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Science Festival Singles
Looking for love? Try Science Festival Singles! We’re dragging eligible scientists out of the lab for a one off matchmaking event at the City Art Centre on 15 April. Charm a potential partner over a cocktail at the Blood Bar, or head off on a J
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The Num8er My5teries
Marcus du Sautoy
From prime numbers to the lottery, from lemmings to bending balls like Beckham, Mathematician and TV presenter, Marcus du Sautoy, provides an entertaining and, perhaps, unexpected approach to how mathematics can be used to predict the future.
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Power of Expectation Experiment
Dr Raj Persaud and Professor Alan Furnham
Psychologist Professor Adrian Furnham and Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud invite you to take part in a unique scientific experiment exploring the power of expectation.
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What should happen to your brain after you die?
Professor James Ironside
Should we donate our brains for research after we die? And if so, what kind of research is permissible? Join us for an in-depth discussion of these and other questions about brain donation.
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Cows in the Maze and other mathematical explorations And other mathematical explorations
Ian Stewart
Ian Stewart is back with more mathematical stories and puzzles that are as quirky as they are fascinating, and each from the cutting edge of the world of mathematics.
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In Central Africa....On the track of a new cradle of mankind
Professor Michel Brunet, Collège de France, Poitiers University
The idea of an ascendance for our species is quite recent (having been first discussed about 150 years ago). But which was our ancestral group, and when and where did it arise?
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Malt Whisky Masterclass (Theory)
Charles McLean
Explore the wonders of smell and taste, in relation to whisky, and the language used by the whisky industry to describe them.
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Diabetes and Time Travel
Find out about how science has helped people with diabetes in the past including and the possibilities for diabetes in the future – the artificial pancreas or, maybe, a cure?
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Climate Wars
Gwynne Dyer
See how world leaders are likely to react to the expected consequences of runaway climate change in the decades ahead – and whether they could tip the world towards conflict.
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Malt Whisky Masterclass (Practical)
Charles McLean
Following on from the theory, Charles MacLean will host a mentored tasting of a range of malt whiskies, to explore more fully aroma and taste, and discuss where they come from in production and maturation.
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