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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[...]
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Ask the group anything
16 June @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm This month we running another ... ask the group anything. So come along with your questions - could be related to a[...]
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The Welfare State: Is it Still Affordable?
In Britain today, few issues provoke more heated debate than this. On one side are those who argue, on humanitarian grounds, that the less fortunate among us deserve all the[...]
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Discovering how our Genes shape Learning and Cognition
Speaker: Prof. Robert Plomin Professor of Behavioural Genetics Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College How much of intelligence and learning ability is[...]
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Before Penicillin: Treating Infections in the ‘Olden Days’
Few would argue that the discovery of penicillin, and the antibiotics revolution that followed, was one of the most far-reaching breakthroughs of twentieth-century medical science. But infection treatment itself has[...]
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Burnham’s Britain
It is now all but certain that, by next weekend, Andy Burnham will become our next Prime Minister. He may have a Messianic appeal within his party, but the man[...]