Past Talks
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Monday 20th November 2023
How Truly Rational is the Brain?
Paul Devonshire
Monday 16th October 2023
Slides for Listening for better hearing
Dr Kate Hough
Monday 18th September 2023
Kevin Brown MBE FInstP CPhys
17th July 2023
Astronomy and the Telescope.
Chris Law
19th June 2023
Vascular Surgery: Servicing the body’s plumbing
Simon Fraser MD FRCS
15th May 2023
Mighty Hunter - Reflections of a RAF Nimrod Pilot in the final years of the Cold War
Mike Onley
20th March 2023
Andrew Burke
More information here https://www.nats.aero/
20th February 2023
Aerial drones to deliver medical and essential supplies
Prof Tom Cherrett
16th January 2023
What is the James Webb Telescope, and where is it?
Bob Hornby
21st November 2022
Learning from accidents: an introduction to railway signalling in the UK
Dr Robin Wilson
17th October 2022
The Science of Bats
Nik Knight
19th September 2022
The Salt Routes
Anthony Poulton-Smith
20th June 2022
Using data to improve patient care
Prof Jim Briggs, Director, Centre for Healthcare Modelling and Informatics (CHMI)University of Portsmouth
30th May 2022
Kevin Brown, Distinguished Scientist, Elekta
21st March 2022
Professor Daniel Thomas, Head of the School of Mathematics & Physics, University of Portsmouth
21st February 2022
Fusion: Something for nothing?
Dr John Allen
Jan 17th 2022
The Importance of our Kelp Forests Dr Ian Hendy, Dept Marine Biology Portsmouth University. Watch Sir David Attenborough's video here Video. Further information at Sussex Kelp.
Nov 15th 2021
Victims of Computer Misuse Prof Mark Button, Director of the Centre for Counter Fraud Studies, Portsmouth University. Further information at centre for counter fraud studies
Oct 18th 2021
Future Rail Power Options David Shirres, Retired Network Rail engineer and Rail Engineer magazine editor
Sept 27th 2021
The Gut Microbiota in Health and Disease. Katie Guzzetta, PhD Candidate at APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork
Jul 19th 2021
Banking the World's Seeds Rachael Davies,Germination Specialist, Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Adopt a Seed: link at the end of the presentation
Jun 21st 2021
Southsea Coastal Scheme - Designing Sea Defences Rupert Teesdale, Project Manager, Coastal Defences and Thomas Green, Sceintist with Royal HaskonigDHV
May 17th2021
Fungal Neuroscience Dr Prof Andrew Adamatsky, Professor in Unconventional Computing, UWE, Bristol
Apr 19th 2021
Monitoring the Environment from Space Dr Robin Wilson; who works freelance on novel applications of geospatial data
Mar 15th 2021
Development of a Deep Geological Disposal Facility for Nuclear Waste in the UK, Mark Kirkbride, Member on the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM)
Jan 18th 2021
Fibre Optics can Save the World. Dr M Patridge, Southamptopn University
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Nov 16th 2020
An Introduction to the World of Offshore Wind Anne-marie Coyle, Sales Director, GE Renewable Energy
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Oct 26th 2020
Every breath you take: how the lung defends itself Dr K Staples, Southampton University
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Sept 21st 2020
Was Einstein Right that he was Wrong? Prof D Thomas, Portsmouth University
Feb 17th 2020
Cancer Immunology Dr Edd James, Southampton University
Jan 20th 2020
Social coordination in great apes and human children Dr Sophie Milward, Portsmouth University
Nov 18th 2019
Preparations for the new Aircraft Carrier in Portsmouth Dockyard. Capt I Greenlees MOD Portdmouth
Oct 21st 019
Extreme Environments. The impact of extreme environments on humans Prof Mike Tipton, Portsmouth University
Sept 16th 2019
Printed Semiconductors and the future of Electronics Dr Sebastian Wood, National Physical Laboratory, London
July 15th 2019
Take Back your Online Privacy Hugh Cull, IT Educational Trainer, Highbury College, Portsmouth
May 20th 2019
The death of the internal combustion engine: what comes next? Dr Gareth Hinds, National Physcial Laboratory, London
Mar 18th 2019
From Chernobyl to Fukushima: environmental impacts Prof Jim Smith, Portsmouth University
Feb 18th 2019
How Groups deal with Complexity Capt Jonathan Huxley , Royal Fleet Auxillary
Jan 21st 2019
Precious Metals Mr Alastair Alexander, Reitred CEO Engelhard Group
