January 2012
From eggs and sperm to the end of the world. Investigate our autumn programme for more fabulous thought provoking events.
Antibiotics: Weapons of Maths Destruction
24 January 2012
Have you been ill recently? Did your doctor give you antibiotics? Are you curious about why they did or didn’t work? Join us for a night of maths, bugs and bendy bands, as we explore the escalating arms race between bacteria and antibiotics.
Migration and genetics
26 January 2012
What can genetics tell us about migration and ourselves? Genetic discoveries challenge ideas about where our ancestors came from. But does genetics help us personally in ‘finding our roots’? And how can we respond when results aren’t what we expect?
Food for for Thought: Global or Local
31 January 2012
The UK is two-thirds self-sufficient in food production, but is this enough? Do your tomatoes come from Extremadura or Essex? What would you miss from a global diet? Let your taste buds do the talking in this delectable discussion.
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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