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House in a tree

Talks and shows

How to grow a house

Mon 16 Jun 2025

Martyn Dade-Robertson explores the new materials being developed which could one day allow us to grow buildings.

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Image of head with clock inside

Talks and shows

Setting the body clock to the right time

Mon 07 Apr 2025

Aarti Jagannath explores how the body maintains its circadian clock, and what happens when that clock goes wrong.

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Image of ropes ascending into treetops

Talks and shows

Scaling giants: Uncovering the secrets of the rainforest

Sat 05 Apr 2025

Join canopy science expert Robin Hayward for an incredible look at the vibrant world at the top of the rainforest, and discover

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In-person
Image of stars forming in a galaxy

Talks and shows

How stars built our world

Mon 31 Mar 2025

Discover how stars underly everything we are and do, from the genes in our bodies to measuring time.

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Steve Mould Helen Arney and one more

Talks and shows

An Evening of Unnecessary Detail

Sun 02 Mar 2025

Join Festival of the Spoken Nerd and friends for an evening of science, songs, stand-up maths and more!

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In-person
Image of DNA

Talks and shows

Historic genomes: Using ancient DNA to uncover the past

Sat 01 Mar 2025

Join Pooja Swali to uncover the secrets of ancient DNA, including tracing migrations, family ties, and early outbreaks.

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Dice

Discourses

SELLING FAST Discourse: Thinking slowly about uncertainty

Thu 30 Jan 2025

Renowned statistician Sir David Spiegelhalter explores how we can better deal with risk, uncertainty, luck, chance and ignorance

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In-person
Image representing a neural network

Talks and shows

Neuromorphic computing for science

Fri 24 Jan 2025

Johan Mentink explores a brand new paradigm in computing, and looks at how it might offer faster solutions that can support

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In-person
Abstract image of letters and numbers on concentric circles

Talks and shows

How the future began

Mon 20 Jan 2025

Join futurist Richard Watson for a look into how we can predict what's to come, and why, despite all our technology, the future

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In-person
Image depicting people looking into the sunset

Talks and shows

SOLD OUT - The science of imagination

Sat 18 Jan 2025

From hallucinations to sleepwalking, from REM sleep to delusions, neurologist Adam Zeman guides us through the latest scientific

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Pagination

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