Monday
Cafe Scientifique is back at the Royal Society with Seeing Double, looking at human figures in computer graphics and asking why the brain struggles to accept them as real. 6:30-8pm at the Royal Society, free and no need to book, but places are first come, first served.
Tuesday
Digital Science host Inventing the Future, a free event looking at what it takes to combine scientific, technological and commercial innovation, the three vital ingredients for building new worlds and the key behind innovation hubs such as Silicon Valley and Boston. 6:30-10pm at the Royal Institution: currently sold out, but worth watching for any returns.
Wednesday
Science London, the event for science fans of a crafty disposition is doing printing tonight, with patterns found in nature, from pineapples to crystals. £2 for a bag to print on, or you can bring your own. 7pm start; get there early to reserve a table.
Meanwhile at the Royal Institution, Alok Jha and guests will be recording Science Weekly, the Guardian’s science podcast, live in front of an audience. Audience participation promised. Free, 7pm start.
Thursday
With the sunny weather, it couldn’t be more perfect timing for the events programme at Kew Gardens to restart and tonight’s event is entitled Cosmic Oasis, a look at the cosmic events which have left our little blue planet as the only known place in the universe with life. 7pm at Kew; £5 entry.
Friday
The lunchtime lecture at the Royal Society today asks whether modern plastics have lived up to the grand dreams of early pioneers like Leo Baekeland. 1pm, free, all welcome.
The Weekend
The Kirkaldy Testing Museum, which bizarrely doesn’t have its own website, has an open day on the first Sunday of the month (this Sunday) to see its varied collection of machines.
Hampstead Observatory is still running its winter schedule of observing, open Friday and Saturday night 8-10pm for star gazing and Sunday 11-1pm for sun gazing. Free and no need to book, but all weather dependent, so check first.
You can follow the Nature Network London Google calendar of events in London at https://blogs.nature.com/london/2011/05/17/scientific-events-calendar. Updated daily.
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As well as our regularly maintained calendar, you can find lots of other suggestions of science-y events in London. We have compiled a list of some other places to look: we will continue adding to this list, and please do, as always, send us additions for it:
Collections and calendars
Londonist recommendations: All things scientific, technical and geeky
Ian Visits: A calendar of all types of events in London, including science and engineering, with added editorial
Museums, societies etc:
Wellcome Collection: Regular events and exhibitions of a medical flavour at the Wellcome Collection on Euston Road
Royal Institution: Miscellaneous science and policy events
Royal Society: Science, policy and conferences
ZSL: Zoological Society of London; occasional events on conservation and zoology
Hunterian Museum: Part of the Royal College of Surgeons, with a treasure trove of specimens and surgical paraphenalia
University calendars (usually featuring dozens of events per week):