Past Events
Science Craft – origami dinosaurs
We are hosting our first craft night at Drink, Shop and Do, a design and craft café tucked away in Kings Cross.
Pop along for drinks, chat and learn how to make your very own origami dinosaur to take home and keep. You will hopefully learn a few prehistoric facts along the way, and the person with the best prehistoric knowledge and origami skills will win a free cocktail! No previous origami experience necessary!
Date: Thursday 13th January
Time: 7pm
Place: Drink, Shop and Do, No. 9, Caledonian Road, N1 9DX [gmap]
Cost: Free!
The origami pattern and dinosaur quiz used on the night can be downloaded from here (a single PDF). The design is by Stephen O’Hanlon who we thank for allowing us to use his design. You can find more origami dinosaur patterns on his site here.
You can see photos from the event here.
What’s in Store for Planet Earth?
Climate change is sometimes called a dangerous experiment, with an unknown outcome. For a geologist, however, this is only part of the story – the climate has always been changing, and the geological record holds evidence of what the effects have been.
Join Dr Colin Summerhayes an oceanographer and geologist at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, and Vice President of the Geological Society, for a journey through Earth’s climatic history. From a massive release of carbon 55 million years ago, comparable to what we are experiencing now, to the more recent ice ages, find out what geological evidence suggests for the future for Planet Earth.
Date: Thursday 18th November
Time: 7pm, for a 7.30pm start
Place: Upstairs at The Lamb, 92 Lambs Conduit Street, WC1N 3LZ [gmap]
Cost: Free
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SciScreen: The End Of The Line
A Special The End of the Line screening followed by a discussion with the director.
Science London and Portobello Pop Up Cinema are pleased to present a special screening of the award-winning documentary film The End of the Line, followed by a rare chance for viewers to take part in a discussion with director Rupert Murray on Sunday 10th October.
The End of the Line shows us first hand the effects of our global love affair with fish as food. Narrated by Ted Danson and based on the book by Charles Clover, it explores the devastating effect that overfishing is having on fish stocks and the health of our oceans. Scientists predict that if we continue fishing at the current rate, the planet will completely run out of fish by 2048.
Date: Sunday 10th October 2010
Location: Portobello Pop Up Cinema, 3 Acklam Road, London, W10 5TY
Time: 6.30pm (Sharp)
Admission: Admission to the cinema is on a pay-what-you-can-afford basis, with a suggested donation of £4. Tickets are not available in advance and can only be bought on the night.
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What’s in a brain? Bring yours and join us as we explore vision and perception through a series of interactive brain-bending games and experiments, and hear about some of the cutting-edge research helping us understand human and computer intelligence. Our guide, Peter McOwan, is Professor of Computer Science at Queen Mary, University of London. He’ll be coming along with his extra brain.
Date: Monday 19 July 2010
Time: 7.30pm start
Place: Upstairs at The Lamb, 92 Lambs Conduit Street, WC1N 3LZ [gmap]
Cost: Free
Photos from the night can be seen here.
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The Science of Football Injuries
Everyone’s pinning their hopes on the England players for the World Cup, but we’ll need to be lucky at more than penalties. Beckham won’t be playing thanks to a snapped Achillies’ tendon, and there are worries about Rooney’s groin and ankle too. Are footballers more susceptible to certain injuries? Do they train too hard before big matches? And how are such injuries affecting all our involvement in sports?
Join us for Science London’s World Cup themed discussion, with sports injury expert Nicola Maffulli, from Queen Mary’s Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine.
This is your chance to quiz the Prof about those all-important footballer injuries, followed by your usual science chat and goings-on until the bar shuts!
Date: Tuesday 8 June 2010
Time: 7.30pm start
Place: Upstairs at The Lamb, 92 Lambs Conduit Street, WC1N 3LZ [gmap]
Cost: Free
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Redesigning the Lab Coat
Science is ever changing, but the laboratory coat has remained the same since the 19th century. To bring it up to date we asked fashion designers to redesign it for today’s researcher.
Fabric is not just fabric these days either, so to coincide with the catwalk launch of the new fashion coats, we will be exploring what can be achieved when science and fashion collide.
Date: Friday 19 March 2010
Time: 8pm start
Place: Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club
42-44 Pollard Row Bethnal Green
London, E2 6NB [gmap]
Cost: Free
Age restrictions: 18+ (sorry)
Photos from the night can be seen here.
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Join special guest Simon Singh for a drink and a lively discussion on alternative medicine, based around his appropriately-named book Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial.
Simon Singh is well known for his bestsellers Fermat’s Last Theorem, The Code Book and Big Bang. However, he has also become famous for recently being sued for libel by the British Chiropractic Association, after publishing a comment in The Guardian (a cached copy is seen here: http://svetlana14s.narod.ru/Simon_Singhs_silenced_paper.html).
In Trick or Treatment, he scrutinises the evidence for and against the effectiveness of alternative therapies like chiropractic treatment and homeopathy. Although it helps, there is no need to read the book, as the discussion will be about alternative medicine and the type of evidence (or lack of evidence!) supporting them.
Turn up a few minutes early to grab yourself a pint and settle in!
Date: Monday 26 October 2009
Time: 7pm start
Place: The Blue Posts pub (upstairs), 28 Rupert Street, Piccadilly, W1D 6DJ. [gmap]
Cost: Free
Post event note:
Thank you very much for attending!
As some of you may recall, Simon mentioned Sense About Science and their Keep Libel Laws Out Of Science campaign and hopes that you will help him support it. If you are interested in reading more about it, just go to:
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Life, the Universe and… Physics
Explore the universe and all it contains with science chat, legendary science rapper Jon Chase, live experiments and stargazing!
Question scientists Lewis, Manda and Colin about stars, galaxies, life on Mars and anything else you like. Expand your mind with science rapper and Youtube legend Jon Chase, performing live after appearing at the Green Man Festival this summer. Take part in hands-on experiments, and feast your eyes on our galactic visuals – on screen and for real. We’ll be setting up the telescope in the courtyard as soon as it gets dark and we should be able to see Jupiter.
Date: Monday 19 October 2009
Time: 7:30pm start
Place: 93 Feet East, 150 Brick Lane, LONDON EC1 6QL [gmap]
Cost: Free
Age restrictions: 18+ (sorry)
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This month, join our special guest Peter Bentley for a drink and a lively discussion about his latest book “The Undercover Scientist” (Or, in America: “Why Sh*t Happens: the science of a really bad day”), which is widely available in all large bookstores. Although it helps, there is no need to read the book – the discussion will be more about the interesting topics covered by the book, which anyone can ask questions about and contribute to.
Date: Monday 28 September 2009
Time: 7pm start
Place: The Blue Posts pub (upstairs), 28 Rupert Street, Piccadilly, W1D 6DJ. [gmap]
Cost: Free
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Join special guest Michael Brooks for a drink and a lively discussion about his latest book 13 Things That Don’t Make Sense. Michael also wrote New Scientist’s special cover feature “Seven things that don’t make sense about gravity“, which was published just last month.
Date: Thursday 30 July 2009
Time: 7pm start
Place: Costa Coffee (Basement), Waterstones Cafe, Piccadilly. [gmap]
Cost: Free
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