Events
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Wonders of Evolution
When, exactly 200 years ago in 1825, the young Charles Darwin arrived in Edinburgh to train to be a doctor, little could he have imagined that, just six years later,[...]
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Home networking
16th September @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm This month we look at home networking. We'll cover broadband, Wi-Fi, standards, speeds, firewalls, in-bound connections plus some additional options. As usual,[...]
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Current Affairs group: Open Forum
Since we last met in July, much has happened in the world, and yet, in many ways, little has changed. The conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine are no closer to[...]
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Books and Literature Meeting, September 23 at 7pm
First discussion involving poetry It is 60 years since the death of Sylvia Plath. Is she defined by her confessional verse or her eventual suicide?
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ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Global average temperatures are predicted to rise by 2C by 2050 and 2.6-2.9C by 2100. The impact includes increased heat deaths, changing weather patterns, and pressure on water supply and[...]
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Seeing to the Event Horizons of Supermassive Black Holes
Speaker: Dr. Dan Wilkins Kavli Institute, Stanford University On Monday, 29th September at 5:00 PM hear groundbreaking perspectives from a leading figure at the Kavli Institute. Recent breakthroughs near black[...]
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Understanding Antibiotic Resistance: Background, bugs, biomes and biofilms
While most people are aware of the huge concerns about antibiotic resistance, there are often misunderstandings regarding what it means and how it works. In this talk – the first[...]
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Colour in dinosaurs
ZoomSpeaker: Professor Mike Benton, Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol This month we're privileged to have Professor Mike Benton speak to us about colour in[...]
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The Demographic Time-bomb
In common with many other developed countries, the UK's birth-rate has been falling for some time, and now stands at around 1.5 children per woman, far below the so-called 'replacement'[...]
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3D Printing
21st October @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm This month, David Price will be gently taking us through an introduction to a table top scale manufacturing process. As usual, plenty[...]
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CLIMATE CHANGE, BIODIVERSITY & ECOSYSTEMS
Biodiversity is a measure all living things on Earth & their interconnection (animals, plants...). Population of living things has declined by 69% globally since 1970 due to climate change, pollution[...]
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The Neuroscience of Consciousness
Speaker: Professor Anil Seth University of Sussex You may well know Anil Seth from television appearances or his popular science books. When you look around, it feels like you’re simply[...]