National Screening for Bowel Cancer – Idea to Reality – Monday 28TH October 2013, 7pm
About 30 years ago it was recognised that the presence of bowel cancer could be detected by testing for traces of blood in stool, and that this might be utilised for screening. In the intervening period there has been an…
Algal Blooms – A Downside of a Hot Summer – Wednesday 9th October 2013, 6pm
Harmful algal blooms can turn sea water red, freshwater a vivid green and represent a risk to humans and marine animals. In the heat of the summer the conditions are perfect for growth of algal bacteria. This, along with other…
New programme released
We are excited to announce that the new leaflet for our upcoming series will be available in local libraries, tourist information and Universities from later this month. The leaflet will also be available at our next talk on Monday 30th…
Neglected Diseases – Dundee’s Quest for New Medicines – Monday 30th September 2013, 7pm
Dundee is leading a new battle on tropical diseases. These infectious diseases are responsible for more deaths and disability in sub-Saharan Africa than all other causes combined. As a result there is a huge difference in average life expectancy -54…
The Scientific Imagination: Science Fiction and Innovation – Wednesday 11th September at 6pm
This talk asked how science fiction continues to influence science, and vice versa? The relationship between science and science fiction is more important than ever, as the twentieth-century has developed into the twenty-first. Many of the fantasies of Golden Age…
Summer Special – Transformations – D'Arcy Thompson and the Chimera in Art – 7pm, 14th August 2013
Come along to our special summer event presented by Matthew Jarron, Curator of Museum Services at the University of Dundee. This event is held in conjunction with Dundee Science Centre’s popular summer exhibition ‘Myths and Monsters‘, which features a life-size model…
Summer Holidays
What a fantastic season of Cafe Science we’ve had: – 19 events – our 100th Cafe Science in Dundee – record breaking audiences – over 1000 of you came to listen to a cafe science! Thank you everyone who came…
Fertility and Lifestyle – How lifestyle choices can affect conception – Monday 24th June, 7pm
The Scottish Government has recently announced new measures to bring NHS funded fertility treatment across Scottish Health Boards into line. Good news for some, however current criteria consider lifestyle choices and exclude treatment for some patients based on their lifestyles….
Diverting a disaster – food for thought. Wednesday 12th June, 6pm
As the World’s population increases, we need to grow more food. A traditional way to grow more food from the same land is to add fertilizers, which are rich in phosphorus. Despite this, there are still low-levels of phosphorus in…
SCIENCE IN THE COURTROOM – TRUSTING THE EXPERTS. MONDAY 27TH MAY, 7PM
Scientific evidence is one of the most common types of evidence used in the courtroom. It is also the most easily misunderstood and misinterpreted. Confidence in the reliability of scientific evidence is vital to the integrity of the legal process…