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Science and Doctor Who
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…
Find out more »Glasgow Skeptics visit Cafe Scientifique: Menopause Matters
Please note: The venue is Waterstones on Sauchiehall Street (top floor), and the start time is set for 7pm. So we don't have an official Glasgow Skeptics event on this date ... but our friends over in Cafe Scientifique have got something to tickle your fancy instead. Menopause Matters: Dr Heather Currie Often referred to as “the change”, the menopause refers to the biological stage in every woman’s life when their periods stop and the ovaries lose their reproductive function.…
Find out more »Circular Reasoning: The Rise of Flat Earth Belief
Doors open at 7.15, and kickoff is at 7.30 In 2013, when Michael Marshall first interviewed the Vice President of the Flat Earth society for his show Be Reasonable, people could scarcely believe that anyone could genuinely think the Earth was flat. Five years later, Flat Earth belief has gone mainstream, spawning thousands of hours of YouTube videos, gaining widespread international media coverage, and attracting countless followers. How did we get here? In this talk, Marshall will talk through his…
Find out more »PubhD: Indyref References, Circadian Clocks & Rural Rumblings
Kickoff at 7pm sharp. Top floor of the store This special event comes to you in association with our friends from PubhD Glasgow. Speakers & topics: Mhairi Brennan: BBC coverage of the Scottish independence referendum Anuradha Goswami: Water treatment with scrap iron Bobby Macauley: The effect of community landownership on health in rural Scotland The format is nice and simple: Three researchers will each have 10 minutes to talk about their subject area to an interested audience in a pub…
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