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In GOOP Health?
For our event falling closest to International Women's Day we're turning the spotlight towards a thorn in the side of women's health. Founded in 2008 by actress Gwyneth Paltrow, GOOP has gone from a weekly lifestyle newsletter to a multi million dollar enterprise offering a plethora of new-age 'wellness' products and services. They hit the headlines again recently with the release of a six-part documentary series on Netflix 'The GOOP Lab'. The show features a plethora of pseudoscientific topics such…
Find out more »CANCELLED: Climate Change Madness (There is method in it)
This event has been cancelled. Apologies for any inconvenience Climate science is one of the most diverse fields of research spanning from statistical physics of air molecules to geology and geochemistry of million year old rock formations. The aim of this talk is to illuminate through discussion some of how the small scale is done (say, measuring an air bubble in an ice core), how it's built up into the large scale (through statistics, modelling, and meta-analysis), and some…
Find out more »CANCELLED – Chemophobia: Should we all be running scared?
Sorry folks ... cancelling all upcoming events due to covid19. We'll be back once things return to normality (and may try some virtual options in the meantime). Stay safe out there! With the invigorated awareness around climate & environmental issues, we have become a population of ‘naturophiliacs’ – lovers of the natural. With ‘natural’, ‘organic’ and ‘chemical –free’ products being publicised and sold ubiquitously, are these natural products really all that they are hyped up to be? Are chemicals…
Find out more »CANCELLED – Highlighting LGBT people in STEM
Sorry folks ... cancelling all upcoming events due to covid19. We'll be back once things return to normality (and may try some virtual options in the meantime). Stay safe out there! Science should be blind to the human experience, right? It shouldn't matter who does research, because the laws of our universe are indifferent. If that's true, then we should sit up and take note when talented researchers are uncomfortable in academic culture, to the point where they consider…
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