Previous Talks – Science at Fishbourne

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Rewilding

What is it, and how is it different to more traditional forms of nature conservation?

Tony Whitbread runs rewilding safaris at Knepp Wildland. Tony’s presentation will share his experience at Knepp to help illustrate what rewilding is in practice, giving…

Can a Cosmic Void Get Cosmology Out of its Hole?

The standard cosmological model is facing a serious challenge. When observations of the infant Universe are combined with the physics of the Big Bang, the model predicts…

Dr Indranil Banik

Protecting Fighter Pilots From High G

A (female) subject’s perspective

One of the challenges experienced by fighter pilots is the high G forces caused by rapid combat manoeuvres. Opened in 1955, the Farnborough centrifuge was able to safely…

Artificial Intelligence

An overnight success 70 years in the making

Artificial Intelligence is reshaping science, work and daily life, yet its roots stretch back more than 70 years. This talk traces that long history - from early symbolic…

Dr Paul Stallard

Prawns on Prozac, whatever next, Crabs on Cocaine

Alex will discuss why we should be concerned about sewage discharges locally into the Solent and nationally. He will also spotlight through a community funded citizen…

Professor Alex Ford

The Magic of the Electron Microscope

Dr Ian Goodall’s presentation to Science at Fishbourne this month, opened our eyes to how progress in technology has transformed our view of the living cell; how progress…

The History and Science behind Dentistry

The presentation will highlight how dentistry has evolved through the years to what it is today and include the science which makes our trips to the dentist less of a worry…

How Predicting the Future can be Difficult

A Brief History of Computing

Many of us may have received manipulated video clips instead of Christmas and New year cards this year, so the pace of change, and the power and versatility of computing is…

It’s computing Jim, but not as we know it

An introduction to Quantum Computing

Quantum computing is a revolutionary approach to computation that harnesses the principles of quantum mechanics. Unlike classical computers, quantum computers utilise the…

A cheaper, quicker, cleaner addition to the UK’s Transport Infrastructure

This will be a network of one way Eways for lightweight ‘Ecars’ using the margins between the fence-lines either side of major road and rail routes and elevated across open…

The Panama Canal

The Gateway between Oceans

This talk will include how it was started, the dangers for the workers, the incredible machines invented to build the canal, the skill of the surveyors to find the…

Behind the Streams

The Technology That Powers Netflix, iPlayer and the Others

In this talk we’ll look at some of the key technology behind today’s streaming platforms and find out:

Dr Paul Stallard

Magnetism

A Whistle Stop tour of the History, Materials and Applications of Magnetic Science from the Bronze Age to the Edge of the Universe (and Beyond).

David Widdup, MA (Cantab) Physics, Biochemistry, Computer Science

CANCELLED: A History of the Universe in <<100 Observations

Unfortunately Andrew was ill on the day and unable to attend. We will look to reschedule his talk at some point in the future.

The wildlife and wild places of Sussex

The Sussex Wildlife Trust has some 32 nature reserves, home to a large number of interesting, unusual species, and comprised of rich, diverse habitats. This talk will not…

Dr Tony Whitbread

Drones in Action

The Scope for Transforming Medical Logistics

Tom Cherrett, Professor of Logistics and Transport Management, University of Southampton, will give an overview of how drones are being used across a range of industrial…

Professor Tom Cherrett

The Story of Vaccines

Edward Jenner to the Covid 19 vaccine

The talk describes the devastating effects of pandemics such as plague, TB and smallpox, prior to the advent of vaccination. I describe how the remarkable Lady Mary Wortley…

Lowering Our Carbon Footprint

A Personal Journey

Since moving to Fishbourne, 6 years ago, we have been lowering our Carbon footprint. My talk will cover some interesting things that I have learned on the way. There often…

Kevin Brown MBE CPhys FlnstP

Clawed Frogs and Medicine

Pregnancy Testing to Disease Diagnosis

Matt Guille grew up on the Island of Guernsey before his degree and PhD in Biochemistry at King’s College London. Post-doctoral research at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund…

Professor Matt Guille

The James Webb Telescope

Looking up into the night sky, may fill us with wonder, and many questions will arise. Robert Hornby, helped us see the answers to some of our questions; answers being…

The Wonders of Water

How often do we take water for granted? Gary Mason, made us think immediately, with a stream of facts. I wonder how many we were aware of:

Food to Dye For

How man-made chemicals became legalised food ingredients

How Chemical Dyes Changed the West’s Relationship with Food

Dr Carolyn Cobbold

What is Sports Science?

Those of us who only know sport at school and college as: physical education, came away from today’s science talk with plenty of new information to process. If we hadn’t…

Professor Mike Lauder and Professor Sam Blacker

Clean Rivers and Seas

Science at Fishbourne, saw four representatives from Southern Water at this month’s meeting. Perhaps they were keen to keep good relations with us and with people generally.…

There is No Wealth but Life

This month, Science at Fishbourne, welcomed back Dr Tony Whitbred, President, and formerly Chief Executive of the Sussex Wildlife Trust. Last year he spoke to us on “Climate…

Dr Tony Whitbread

An Internal Climate Crisis

Lessons From The Microbes That Live Within

I will be as amazed as you, if I manage to write up a simple review of today’s talk by: Dr James Kinross FRCS PhD, Colorectal Surgeon and Consultant Surgeon at Imperial…

Dr James Kinross

Competitive Angling as a Scientific Tool

The CAST Project

The waters of the Solent are of great interest to us, as this is our local area, and Georgina Banfield, from Portsmouth University presented an excellent insight into a new…

Georgie Banfield

Magnetic Resonance Guided Radiotherapy

Kevin Brown, MBE, CPhys, FlnstP was Science at Fishbourne’s speaker on the 22^nd April. How lucky we are that he joined our group in January!

Kevin Brown MBE

Dark Universe

The invisible majority of the Cosmos

When attempting to write up this complex subject, my first observation is clear: One of the brightest stars in The Universe is Dr Daniela Saadah. Her presentation was…

Dr Daniela Saadeh

Chernobyl

Science, Society and Vodka

Jim has worked for more than 30 years on the environmental consequences of radioactive pollutants in the environment, and his current research interests include the…

Professor Jim Smith

The Man Who Caught a Million Criminals

Invention of DNA Fingerprinting

Ian, biology teacher and previously Head Teacher at Yateley School (the largest secondary school in north east Hampshire), found no issues of class behaviour at Science at…