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2013
October
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Enlightening the Constitutional Debate
-The Royal Society of Edinburgh, in partnership with the British Academy, is hosting a series of discussion events to enlighten the public debate on Scotland's constitutional future.
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Cafe Sci: The Physics and Philosophy of Time Travel
As Dr Who celebrates its 50th anniversary we’ll discuss how quantum mechanics and general relativity challenge our understanding of time and space and explore the philosophical dimensions of time travel.
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Print Shop Family Fun: Gorgeous Georgians
-Turn yourself into a fashionable Georgian
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Science in the Quad- The Search for the Higgs Boson
Engage with fascinating topics in physics in a new series of public talks.
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Life on Mars - Past, Present and Future
Join Sean at Satropshere's Family Fun day, held in honour of World Space Week. Sean will share his research and discusses the landscape of Mars in the past and what we expect Mars to be like in the future as well as human planetary exploration and the possibility of life...
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The RV Jones Lecture Series - MRI from Medicine to Chemical Engineering
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) found its first applications in medical physics, imaging the human body’s internal structure and blood flow. Like the human body, chemical processes are optically opaque and MRI is one of the few imaging techniques available that can produce images of the fundamental processes at work.
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Scotland and its 21st Century Zoos
Chris West, Iain Valentine and Douglas Richardson hold three of the top positions within the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland. Each a dedicated conservationist and expert in their field, they will be asking - what does and should a 21st century zoo look like? what place do zoos have in...
September
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Things aren't what they seem
What you see isn’t always what you get when it comes to perception! Unable to cope with all the visual information available to us, the brain needs to decide which aspects in our visual fields are important and relevant to us as individuals. However, this makes the visual system vulnerable...
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How to save a life: It's as easy as one, two, three
Have you watched Vinnie Jones in the British Heart Foundation commercial and thought I would like to have a go at saving someone’s life? In this session experienced instructors will go through what to do in easy steps, so that you know what to do in the event of an...
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Aspirin, guinea pigs and horseradish- What did clinical trials ever do for us?
Clinical trials have come a long way since James Lind compared lemons and horseradish as treatments for scurvy while onboard the Salisbury in 1747. For a start, there are lots more of them and the media offers us a daily diet of promising treatments and wonder drugs. But is this...