Everyone knows that smoking is bad for you and most smokers say they want to quit – but most fail. Indeed, many in the field suggest that tobacco smoking is more addictive than the addictions to most, if not all,…
Our last Cafe Science Extra event of the season is nearly here! Fear not, we still have one final Cafe Science Dundee talk at Chambers on 27th June before we take a break for the summer, but to wrap up…
Standards of beauty vary over time, across cultures and between individuals. The “ideal” female body shape, for example, has changed considerably over the last 50 years. Despite this, we appear to agree that certain dimensions of facial appearance are attractive….
This month Café Science Extra focuses on one of the most important and often overlooked parts of our bodies, our feet. Dr Bharti Rajput will be joining us to discuss how you should best take care of your feet, and…
Everyone knows that smoking is bad for you and most smokers say they want to quit – but most fail. Indeed, many in the field suggest that tobacco smoking is more addictive than the addictions to most, if not all,…
From microwaves to mobile phones to computers, we take technology for granted but how much do you know about how it is designed and developed? The public are becoming more involved in how technology should look and how it should…
What do you think of when you hear the term artificial intelligence? Outrageous Hollywood movies like machines taking over the world perhaps! In computing we are trying to teach machines to behave with at least as much intelligence as human…
Monday 14th March at 7pm (talk rearranged due to November’s bad weather). Ultrasound is best known for helping doctors look inside the body, for example during pregnancy. However, with recent developments in electronics and nanotechnology it has become possible to…
Online social networking applications are wildly popular. Facebook alone has around 500 million registered users. They have some good effects, such as helping people to maintain existing relationships and create new ones. And they can have some bad effects, such…
We use our memories every day, and can usually rely on them. However, psychological research has proven that our memories can be fallible. For example, we forget things, and our memories can be influenced by seemingly mundane things such as…