Rob Brooks

@Brooks_Rob

Evolutionary biologist & author. Less interested in "getting people into STEM" than getting Science into people.

Sydney
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Joined August 2009
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    Nov 19

    Researchers affected by delayed funding decisions, let us know the practical consequences. Would be good to illustrate to how uncertainty & opportunity costs are costing Australia, and why release date should be known in advance.

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    18 hours ago

    IQ is one of the best predictors we have of important life outcomes – which is strange given that IQ tests only measure how good you are at IQ tests...

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    Rudolph: “Hey Santa! You brought us To and now my friends haven’t come out!” Santa: “Why don’t you go in and check what’s happened to them?”

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    Dec 20

    Tonight I handled my 498th, and final, manuscript for J. Evol Biol. It's been fun, but I'm done. Sincere thanks to countless reviewers, co-editors and staff (Lianne!) who made/make it possible. And don't forget to support society journals like J Evol Biol to keep going.

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    Dec 16

    Disturbing news in the Aus gov budget update. Don’t Australians value the huge benefits of research to our society?

    Budget ram raid on university research: cuts of $328.5 million to funding have been unveiled in today's . Read our media release here:
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    Dec 16

    New policy announcement - Australian Labor party says it will establish a national environmental protection agency (EPA). The new independent agency would be charged with protecting , , , and -

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    Dec 13

    Alright folks!! We've got the Australasian Evolution Society meeting set for November 25th in ! It's gonna rock! Gimmie a RT please!

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    Nov 21

    "At a time when there is a lot of hysteria in the debate about refugees, we need evidence-based, measured, level-headed research." The has been influencing policy and public debate about protecting refugees since its inception five years ago.

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  10. Dec 10

    Table 7 wins the DVCR 80s music trivia prize!

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  11. Dec 9

    So looking forward to giving the last talk for the year “sex robots: the end of love”

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    Dec 8

    WATCH: And the winner for Matt Price's Moment of 2018 goes to...

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    Dec 8

    Extremely grateful to & for support of project on dynamics of sexual selection & life history in a changing ocean! Looking very much forward to work with , , , , & others!

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    Dec 7

    experimental evidence that inequality enhances perceptions that society is competitive where people look first and foremost after themselves.

    ** EJSP article ** by Ángel Sánchez‐Rodríguez, , , ; Economic Inequality Enhances Inferences that the Normative Climate is Individualistic and Competitive
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  15. Dec 6

    Very festive, garminau @ Malabar, New South Wales, Australia

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    Nov 28

    For more than a decade Australia has been trying, and largely failing, to do something meaningful about . But this solution from 's and may just be the answer.

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    Nov 28

    Labor will develop a charter with the Australian science and research community to: - respect academic freedom - protect peer review and - listen to expert advice - guard the openness and transparency of science advice

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    Nov 28

    An inquiry into strengthening Australia’s research capabilities across the whole of government has also been announced by , and he has named as a member of the expert review panel to lead this.

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    Nov 26

    Thrilled to be awarded an ARC Discovery to investigate the consequences of on functions with a fabulous team: , Prof Mark Hay and the late Ruth Gates - so sorry she won’t be with us

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    Nov 28
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    try any of Iain M. Banks’ series featuring The Culture

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    Nov 28
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    Not sure this counts but highly interesting in many ways - makes you realize how unbelievably rare it is for a film to ever include anyone who challenges the notion that the automatic solution to being single (widowed in this case) = must find a new mate

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