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An Audience with...

23 March 2010

Join the Guardian's 'Tech Weekly' podcast team for a live recording of their award-winning programme, plus a Q and A session with a special guests - Austin Heap, developer of encryption software Haystack and Christine Zaba, NO2ID.

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What Are Games Really Teaching Us?

25 March 2010

Computer games are increasingly being used in schools. What else are children taking on board, apart from just the three Rs? Join the debate and test out the titles, to discover the good and bad that games can teach us.

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Technology You Can’t Live Without

26 March 2010

Technology moves at lightning speeds - how can you keep up with it all? Join us to catch up on the latest innovations and trends with an evening of fast-fire, technology-inspired presentations from celebrities, luminaries and experts.

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The Science Museum's Dana Centre is an adult-only venue that lets you explore issues in contemporary science through dialogue, interaction, performance and art whilst enjoying food and drinks in our fully-licensed café-bar.

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  • Food by Fraud

    Could you use smell alone to detect the hidden ingredients in a specially created menu? Can you beat the expert tasters and the machine?

  • Going Neutral

    Carbon offsetting? That is so last-year! View the show about infidelity offsetting and see the post-show debate on carbon economy.

  • What is Creativity?

    We take an original and inventive look at the possibilities...

  • Static Shadows

    Discover how an invisible physical phenomenon has been revealed within an amazing textile-static mirror.

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Veggie Might

"Could going veggie save the planet?" - The Dana Team

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Dinner@Dana: Social Surveillance

"Has the rise of social networking sites really improved your social life?" - The Dana team

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Climate (Mis)behaviour

"Which strategies would be most effective in creating the behavioural changes necessary to reduce climate change?" - The Dana team

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Melanin Effects, Not So Black and White

"The chemistry of melanin is important in dermatology, ophthalmology etc etc. These topics were only touched upon. Why anyone can think of the skin classification system as racist is beyond me!..." - Matthew

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God/religion

"....I believe that if there is a "god" things are really very different than most religions perceive them..." - partiminsomniac

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Science on the news

"Would it be possible to make newspapers and research organisations that distribute their press releases to journalists responsible for nonsense and misleading information?" - Elena Girard

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