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Prevention and management of infectious diseases remains one of this century’s biggest challenges. As drugs and vaccinations have proliferated, protection from disease has increasingly been seen as an individual problem, requiring individual action. But due[...]
TUE, 24 MAY AT 14:00, OXFORD Strachey Lecture – Quantum Supremacy – Dr Scott Aaronson (MIT, UT Austin) Quantum Supremacy In the near future, it will likely become possible to perform special-purpose quantum computations that,[...]
For most of the world’s toughest challenges, there exists a tension between the needs of an individual and what is best for the common good. Income derived from fishing may be vital to one country’s[...]
Professor Trevor Young, Dean of the University of Toronto and world expert on bipolar disorder, is coming to Oxford to give a talk on “Your Brain Needs YOU: Why Psychiatry Is the Best Specialty for[...]
Check out http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/oxford-science-fair.html for a full list of stalls. This is a FREE, drop in event with something for the whole family. Saturday 25 June 12-5pm, Sunday 26 June 1-5pm.
Bookseller and chef turned food writer for The Telegraph, Xanthe Clay shares her tips for successful food writing whilst demonstrating a recipe from The Contented Cook.
Join Great British Bake Off winner, Frances Quinn, as she demonstrates how to decorate gorgeous Confetti Cupcakes with beautiful Marzipan Bees while talking about her design background and Quinntessential Baking cookbook. Save up your questions[...]
Award-winning chef and restaurateur specialising in Italian, vegetarian and seafood cuisine discusses some of his favourite Italian dishes.
Date/Time: Monday 27 June 12:30-13:15 Venue: Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford Admissions: Free, Drop-In Suitability: 14+ Find out more: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com Explore mental health questions with authors of the ‘A very short introduction’ series, and researchers and health[...]
Date/Time: Tuesday 28 June 12:30-13:15 Venue: Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford Admissions: Free, Drop-In Suitability: 14+ Find out more: www.oxscifest.org Explore mental health questions with authors of the ‘A very short introduction’ series, and researchers and health[...]
Britain’s most famous mathematician explores the limits of human knowledge, to probe whether there is anything we truly cannot know. Are there limits to what we can discover about our physical Universe? Is time before[...]
Ludo, snakes & ladders and draughts are all popular pastimes, but in the past couple of decades a new generation of board games from designers with backgrounds in maths and science has begun to break[...]
Date/Time: Wednesday 29 June 12:30-13:15 Venue: Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford Admissions: Free, Drop-In Suitability: 14+ Find out more: www.oxscifest.org Explore mental health questions with authors of the ‘A very short introduction’ series, and researchers and health[...]
Date/Time: Thursday 30 June 12:30-13:15 Venue: Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford Admissions: Free, Drop-In Suitability: 14+ Find out more: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com Explore mental health questions with authors of the ‘A very short introduction’ series, and researchers and health[...]
Date/Time: Friday 1 July 12:30-13:15 Venue: Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford Admissions: Free, Drop-In Suitability: 14+ Find out more: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/friday.html Explore mental health questions with authors of the ‘A very short introduction’ series, and researchers and health[...]
Imagine constantly worrying about something that you know is not real, or feel a deep anxiety that only repetitive (and often embarrassing) behavior can diminish. Now imagine this happening 24 hours a day for 365[...]
Psychologist in the Pub events are completely free and open to everyone, so please join us on: Thursday 7th July, 6:30 for 7pm start, with Dr Kinga Komarzynska & Dr Chelsea Slater What can we[...]
The Weston Library will be opening its doors for visitors to see many of the wonderful things that the University of Oxford has to offer. Doors open at 1 however talks will be from 1:15[...]
Get your game face on – it’s poker night at Science Oxford. Brush off your pack of cards and outplay Lady Luck with an evening of poker probability and psychology. Learn more about the head[...]
Prime numbers are fundamentally important in mathematics. What can bracelets reveal about the distribution of the primes? Join us to hear Dr Vicky Neale discuss this topic, discover some of the beautiful properties of prime[...]
‘Depression and the Brain’ will be discussed from the point of view of neuroscience, psychology/psychiatry and philosophy. Three eminent speakers will give talks and arising questions will be discussed under audience participation. Tea and coffee[...]
Join us as we cook up a feast for Edward Jenner and explore the culture of eating and drinking in Georgian England. In this talk, food historians Marc Meltonville, Elena Griffith-Hoyle and Sarah Warren will[...]
‘Developmental risk and resilience: The challenge of translating multi-level data to concrete interventions’ In these Loebel lectures Prof Essi Viding will use disruptive behaviour disorders as an illustrative example to introduce the challenges we face[...]
Our rapidly changing technological landscape is having a massive impact on social and economic inequality. Dr Craig Holmes, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, considers how[...]
‘Developmental risk and resilience: The challenge of translating multi-level data to concrete interventions’ In these Loebel lectures Prof Essi Viding will use disruptive behaviour disorders as an illustrative example to introduce the challenges we face[...]
‘Developmental risk and resilience: The challenge of translating multi-level data to concrete interventions’ In these Loebel lectures Prof Essi Viding will use disruptive behaviour disorders as an illustrative example to introduce the challenges we face[...]
A twenty minute talk to introduce the topic, followed by Q&As and about an hour’s discussion. All welcome.
Evgenia Emets, Katerina Loschinina and Oliver Gingrich from Analema Group will talk about their ongoing research and artistic project KIMA, exploring sound through its visual counterpart – geometry and light. They will speak on how[...]
A twenty minute talk to introduce the topic, followed by Q&As and about an hour’s discussion. All welcome.
Jenny Josephs & Why eating insects might soon become the new normal By 2050 the global population will reach 9 billion and this will put ever increasing pressure on food and environmental resources. It will[...]
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