Helen brought her bags full of enthusiasm to the Isle of Wight when she enlightened the audience about the world of Bubbles that she inhabits.
It’s highly-likely that you had no idea quite how fascinating Bubbles are if you haven’t heard Helen speak about them before.
Here’s a smattering of many things Helen covered –
Continue reading Dr Helen Czerski: Bubbles – The Bath and Beyond
At the January meeting Dr Gareth Dyke, a senior lecturer at Southampton University, laid out his case that birds evolved from Dinosaurs, fully engaging the considerable audience.
He started off giving the history of discovery and how the idea fell out of favour until the 1960s/70s. 1987 was a huge leap forward, before which almost nothing was know about evolution of flight in birds.
To illustrate the connection, Gareth gave many examples of similarities of the body structures of birds and dinosaurs.
Interestingly, relatively little is known about the relationships between the orders of bird, when compared with details known about mammals.
Continue reading Dr Gareth Dyke: The Evolution of Birds from Dinosaurs
At a packed event at the end of last year, John Yelland, a physicist and an engineer based on the Island, put forward his theories on Wind turbines and his belief that the UK’s energy policy is going in the wrong direction by backing wind turbines.
He covered the other energy sources currently available, he also discusses the ‘Renewable obligation’ and ends on the need to control future demand.
Have a listen after the jump …
Continue reading John Yelland: ‘Are we throwing caution to the wind?’
Professor Heather Viles presentation was very well received last night.
Giving many examples from around the World, Heather showed how conservation is the way forward rather than the ‘seal it in aspic’ approach of preservation.
Her central message, beside the science is needed to understand and conserve these items is that, you want to be a geographer – not only is it fascinating, but you have great fun doing it!
Slide and audio after the jump
Continue reading Prof. Heather Viles: Science & conservation in Cultural heritage presentation
Last night Professor Mark Hanson presented his talk, based on his new book, Fat, Fate & Obesity.
His upbeat presentation style kept the audience engaged, as he revealed research with surprising conclusions.
The recording of his presentation and the following Q&A session are below.
Continue reading Prof. Mark Hanson: Fat, Fate & Obesity talk
After a working lifetime in the commercial field of drug development, David Livingstone left the world of large chemical companies to setup his own consultancy, ChemQuest, while exploring the academic world at the Centre for Molecular Design at University of Portsmouth.
The talk he gave to the Isle of Wight branch of Cafe Scientifique covered the history and development of drugs.
Listen to his presentation and look at his slides is below …
Continue reading David Livingstone on the History And Development Of Drugs
Dr. Alan Chambers, a senior lecturer in the department of Materials Engineering at Southampton University, spoke about “Engineering in Medicine, Art, Fashion & Sport”.
It included such subjects as stress testing historical tapestries and why our first fleet of commercial jet aircraft, the Comets, had several tragic crashes.
Listen to his presentation …
Continue reading Dr. Alan Chambers: Material engineering in Medicine, Art, Fashion & Sport
Dr Peter Oliver from the Medical Research Council in Oxford speaking about sleep in his talk is entitled “Have I got snooze for you”. An entertaining talk looking at aspects of sleep you may not have thought about.
The recording of Peter’s presentation is below …
Continue reading Dr Peter Oliver: ‘Have I Got Snooze For You’
The March Cafe Scientifique meeting saw Jolyon Chesworth, the Manager of the South East Marine Conservation Project at the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust speak about Marine Conservation.
He spoke about about the scientific data that led to the establishment of the project and the proposed conservation zones to protect marine biodiversity and how they will be monitored.
His presentation is below …
Continue reading Jolyon Chesworth’s Marine Conservation Presentation
A strong turnout of again of around 80 people for Garry Momber’s talk at the new venue, The Regency Suite in Shanklin.
Garry is the Director of The Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology and spoke on “The Unique Stratified Mesolithic site at Bouldnor Cliff.”
Here’s the audio of Garry’s presentation …