Category: Events
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Pint of Science 2025!
Pint of Science 2025, 19th- 21st May, 36 talks across 6 locations! Join us for a pint and a peek into the latest discoveries shaping our world.
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Edinburgh Science Festival 2025
When?: Saturday 5th April – Sunday 20th April What is it?: Last weekend marked the start of the Edinburgh Science Festival 2025! The event runs over Easter every year and includes lectures, shows and activities all around the city, designed to celebrated Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). This year, the festival is running from…
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Celebrate British Science Week 2025!
British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering, and maths, running from Saturday 7th March to Sunday 16th March! Visit the official website to download kids’ activity packs and explore other resources at https://www.britishscienceweek.org/ Exciting events are taking place in cities across the UK and although Edinburgh isn’t hosting one this year,…
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APEX7: Edinburgh Medical Students Advancing the Frontiers of Medical Research
Discover the adventure of a lifetime with APEX 7. Learn how Edinburgh students can join a one-in-a-lifetime expedition to the Bolivian Andes, participate in cutting edge research and explore one of the world’s most breathtaking regions.
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A scientist walks into a bar…
Pint of Science is running this year from 13-15th May across Edinburgh. Katie Pickup shares how the festival not only brings science to the public but also serves as a vital space for scientists to cross disciplines, spark collaborations, and explore new skills in a relaxed and laughter-filled setting.
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Being a woman in science: Changed times?
As part of the Edinburgh Science Festival, the Royal Society of Edinburgh hosted a panel, “Being a Woman in Science: Changed Times?” The panel brought together three very different women, from three very different backgrounds. Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell is an astrophysicist who grew up in Ireland in the 1950s and made a name…
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A Very Short Introduction to Depression review
CW: mental health Jan Scott, a Professor of Psychological Medicine at Newcastle University, and Dr Mary Jane Tacchi, a consultant psychiatrist, make a formidable duo. The former, more outgoing and easily slipping into the role of professor, the latter slightly more introverted and observant but nevertheless an easy complement to her colleague. This duo took…
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Not an easy choice: the science behind humanity’s dark side
Versatile as ever, The Edinburgh International Science Festival provides insights not only into hard sciences like physics and biology, but also into the less discussed and more volatile pockets of research. Such is the case for The Science Behind Humanity’s Dark Side, a lecture delivered last week by psychologist Dr Julia Shaw, who has spent…
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Neuroscientist Gina Rippon dismantled the myth of the ‘female brain’
The work of Dr Gina Rippon has veered into controversial territory. More controversial, in fact, than you might expect, given that her primary research question is simply “how do brains become different from each other?” The source of much of this controversy is a book that she has written entitled “The Gendered brain,” which challenges…