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SOLD OUT IN PERSON Discourse: Digital intelligence vs biological intelligence

Fri 30 May 2025

2024 Nobel winner Geoffrey Hinton explains what AI has learned, and is still learning, from biological intelligence.

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How stars built our world - LIVESTREAM ADDED

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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Rethinking the origins of plate tectonics

Mon 12 May 2025

Naomi Oreskes explores how our understanding of the planet has been shaped by money.

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From Becquerel to Oppenheimer: The science of the nuclear age

Sat 12 Jul 2025

Frank Close takes us on a journey through the potentially devastating science and history of the nuclear age.

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Discourse: Celebrating 200 years of benzene - From whale oil to aromaticity

Fri 04 Jul 2025

Chemist Judy Wu explores the ongoing significance of a chemical compound first isolated at the Ri 200 years ago: benzene.

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Materials science for tomorrow’s technologies

Sat 14 Jun 2025

Jess Wade explains the concept of chirality, and how it might revolutionise technological innovation.

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Engineering the skies: The rise of electric flight

Mon 19 May 2025

Join an expert panel to discover the future of battery-powered flight, in collaboration with the Faraday Institution.

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The chemistry of Star Wars

Sun 04 May 2025

By popular demand, Alex Baker returns to show off some amazing chemistry from a galaxy far, far away.

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Discourse: The future of engineering biology

Fri 25 Apr 2025

Join Dame Angela McLean, the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser, as she discusses the transformative potential of the field

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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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