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Where do meteorites come from?
There are over 60,000 meteorites in world wide collections but only know where a handful came from in the Solar System. Come find out how camera networks like the UK Fireball Network working to recover meteorites with orbits and how you can help. View event on Facebook View event on Meetup * No tickets required ... just show up! About the speaker: Dr Luke Daly is a Research Associate in Solar System Science at the University of Glasgow. Twitter: @Daly_Planet…
Find out more »PubhD: Sexual Consent / Parenting Practices / Magnetic Fields
This event comes to you in association with our friends from PubhD Glasgow. Speakers and topics: 1: Kelsey Entriken Kelsey is exploring the important issue of sexual consent - using niche fan fiction and animal hybrids. 2: Simon Barrett How does the way in which you were raised by your parents influence the parenting practices you now adopt with your own children? My study asks this question of a group of vulnerable mums in Glasgow, as part of a trial…
Find out more »Psychics: Real, Fake, or Just Wrong?
Special event to promote Science outreach at Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life Every December a string of ‘psychics’ across the world use their clairvoyant powers to make predictions for the coming year, with varying degrees of success. A quick look online shows a vast array of other supernatural talents allegedly on display. In this talk Brian Eggo of Glasgow Skeptics will take a closer look at this phenomenon, and investigate how much of it, if any, is actually real.…
Find out more »5G or Not 5G – Taking Arms Against the Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Pseudoscience
5th generation mobile networks are coming in for increasing criticism by otherwise reputable sources and commentators. Its been demonised as mind-control, as using ‘untested, weapons-grade, ultra-high frequency technology’ and to cause severe harm to the population just by existing. Is it a back-door for governments to manage their population through technology? Are we simply leaving ourselves open to overseas countries to infiltrate our national infrastructure? Are there real dangers to this new technology? Sean Slater will try and address these…
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