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Stay informed about our upcoming science discussion sessions! We meet every few months for engaging talks, hands-on activities for children, and lively community discussion. Check back regularly for new dates and topics.
Upcoming event(s):
Upcoming event(s):
Topic: "Paleoclimate reconstruction and understanding past climates"
Topic: "Paleoclimate reconstruction and understanding past climates"
Date/time: 21 October 2025, 5 to 6pm
Date/time: 21 October 2025, 5 to 6pm
Location: Hearsall Community Academy Primary School, Coventry
Location: Hearsall Community Academy Primary School, Coventry
Have you ever wondered what the Earth was like when woolly mammoths roamed the UK or when palm trees grew in the Arctic? This talk will explore how clues found in nature, like rocks, mud, ancient pollen, and ice cores reveal dramatic changes in Earth’s environment. These records help us look back to times long before we had tools to measure the climate directly. By piecing together these clues, just like a climate detective, we can uncover the secrets of Earth’s deep past and better understand the story of our changing planet.
Topic: "Data Science for saving the bees - and us!"
Topic: "Data Science for saving the bees - and us!"
Date/time: 25 November 2025, 5 to 6pm
Date/time: 25 November 2025, 5 to 6pm
Location: Hearsall Community Academy Primary School, Coventry
Location: Hearsall Community Academy Primary School, Coventry
Bees are very important because they pollinate lots of plants including both flowers and food plants. If we don't make sure they are healthy and thriving, we will miss out on the beautiful flowers and we will have less food to eat. But this is a tricky problem - we need to know what works and how well it works so we know what to do and how much of it to do. Data science can untangle this puzzle for us. In this talk I will show one way in which Data Science can bring together all we know in a way that helps us see clearly which is the best way forward. And if you like - you can help!
Registration for this event will open closer to the date
Past events:
Past events:
"Electricity in the Brain"
"Electricity in the Brain"
Neurons are the building blocks of our brains. These tiny cells join together into huge networks and use electricity to send signals back and forth. These signals make us who we are; they are involved in everything we do and are core for our behaviour, action and personality. In this talk, I’ll give an overview of the brain and how scientists can measure these patterns of electrical communication to better understand how we think.
"Words, Worlds, and Whatchamacallits - How Translation is about Way More than just Dictionaries"
"Words, Worlds, and Whatchamacallits - How Translation is about Way More than just Dictionaries"
14 July 2025, Rosalind Harvey
Rosalind Harvey is a critically acclaimed literary translator, writer and educator based in Coventry. Rosalind's work has been shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize, Guardian First Book Award, and the Oxford–Weidenfeld Translation Prize, amongst others.
"Motion magnification: witnessing the wibbly-wobbly world around us!"
"Motion magnification: witnessing the wibbly-wobbly world around us!"
20 May 2025, Dr Tim Duckenfield (Queen's University Belfast)
Have you ever wondered if jelly is ever still? Or if lampposts are really wobbling, just too gently to see? In this curious and colourful science talk, we will uncover the hidden movements all around us using one of my favourite science tools: motion magnification, a microscope for videos! We will see how ordinary videos can reveal extraordinary things, like bridges that breathe, faces that flutter, and heartbeats hiding in plain sight. Get ready to learn a whole new way to look at our wonderfully weird, wibbly-wobbly world!
The Sun is our closest star and so has a huge impact on life on Earth. In addition to providing us with the light and heat we need, the Sun's dynamic features can cause space weather, which can impact things like airplane flight routes, GPS systems and, in extreme cases, can cause electricity blackouts. In this talk I will describe these dynamic features of the Sun and demonstrate that they are associated with the Sun's magnetic field. Although these features are easily visible in the Sun's atmosphere, it is in the solar interior where the Sun's magnetic field originates. We can't see beneath the surface of the Sun, but we can learn about what it's like inside the Sun because the Sun is like a giant musical instrument. I will also describe how we can use the music of the Sun to learn about what it's like inside the Sun and how we're trying to use the music of the Sun to work out what happens to the solar magnetic field beneath its visible surface. In addition to a talk, we will have some hand-on activities, where you can learn more about the dynamic features of the Sun and how they relate to the everyday science we experience on Earth.
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