• Climate Change: what is happening, and what can we do about it?

    The May talk will be given by Professor John Shepherd FRS of the National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton. The science of climate change predicts global warming of several degree Centigrade by 2100 if the CO2 level in the atmosphere continues to increase to double its pre-industrial level – and it is now going to…

  • Swarming, flocking and shoaling

    April’s talk will be given by Prof. Matthew S Turner of the Department of Physics, University of Warwick. Interactions between social animals can lead to “emergent” collective behavior that cannot be inferred by studying any one individual. Such interactions can be very powerful. Indeed, they can be said to have led to the emergence of…

  • This March sees National Science and Engineering Week with a diverse range of activities happening all over the country.

  • Dorchester Cafe Sci – upcoming events

    The 2013-14 programme is available here and forthcoming events have been added to the Calendar. Thursday January 30th 4.00-­‐5.30pm in the Sixth Form Centre: “Prosthetic Limbs and the Role of Technology in Elite Sport” discussion to be led by Bryce Dyer, Bournemouth University Friday March 14th  7.30-­‐9.30pm at the Dorchester Arts Centre: “The Role of…

  • Sherborne Science Cafe – upcoming events for 2014

    The programme of events for Sherborne Science Cafe up to and including June has been added to the Salisbury Cafe Sci calendar. You can see these events on the calendar by turning on the ‘Other Café Scientifique‘ category (please see the help page for instructions to do this if you are unsure) or you can…

  • Green Energy Materials in 3D

    The March 2014 talk will be given by Prof. M Saiful Islam who is Professor of Computational Materials Chemistry at the University of Bath. Saiful is leading the team working on advanced computer modelling methods with structural techniques in the study of new solid state materials especially related to “clean energy” applications. With the help…

  • Why the world needs a Renaissance of Small Farming

    The February 2014 talk will be given by Colin Tudge, author and campaigner. He has written the books Good food for everyone forever and Why Genes are not selfish and people are nice. With his wife, Ruth West, he co-founded The Campaign for Real Farming.

  • Genetics and the breeding of the Honey Bee

    Tony is a geneticist at the Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory at Salisbury District Hospital and Chairman of the Salisbury Bee Keepers’ Group. In this talk Tony will be combining both his ‘day job’ and his hobby to explain why genetic fitness is important in the bee population.

  • Neutrinos and Cosmic Rays

    The December talk will be given by Dr Ryan Nichol, a Royal Society Research Fellow in the High Energy Physics Group at University College London. He describes his work as “utilising neutrinos and cosmic rays to investigate the Universe at the smallest and largest scales imaginable.” Ryan works on a range of projects including the…

  • Managing the Space Environment

    The November talk will be given by Prof. Richard Crowther, Chief Engineer at the UK Space Agency. He will be talking about his work focussing on managing our shared use of space. He is also currently Head of the UK delegations to the Inter-Agency Debris Committee whose role is defined as: The Inter-Agency Space Debris…

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