Exploring Science Group
Group Contact: Anne Lacey
The Exploring Science Group meets on the third Friday of the month at Webheath Village Hall. We have a wide variety of members who share a common interest, Science! You do not have to be a scientist to enjoy our sessions - you just need to be interested!
The meetings are usually, but not exclusively, presentations given by members of the group. These cover a wide range of topics which can promote lively discussion and debate. We have learned about such diverse topics as Green Energy, Numbers, the Structure of Proteins, and Rubber.
| Dates for your Diary | |
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| Fri May 17th | 10.00am at Webheath Village Hall, Heathfield Road, Webheath. John Cartmell will be presenting "Being Together" - the formation of eukaryotic cells leading to four separate lineages: plants, fungi, animals and protists. May’s 'Life Story’ relates how all the life on Earth nearly died (twice!) and from all that produced an answer for life that sounds impossible. The apparent impossibility is how you (and every living thing that you see around you) are formed. Once you have heard the story you can never forget that revelation of your very nature. You may think an asteroid and volcanoes wiping out half the life on Earth was a massive change 66 million years ago; the story we tell on Friday 17th May will make that seem insignificant. In ‘Being Together’ we cover 3,000 million years of life on Earth. It’s what made the last 500 million years of life possible and takes us to where most stories begin. May’s Exploring Science will include the science, speculations, revelations, and even new research reported as recently as this month. It’s about the first steps that produced the complex life that we now know as animals, fungi, and plants. |
| Fri Jun 21st | 10.00am at Webheath Village Hall, Heathfield Road, Webheath. Prof Eric Holub will be presenting his Haricot Beans project. |
| Fri Jul 19th | 10.00am at Webheath Village Hall, Heathfield Road, Webheath. Dr Steve Prosser will be presenting "Home Informatics". I will introduce and explain the topic of home informatics and reflect on some of my early industrial research projects. The presentation will reference sensing technologies, automation and connectivity. There will also be a couple of stories about people that I had the pleasure of working with during my career. |
| Fri Aug 16th | No meeting in August 2024. |
| Fri Sep 20th | 10.00am at Webheath Village Hall, Heathfield Road, Webheath. John Cartmell will be presenting the third in his series of life stories. "Animal Groups" |
| Fri Oct 18th | 10.00am at Webheath Village Hall, Heathfield Road, Webheath. Speaker to be confirmed. |
| Fri Nov 15th | 10.00am at Webheath Village Hall, Heathfield Road, Webheath. Gary Lacey will be presenting "Heroes in Science". |
| Fri Dec 13th | 10.00am at Webheath Village Hall, Heathfield Road, Webheath. Christmas Quiz. |