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Science Events In London This Week

Monday

The Royal Geographical Society kicks off the week with an afternoon talk on the history of mapping Africa (2:30-4:30pm). Pay attention while you’re there, because you never know what you’ll need to know for the big event of the evening, the Royal Institution Quiz, hosted by Matt Brown, formerly of NN, and Martin Davies of the RI. No need to book: 7pm start, £2 a head.

Tuesday

In User Heaven or Techno Hell, the Dana Centre asks where computer technology moving into every aspect of our daily lives will lead us. 7pm, free but book.

Meanwhile, Imperial College hosts a double bill of talks: at 6:30pm, a talk on new design paradigms for building structures to be more robust in earthquakes, fires etc. At 7pm, Sanjoy Ray, Director of Technology Innovation at Merck will talk about what innovation means to Merck and how they go about it.

Wednesday

The Dana Centre looks at how science can help communities with no access to reliable energy (7pm, free but book). The Royal Geographic Society hosts a discussion on whether Digital Technology can help Africa develop economically (7pm, tickets £10 for non-members, Bob Geldof sadly no longer chairing). How understanding the nano-machines inside cells is vital for developing new disease therapies is the topic of Imperial’s 5:30pm public lecture .

Thursday

As part of its Water exhibition, the Wellcome Collection hosts a panel discussion entitled Water Rights: Water Wrongs on how engineering and education are improving sanitation in South Asia. Chaired by BBC presenter Claudia Hammond. 7pm, free.

Friday

Feel The Force: is part of Imperial’s energy exhibition Beyond Entropy. Cosmologist Andrew Jaffe, architect Shin Egashira and photographer Goswin Schwedinger will talk about time travel, the human desire to change the past and future, and look at whether sci-fi is close to becoming reality.

Saturday

OpenTech 2011 is a one-day conference at the University of London Union on “slightly different approaches to technology, transport and democracy”. Plenty of scientific speakers: £5 entry.

Sunday

Celebrate International Biodiversity Day at the Natural History Museum with Big Nature Day. Loads of activities for kids (and big kids – anyone fancy pond dipping?). All day.

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    Laura Wheeler said:

    Thanks for the summary Jo…this pond dipping at the Natural History museum sounds interesting, I have only accidently pond dipped in recent years when I was unfortunate enough to trip and fall into one (thankfully it was rather shallow) so I am very keen to find out what that entails! 

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