September 2010
Join us this month to discover how we can compose music from our brain waves, see the UK nuclear power debate from a new perpective and explore the challenges faced by Black scientists.
Music of the Mind
17 September 2010
Join us for a special night of musical performance and scientific exploration, with musician Finn Peters and his band. Discover the latest innovations in brain-computer interface technology that allow us all to compose music from our own brain waves.
Nuclear Power: Green Power?
23 September 2010
Should more nuclear power plants be built in the UK? Can they provide a greener and more secure energy future? This is a hot topic in both environmental and political circles, and here you can discuss it with the experts to make up your own mind.
Dinner@Dana: Neutrino
06 October 2010
Unravel the mystery of the neutrino at a Dinner@Dana evening, as Frank Close, physicist and author of Neutrino, guides you through a fascinating portrait that will shed light on one of the most elusive and enigmatic particles in the universe.
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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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Dinner@Dana: Social Surveillance
"Has the rise of social networking sites really improved your social life?" - The Dana team
Climate (Mis)behaviour
"Which strategies would be most effective in creating the behavioural changes necessary to reduce climate change?" - The Dana team
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
God/religion
"....I believe that if there is a "god" things are really very different than most religions perceive them..." - partiminsomniac
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