What's on: Choosing a mate . . . Was Einstein wrong?

TODAY: Survival of the Sexiest: Why Females Want a Mate with a Good Sense of Humour, a Brightly Coloured Tail and Nice Antlers…

TODAY:Survival of the Sexiest: Why Females Want a Mate with a Good Sense of Humour, a Brightly Coloured Tail and Nice Antlers. Free public lecture, 7.30pm, Hume Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth, Co Kildare.

In Transition – From Oil Dependence to Local Prosperity. Film about climate change, 6.30pm, Pembroke Library Anglesea Road, Dublin 4.

Booking: 01-6689575

TOMORROW

Faster than the Speed of Light – Was Einstein Wrong? Free public lecture by Cormac Ó Raifeartaigh, 7pm, Waterford Institute of Technology.

Best Bubbles School Workshop, November 16th-18th, 10am, 11.15am, 12.30pm, National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin. Primary school level, free but prebook with Museum Education Department on 01 6486453.

Full details of the hundreds of events taking place during the week are detailed on scienceweek.ie

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