What would happen to dogs if humans simply disappeared? Would dogs be able to survive on their own without us? A Dog’s World imagines a posthuman future for dogs, revealing how dogs would survive—and possibly even thrive—and explaining how this new and revolutionary perspective can guide how we interact with dogs now.

This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.

Award-winning science journalist Angela Saini goes in search of the true roots of gendered oppression, uncovering a complex history of how male domination became embedded in societies and spread across the globe from prehistory into the present.

This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.

Why can’t we think straight when hungry? What’s the point of nightmares? And why can’t we forget embarrassing memories?
Emotions can be a pain. After losing his dad to Covid-19, Dean Burnett found himself wondering what life would be like without them. And so, he decided to put his feelings under the microscope – for science.

This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.

In this talk, Dr Lou Safra will present the key findings on first impressions and stereotypes offered by cognitive science. By presenting the main experimental designs that are used to product these results, she will question the limits and issues of this research and discuss how we can ensure a safe use of these results.

This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.

The wellness industry has become ever more popular in an age where chronic illnesses can go undiagnosed for years and access to medical support for mental ill-health is either prohibitively expensive or subject to long wait times. Women and other marginalised people are sometimes dismissed or overlooked in healthcare. But does the wellness industry really provide answers? Is there really a solution to “wellness”?

This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.