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Science and Society
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Coordinator: Ann Apps

Meetings : Monthly 4th Wednesday afternoon, 2-4pm,
in New Mills Adult Education Centre

Contact: science@newmillsu3a.org.uk

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The Science and Society Group

This group, set up in April 2009, looks at scientific and technological developments and how they affect our lives. Each meeting's discussion is usually led by a member of the group. No particular knowledge of science is required, just an enquiring mind and a concern for the role of science and technology in today's world.

The continuing programme depends, to an extent, on issues which have attracted the attention of popular media as well as scientific literature. This somewhat ad hoc approach means that we lack structure but enables us to keep abreast of contemporary developments and concerns and enables new members to join us if they have a particular interest. We look forward to developing this flexibility as we welcome non-group-members to come to occasional meetings and to suggest further topics.


Programme

Provisional programme:

August 2018 No Meeting  
26 September 2018 Vertical Measurement Ann
24 October 2018 Drake Equation Steve
28 November 2018 Plastic packaging and recycling Chris

Recent Meetings
More details of previous meetings are available on our Science and Society Blog
  • July 2018: Transducers / Sensors
  • June 2018: Gene Editing
  • May 2018: Fibre Optics
  • April 2018: Sewage Disposal
  • March 2018: Robotics
  • January 2018: Milankovich Cycles
  • November 2017: Climate Change
  • October 2017: Water
  • September 2017: Citizen Science
  • July 2017: Artificial Intelligence
  • June 2017: Some Famous Scientists: Thomas Telford; Dorothy Hodgkin; Charnley
  • May 2017: Human Evolution and Development of Tools

Topics of Past Meetings
Electric Arcs Longitude Lithium Nuclear Fusion
The Stirling Engine Sports Engineering The Geological Column Human Migration
Air Pollution from Nitrous Oxides El Nino / La Nina Measurement Finding a geostationary satellite
Renewable/Green Energy (biomass; tidal; water; solar; and wind power) Graphene Fracking The Rosetta mission
Nuclear Power Sleep Spin Offs from Space Geological Time
Satellites Drones Meat The Internet

July 2018