April 2006
FameLab
1 April 2006, 09:00 - 19:00
Do you want to become the new face of science? FameLab is a national competition to find the UK's best new talent in science communication. Come along to take part in the London round of the auditions or watch the finalists at 17.00.
Reinventing Technology
4 April 2006, 19:00 - 20:30
Discover new prototype devices and objects from the Science Museum's collections with scientist Adam Hart-Davis and inventor Trevor Baylis. Old and forgotten devices, gadgets and gizmos are being revisited. Find out how new knowledge is breathing life back into old technology.
Why whale?
6 April 2006, 19:00 - 20:30
Log on to the Dana Website and join whale experts on line to find out what the real deal is with scientific whaling. Why do Icelanders practise scientific whaling? What happens to the information they find? Will it help us in future?
DECIDE: Better brains
25 April 2006, 18:30 - 20:30
What makes a better brain? New technologies reveal certain things about us, but can they change who we are? Who will control these technologies? Discuss the potentials and pitfalls of the quest for better brains with the card game DECIDE.
Chernobyl and the Nuclear Debate
26 April 2006, 18:30 - 21:00
The Dana Centre links up live to scientists in Ukraine 20 years after the Chernobyl disaster. Discuss with prominent voices, both here and in Kiev, what nuclear power promised, what it has delivered and whether it really has a future.
Dinner@Dana: How feathers saved the dinosaurs
27 April 2006, 18:30 - 21:00
Contrary to popular belief, dinosaurs almost certainly did not become extinct 65 million years ago at least not quite. Dr Matt Wilkinson, zoologist from the University of Cambridge, explains how the one-time lords of the Earth transformed into the lords of the skies.