January 2012
Cancelled - Antibiotics: Weapons of Maths Destruction
24 January 2012, 19:00 - 21:00
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, 19:30 - 21:00
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 Thought: Global or Local
31 January 2012, 19:00 - 21:00
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.