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Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Over the next decade, AI is set to transform healthcare by introducing machines with human-like intelligence that operate with greater speed and cost-efficiency than traditional methods. This technological shift spans[...]
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Mineralogy in Art
ZoomSpeaker: Doctor Chris Duffin, Scientific Associate, Natural History Museum, London This month Dr Chris Duffin will be focusing on the geological materials used in painting. Geological pigments have been used[...]
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Finding the Truth in the Fog of War
For more than a month now, the world has held its breath ever since the Middle East was plunged into another deadly conflict between its most hard-line of sworn enemies.[...]
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Daniel Defoe… The ignored classical author
Sadly, the man who wrote tales like Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders is an ignored author in the current rush to reread the Classics. Why? Is he marred by some[...]
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Space Debris and new approaches to rectification
Speaker: Ray Fielding Head of Sustainability and ISAM UK Space Agency Earth’s orbits are becoming the world’s most valuable—and most vulnerable—commons. Every bolt, paint fleck, and abandoned satellite hurtling around[...]
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Rosalind Franklin: The Triumph and the Tragedy
In 1953, the scientific world was abuzz with the discovery of the structure of DNA by James Watson & Francis Crick, but back then, few were aware that it was[...]
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Agentic Artificial Intelligence
19th May @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm This month we’ll look at agentic artificial intelligence ... large language models are now no-longer contrained to just "chat", they can now interface to[...]
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Current Affairs discussion group: Open Forum
With so much going on at the moment, both domestically and around the world, it's time once again to open the floor to all of you - our members -[...]
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From Concept to Reality: Space‑Based Solar Power Today
Speaker: Martin Soltau Co‑CEO, Space Solar Space‑based solar power (SBSP) is no longer a distant dream—it’s becoming a credible pillar of future clean‑energy systems. By harvesting sunlight in orbit, where[...]
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Hilaire Belloc was he a great writer or simply grumpy
Tonight, we go back in time to discuss the formidable output of some 500 works of literature across multiple genres, who at the same time managed to fall out with[...]
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Minerals that glow
ZoomSpeaker: Doctor Paul Beatty Paul will be telling us all about these amazing minerals, why they glow and the many ways they're used. Mineral enthusiasts concentrate on displaying these minerals[...]
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‘Forever’ Chemicals
‘Forever' Chemicals, otherwise known as PFAs, are a large group of synthetic organic compounds that have been around – literally - since the 1930s, when they were discovered, quite by[...]