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PubhD: A Trio of Talks
This special event comes to you in association with our friends from PubhD Glasgow. Speaker details to follow. Please note that we're not in our regular venue, and that we'll start promptly at 7pm 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 ... or in this case a bookshop There will be up to 20 minutes of (friendly!) Q&A per speaker. Each…
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Asexuality: Thinking Critically about Sexuality
Since the turn of millennium, new sexual orientations have emerged. Asexuality is a sexual orientation defined by a lack of sexual attraction. Asexuality challenges many of the assumptions that Western societies hold about sex, love, and relationships. This talk will briefly introduce Asexuality, and then go on to describe the ways in which researchers have used Asexuality to think critically about sexuality, and contest many assumptions that we take for granted, including monogamy, sexual attraction, and romantic relationships. About the…
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The Simpsons and their Mathematical Secrets: Simon Singh
Get your FREE tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-simpsons-and-their-mathematical-secrets-tickets-36925903371 Glasgow Skeptics are proud to host this special event in association with European Researchers' Night: Simon Singh, author of Fermat’s Last Theorem and Big Bang, delves into mathematical themes hidden in The Simpsons. Everyone knows that The Simpsons is the most successful show in television history, but very few people realise that its team of mathematically gifted writers have used the show to explore everything from calculus to geometry, from pi to game theory, and…
Find out more »Glasgow Skeptics visit Cafe Scientifique: The Operatic Castrati
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. This month's topic: The Operatic Castrato and his Anatomical Abnormalities The operatic castrato was one of the most popular and sought after voice types throughout 18th century Europe. Yet, the voice could only exist after a heinous operation carried out on pre-pubescent boys to ensure they maintained their soprano voice. As a…
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