Category: Events

  • Everything you wanted to know about chemistry, but were too scared to ask…

    Everything you wanted to know about chemistry, but were too scared to ask…

    The January talk will be given by Prof. David Read of the University of Southampton who will be shedding light on the complex world of chemistry. If I had a pound for every time some said ‘I hated chemistry at school’, I’d be a very rich man!  Chemistry teachers have the unenviable task of trying…

  • The Mary Rose

    The Mary Rose

    The April talk will be given by Dr Philip Roberts of the Mary Rose Trust who will be talking about this famous warship of Henry VIII’s Royal Navy. In 1545, during a battle with an invading French fleet in the Solent, the Mary Rose capsized and tragically sank, killing about 500 of its crew. As…

  • Microbes In The Gut: A Primer

    Microbes In The Gut: A Primer

    The November talk will be given by Michael Hudson who will be talking about his research into gut microbes.

  • The Numbers in our Daily Lives

    The Numbers in our Daily Lives

    The September talk will be given by Prof. Jim Anderson of the University of Southampton. In this talk, Jim will take you on an illustrated tour of some of the numbers that make (somewhat) surprising appearances in different aspects of our daily lives. Jim Anderson is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Southampton, specializing…

  • Video AI: from Pixels to Data

    Video AI: from Pixels to Data

    The July talk will be given by Pam Fisher who will be talking about her work on video AI. Today’s Artificial Intelligence creates an abundance of new opportunities.  This talk will focus on video AI, extracting meaning from moving images. ‘Deep learning’ in particular has reached new levels of performance, but requires substantial raw data…

  • Skylark: Britain’s first space rocket

    Skylark: Britain’s first space rocket

    The October talk will be given by Robin H Brand who will be talking about the Skylark, Britain’s first space rocket. These days, few have heard of the Skylark sounding rocket. Yet, in 1957, it was the first British rocket to reach space, and became the basis of Britain’s earliest space programme. Over the next…

  • Does the context of healthcare matter? [CANCELLED: SEE UPDATE]

    Does the context of healthcare matter? [CANCELLED: SEE UPDATE]

    [info] UPDATE: This talk has been cancelled The replacement June talk will now be given by Dr Suzanna Lewis who will be talking about bacteria [/info] The June talk will be given by Dr Kat Bradbury who will be talking about how contextual factors can affect treatment outcomes. In this talk Dr Bradbury will present…

  • Slow Water

    Slow Water

    The May talk will be given by Dr Chris Bore of Kingston University who will be exploring the very peculiar and poorly understood properties of water, and how these properties are key to our world and life upon it. Water is the most common, and most mysterious, substance on Earth. Shaped by deep subtleties of…

  • What is Quantum Internet?

    What is Quantum Internet?

    The April talk will be given by Daryus Chandra of the University of Southampton who will be talking about his research into quantum computing.

  • Where in the world am I: A brief history of the science of knowing where we are and how to get from A to B.

    Where in the world am I: A brief history of the science of knowing where we are and how to get from A to B.

    The March talk will be given by Dr Paul Cripps who will be talking about the science behind knowing where we are and how to get places.Â