Nov 19th 2018
Fighting Crime with Ion Beams Dr Melanie Bailey, Surrey University
Oct 15th 2018
Ground water in Asian Deltas: the Good, the Bad, and the Awkward. Dr Mo Hoque, Portsmouth University
Sept 17th 2018
Antibiotic Resistance - a new threat? Dr S Fouch, Portsmouth University
July 16th 2018
Forensic DNA Fingerprinting Prof P Goldfarb, Surrey University
June 18th 2018
Medical Detection Dogs. Mr T Dawes, Medical Detection Dogs, Milton Keynes
May 21st 2018
The Rise of Ransomware. Mr Bruce McGavin, BetaPlus Cub, West Ashling
April 16th 2018
Managing water resources in a complex world. Dr Julia Brown, Portsmouth University
March 19th 2018
On a wild goose chase for the world's highest flying bird. Dr Lucy Hawkes, Exeter University
February 19th 2018
A changing climate and landscape: visions of a future Britain Dr Mark Hardiman, Dept Geography, Portsmouth University
January 15th 2018
Universe Matters Prof Daniel Thomas, Dept Astrophysics, Portsmouth University
November 20th 2017
The Wonderful World of Natural Navigation Tristan Gooley, Natural Navigator
October 16th 2017
Water, water everywhere, but is it fit to drink? Prof Graham Mills, Portsmouth University
September 18th 2017
Beekeeping Discoveries Stuart Smith, Vice Chair, Chichester Beekeeping Association
July 17th 2017
Dust, Oil and Elephants. Dr Mike Fowler, Reader in Geochemistry, Portsmouth University
June 19th 2017
The UK Electricity Supply Network. David Harris, Retired Engineer
March 20th 2017
Biomaterials and Nanotechnology Dr. Eugen Barbu, Research Fellow, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Portsmouth University
February 20th 2017
Underutilised crops in an over-utilised world Dr. Mark A. Chapman, Biological Sciences Dept, University of Southampton
January 16th 2017
Energy policy and security in the 21st Century Dr Ed Stoddard, Lecturer, Portsmouth University
November 21st 2016 CANCELLED. Rebooked for October 2017
Water, water everywhere-but is it fit to drink? Dr Graham Mills
October 17th 2016
The Science of Bats: echolocation, flight and thermal regulation Mr Nik Knight
September 19th 2016
Confessions of a Weather Man Mr Ian Hurst
July 18th 2016
Technology in Bank Notes Mr Paul Chapman
June 20th 2016
The Diamond Light Source: a research facility delving into the secrets of atoms Laura Holland, Public Engagement manager, Diamond Light Source
May 16th 2016
Preventing Blindness in the Bolivian Amazon Mr Dave Goldsmith, Medical Scientist Andean Medical Mission
April 18th 2016
Public Service or Private Profit? – Nineteenth Century Civil Engineers and Public Health Reform. Dr Bob Otter, Retired Lecturer in Civil Engineering at Portsmouth University
March 21st 2016
Please don’t buy an electric car! Professor Averil Macdonald, OBE; Director of STEM at Highbury College, Portsmouth and Professor Emerita of Science Engagement at the University of Reading
January 18th 2016
Like infant, like dog? Dogs understanding of human forms of communication Dr Juliane Kaminski Senior Lecturer in Comparative Cognition, Portsmouth University
November 16th 2015
Science in the service of Henry VIII: conserving a Tudor warship Eleanor Schofield, Conservation Manager, Mary Rose Trust
October 19th 2015
Coastal change past and present Peter Murphy, retired archeological consultant, English Heritage
September 21st 2015
Resource Efficiency for Crop Production. Prof Peter Gregory, Chief Executive, East Malling Research, Kent
July 20th 2015
Public Service or Private Profit? – Nineteenth Century Civil Engineers and Public Health Reform. Dr Bob Otter, Retired Lecturer in Civil Engineering at Portsmouth University
June 15th 2015
A Walk in Tropical Forests. Professor E.B. Gareth Jones, Department of Botany and Microbiology, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
May 18th 2015
Food Allergies. Prof Tara Dean, Department of health Sciences, Portsmouth University.
April 20th 2015
Materials in Action. Dr Diane Aston, Training and Education Executive, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining , Grantham
March 16th 2015
Sex and the Planet", is this the most dangerous human activity, for all life on earth? Prof J Guillebaud Professor of Family Planning and Reproductive Health, University College London
January 19th 2015
Development of Clock Making Mr Malcolm Archer, Clockmaker and Tutor West Dean College, Chichester