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Science Cafés in Bristol

Tobacco Factory - Next meeting is May 19th (a week early) - The Mysteries of Quantum Physics.
    Last Monday of each month, 8pm -  click for directions
Explore At-Bristol - Next meeting is May 13th on Genetic Futures.
    Second Tuesday of each month, 8pm - click for directions

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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...

 

 The Green Room, Tobacco Factory

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.

Click here for a link to


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