March 2007
Losing My Marbles? Who, Me?
1 March 2007, 19:00 - 20:30
We may never stop learning and our memories make us who we are. But as we age, the brain’s ability gradually fades. We enjoy the prospect of a longer life, but is there a price to pay?
NESTA FameLab
6 March 2007, 19:00 - 21:30
Are you ready to talk science? NESTA FameLab is a national competition to find the new voices of UK science and engineering. Come along at 09.00 to take part in the London heat or watch the regional final at 19.00.
The Scientist Who Loved Me
7 March 2007, 19:00 - 20:30
Lie detectors, surveillance and Bond girls... Join Richard Wiseman and others to explore the psychology of spying. Can psychology help people assume another identity and become a better liar? Can science uncover the perfect theme song for a spy film, and settle once and for all who was the best Bond?
Blow Your Mind
8 March 2007, 19:00 - 20:30
Check out the universe’s big questions – the ones that only physics can answer. What is everything made of? What happened at the beginning? Take a trip to the frontier of human knowledge with experts who delight in speaking plain English.
Can’t Sing, Won’t Sing
13 March 2007, 19:30 - 21:00
So you think you’re tone deaf? Can’t sing in tune? For some, a condition called ‘amusia’ means they cannot perceive music or reproduce it. The problem makes music seem at best pointless, but, much worse, can leave sufferers socially isolated.
Re-wired
14 March 2007, 19:00 - 20:30
Qualia Theatre’s performance outlines how trauma to the brain can ‘rewire’ us, our thoughts, our emotions, our actions. Get to grips with the neurology of emotion and experiences of living through brain injury in discussion with scientists after the performance.
Words Cannot Say It All
15 March 2007, 19:00 - 20:30
Speech is one of the most powerful skills we possess. How does the brain enable us to speak in other languages, communicate when we cannot hear and compensate for damage after a stroke or injury?
Private Identities, Public Property?
20 March 2007, 19:00 - 20:30
Imminent ID cards will use biometric iris scanning and fingerprint identifiers are increasingly used in society. Do these technologies ever fail? Would you give away your unique biometric information for convenience? What might the consequences be?
Dinner@Dana: Bold Frontiers
21 March 2007, 18:30 - 20:30
Scientists are driven to extremes in their quest for knowledge. Join Dinner@Dana to discover the ground-breaking scientists and intellectual pioneers who are mapping out the bold frontiers of mathematics, science and technology today.
A Warming Meal
22 March 2007, 19:00 - 20:30
The food in our supermarkets seems impervious to the weather outside. But with a changing climate, what we grow and eat will have to change. Talk about the upheavals facing agriculture and how it affects what’s on our plates…
Keeping an Eye On
27 March 2007, 19:00 - 20:30
Step into the future and find out who might be keeping tabs on whom... Actors present future scenarios revealing how technology might affect our lives. Discuss what future privacy should mean with characters and the experts.
Crack the Code
28 March 2007, 19:00 - 21:00
Will you crack the codes or crack under pressure? Cryptography experts want you for undercover code-breaking in a serious game of encryption and espionage. Book your place, but watch this space for the first clue...
Tracing Your Ancestry
29 March 2007, 19:00 - 21:00
Where do your genetic roots lie? Celebrate the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade as renowned geneticists unravel the DNA of our special guests: Tim Campbell, the winner of The Apprentice in 2005, and Cedric Barber, a white descendant of Samuel Johnson’s servant.