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Endless Forms: The secret world of wasps – Seirian Sumner
There are wasps that have sex inside plants; there are wasps that turn cockroaches into zombies. Wasps taught us how to make paper; wasps are architects, guardians of microorganisms, invaders, pollinators, seed dispersers and predators. A journey into the secret world of wasps will blow your mind.
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.
Mathematical Intelligence: What we have that machines don’t – Junaid Mubeen
There’s so much talk about the threat posed by intelligent machines that it sometimes seems as though we should surrender to our robot overlords now. But Junaid Mubeen thinks we have the edge over machines because of a remarkable system of thought developed over the millennia – maths.
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.
Was that just luck? The inconsistent world of superstition, privilege, and the illusion of control. – Aaron Rabinowitz
We all use the term ‘luck’ every day, but what do we mean when we say it? Variation in that answer could have significant impacts on research about belief in free will and moral responsibility, as well as how individuals approach many aspects of their lives.
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.
Weird World of the Very Very Small – Dr Steve Barrett
How do we describe the world on a scale of atoms and molecules? The concepts underlying quantum mechanics seem to be at odds with common sense, but quantum theory describes reality on the atomic scale.
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.
Rethinking sex, brain and gender: Beyond the binary – Dr Daphna Joel
Are the brains of women and men the same or different? Or maybe it’s the wrong question? Does the binary division extend beyond the genitalia into the human brain and mind? And why do we care? Dr Daphna Joel invites you to look at the science of gender, sex and the brain, and how freeing ourselves from the gender binary can help us all reach our full human potential.
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.
Growing Up Human: The Evolution of Childhood – Brenna Hassett
Brenna Hassett explores how evolutionary history has shaped a weird and wonderful phenomenon that everyone on the planet experiences – childhood.
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.
Demolishing Babel — Keith Kahn-Harris
Could not understanding languages can actually be a tool for peace-making? Can we better appreciate the wonder and joy of language without the pressure to understand? And how can the warning message in a Kinder Surprise Egg be the starting point for a linguistic adventure? In this talk, Dr Keith Kahn-Harris will take the adventure through and beyond his latest book, and invite the audience to join him on it.
Bottles, boobs & bunkum: busting common infant feeding myths – Dr Erin Williams
Will breastfeeding save the planet? Are parents being hoodwinked by Big Formula? Join us on an infant feeding journey to determine fact from fiction around feeding our wee ones.
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.
The Sunny Sides and Dark Sides of Being a Skeptic – Claire Klingenberg
Using Paranormal Phenomena to Explain the Workings of Science.
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.
Paine: Being a Fantastical Visual Biography of the Vilified Enlightenment Hero, by his Ardent Admirer, ‘Polyp’
Born to an ordinary working class family in Norfolk, Paine was variously a corset maker, a privateer, a hugely influential figure in the War of Independence, an exile, a prisoner, and a resolute atheist. His writings celebrate logic, science and enlightenment values, but also deliver a piercing attack on religious fundamentalism.