New Science Cafe: Explore-At-Bristol!
May 13th at Explore-At-Bristol: Dr Ainsley Newson
Genetic Futures
With DNA sequencing and genetic testing technologies advancing
all the time, the reality of a personal genomic profile for
any one of us is just around the corner.
But what could receiving your genetic profile mean to you?
How might this affect the way we live our lives? How important
are our genes in predicting our future health? What ethical
issues might arise? Would we rather not know what information
our genes hold?
To ask these questions and more come along to Explore At
Bristol's first Science Cafe on Tuesday 13th May at 7.30 for
8pm in the Theory Cafe, and find out more about this interesting
area of social and scientific dilemma.
Ainsley Newson, lecturer in Biomedical Ethics at the Centre
for Ethics in Medicine at the University of Bristol, spends
her time unpicking the social and moral issues of developments
in genetic technologies.
To find out more about Ainsley's work visit: Ainsley's
web page
To find out more about At-Bristol visit: www.at-bristol.org.uk
May 19th at the Tobacco Factory: James Ladyman
"The mysteries of Quantum Mechanics - what do they
tell us about the world we live in?"
In
this talk James will first explain what is so strange about
quantum entanglement and then explain why it is wrong to draw
many of the exciting conclusions from it that are often talked
about in popular discussions. More
about James
James Ladyman is Professor of Philosophy, University of
Bristol
June 30th at the Tobacco Factory: Mark Hempsell
Space Exploration - what's going on?
Details following shortly...
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What is Science Café?
At our meetings, and just for the price of a cup of coffee
or a glass of wine, anyone can come to explore the
latest ideas in science and technology. Meetings are informal
and free.
The format is simple: the speaker gives a
short introduction to the evening's topic; we break for refreshments
and pondering; then there's an hour or so of questions and
discussion between the audience and the speaker. Everyone
is welcome to ask a question or make a comment.
You don't need to be a scientist to enjoy the evening!
Just come with an open and enquiring mind.
Science
Café is based on the international organisation Café
Scientifique.To find out what other groups are up
to in the UK and around the world - click here
for the National Café Scientifique website.
Science
Café was set up in conjunction with the local branch
of the British Association
for the Advancement of Science. They help to promote science
to a wider audience and their website is well worth visiting.
Links
Watch a video of Bruce Hood's October
2005 talk on "The origins of magical beliefs,"
which he gave later at the Dana Centre, London - click
here - then click the 'watch video' link to the right.
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