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The science of pedestrian crowds: smart swarms or mindless mobs?
The February talk will be given by Dr Nikolai Bode of the University of Bristol who will be talking about his research into crowds. Large crowds of pedestrians moving through built environments are an everyday occurrence. Examples include passengers moving through transport hubs and people leaving a building during a fire drill. We will explore…
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From Lodestone to Hard-drives: an insight into magnetism
The November talk will be given by Dr Chris Bell of the School of Physics, University of Bristol. Magnets have been known to humans for thousands of years, but still evoke confusion and fascination in equal measure. Do we understand magnets? Can they influence biological processes? How much control over them do we have for…
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Ada Lovelace Day 2015
Tuesday 13th October 2015 is the date for this year’s annual Ada Lovelace Day, celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths.
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New and Improved website
Page Contents The website has been running for almost five years now in its current form, based on the WordPress Content Management System. Over that time, it has been extended with plugins such as the Timely calendar but is largely as originally implemented. Despite being heavily standards based, it has been noted that the user…
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From heliographs to the Internet: celebrating Light
The October talk will be given by Matthew Posner, University of Southampton, who will be talking about his research in optoelectronics. 2015 has been declared by the United Nations as the International Year of Light. Matthew’s talk will explore how light is used to bring us the internet that we know today and discuss the…
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Close Encounters of The Ebola Kind
The September talk will be given by Dr Christopher Logue and Dr Suzanna Hawkey who will be talking about their work with the Ebola virus for Public Health England. Christopher will introduce Ebola virus and the disease it causes and give his experiences of working in a field diagnostic lab during the peak of the…
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Attend a Cafe Sci event
Each month, we get a number of requests for booking places at our events. In most cases, there is no need; our events are free to attend and booking is not required. The venue is spacious and can accommodate large audiences and thanks to the generosity of our speakers and organisers, there is no need…
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Attention, distraction and mind wandering
The May talk will be given by Dr Sophie Forster, a lecturer in Psychology at Sussex University. Her research addresses questions such as: What makes certain people particularly vulnerable to distraction? What makes certain things particularly likely to catch our attention and distract us? How is mind wandering related to external distraction?
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Galapagos and Evolution: Inspiring Future Conservationists through Art
The April talk will be given by Charlotte Moreton talking about her work in the Galapagos. The talk will provide an introduction to the work of the Galapagos Conservation Trust and how it supports scientific, educational and social issues in the Islands. This will include the use of art to learn about anatomy and evolution…
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