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SCIENCE
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TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THE PAST
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TOPICS COVERED IN 2006
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12 Jan
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Past Times
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9 Feb
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Origins of the Earth
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9 Mar
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Life and Entropy
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13 Apr
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Composition of the Seabed
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11 May
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Interpreting Sonar Signals
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8 Jun
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The Periodic Table
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13 Jul
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Making Sense
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12 Oct
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The Technology of Tyres and Vehicle Handling
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14 Dec
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Developments in Printing
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TOPICS COVERED IN 2007
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11 Jan
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Gait
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8 Feb
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Nuclear Power Sources
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8 Mar
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Brainworks
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12 Apr
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Tall Buildings
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10 May
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Organic Chemistry
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14 Jun
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The Nitrogen Cycle
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12 Jul
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Memory
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9 Aug
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Science and Nature
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13 Sept
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Uncertainty
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11 Oct
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Some Philosophical Thoughts relating to Science
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8 Nov
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Anomalies
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13 Dec
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Optical Illusions
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TOPICS COVERED IN 2008
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10 Jan
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The Structure of Water Masses
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14 Feb
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One Thing Leads to Another
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13 Mar
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Boltzmann's Method of Philosophy
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10 Apr
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Chlorophyll
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8 May
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Colour in Plants
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12 Jun
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J.L.W.Thudichum: Father of Neurochemistry?
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10 Jul
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Vibration in Mechanical Engineering
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14 Aug
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The Science of "His Dark Materials"
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11 Sept
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The Evolution of Consciousness
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9 Oct
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Collective Behaviour in Biology
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13 Nov
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Radar Assisted Collisions
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11 Dec
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Is there a gene for happiness? (DVD)
Emergent behaviour (Demonstration)
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TOPICS COVERED IN 2009
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15 Jan
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Neuro-psychology
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Audio Recording
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12 Feb
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Bar Coding and the Gene
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John
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19 Mar
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The birth of the RepRap printer - a self-replicating machine
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Ed Sells
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9 Apr
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Laws of Nature
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Geoff
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14 May
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The Chemistry of Ribosomes
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Jill
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11 June
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The Design Process
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Dennis
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9 July
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Climate Change
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Roger
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13 Aug
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Vision
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Derek
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10 Sept
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Mitochondria
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Andy
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8 Oct
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Moral and Ethical Dilemmas opened up by Cutting Edge Science
VIEW PAPER (PDF).
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David
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12 Nov
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A Matter of Timing
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Roy
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10 Dec
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Discussion of some dilemmas
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see Oct
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TOPICS COVERED IN 2010
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14 Jan
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NO MEETING THIS MONTH
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11 Feb
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Are you a hearty beast?
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John
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11 Mar
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Underwater monitoring of polar weather: Arctic field measurements and tank experiments
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Melanie Collins
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8 Apr
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Hearing
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Derek
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13 May
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Meditations on Science
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Dennis
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10 June
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Design of Seeds
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Rosemary
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8 July
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Water
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Jill
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12 Aug
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Aircraft Automatic Landing Systems
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Dickon Povey
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9 Sept
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Calendars
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Andy
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14 Oct
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Mars
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Joan
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11 Nov
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Information Technology: Part 1
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Geoff
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9 Dec
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Information Technology: Part 2
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Geoff
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TOPICS COVERED IN 2011
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13 Jan
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Mobile Phones
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Dickon Povey
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10 Feb
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Seeing is believing
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John
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10 Mar
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Near and far
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Roy
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14 Apr
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Geology
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Dennis
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12 May
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What is reality?
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Geoff
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9 June
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Gödel
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Roger L
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7 July
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Human elements
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Jill
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11 Aug
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Human motor control
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Derek
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8 Sept
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Encryption
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Andy
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13 Oct
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Temperature control of a human body
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David
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10 Nov
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Nanoscience
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Caitlin Rice
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8 Dec
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Serendipitous Inventions
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