The Species Showdown

Join us this National Science Week for The Species Showdown. Scientists will go head to head in the ultimate scientific rumble in the jungle.

Get ready to engage your mind and join us for some serious fun as six University of Sydney scientists face off in a battle of wits about the survival of species on our planet.

Different viewpoints will be explored, ideas exchanged, and assumptions challenged. Take your seats and settle in for an evening of thought-provoking discussion and lively sparring. It’s time to throw down for The Species Showdown!

Hosted by Associate Professor Alice Motion with special guest researchers from the Faculty of Science.

• Debate 1: EARTH vs SPACE

We should stop the search for life on other planets and protect the species we have here on Earth.

Featuring Professor Tanya Latty and Dr Laura Driessen

• Debate 2: JURASSIC PARK vs NOAH’S ARK

Bring back the Tasmanian Tiger or save the Tasmanian Devil?

Featuring Professor Dieter Hochuli and Professor Carolyn Hogg

• Debate 3: HUMAN INTELLIGENCE vs ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

The robots are coming, resistance is futile, and they will be smarter than us.

Featuring Dr Taylor Szyszka and Dr Reuben Rideaux