Every day science makes the news, whether it is what foods we should eat or avoid, the latest drug that could help in the fight against cancer or the looming threat of antibiotic resistance. But how do we make sense of what we read in the media? Sometimes conflicting and controversial claims leave us confused or perhaps we feel nervous about the latest advances in science and technology, especially if they could be exploited or misused. In this talk we…

Doors open at 7.15, and kickoff is at 7.30 Dr Who is back, and this speaker is geeking out! In 1963, Dr Who was conceived as being partly educational, incorporating real science and history for children. It hasn't exactly lived up to that. But, every now and again real science has made its way into the show, and this talk will move past the times science words were used as mere technobabble nonsense, to look at the attempts to incorporate…