues that are fundamental to our lives?

Join award-winning science journalist and COSMOS magazine editor Wilson da Silva for an evening of illuminating discussion with:

Aileen Plant, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Australian Biosecurity CRC for Emerging Infectious Disease, and Medical Epidemiologist and Professor of International Health, Curtin University.

Peter Dingle, Nutritional and Environmental Toxicologist and Associate Professor at the School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University

Barry Maund, Senior Research Fellow, Philosophy, The University of Western Australia

Louise Pemble Health Reporter, The Sunday Times.

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ScienceNetwork WA is proud to present this event in conjunction with Boffins Bookstore, Australian Science Communicators (WA Branch) and the Institute of Advanced Studies, UWA.