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2026
2026-07 Quadram Institute Visit Report JA
2026-06 Microbes CT
2026-05 Moon Presentation Notes & Credits PC
2026-05 Will Manned Spacecraft Ever Get to Mars MB
2026-04 AI for Everyday Use SP
2026-03 Nuclear Power MO
2026-02 Trust in Science MS
2026-01 Science of Transgender JA
2025
2025-11 Prosthetics BE
2025-09 Evolution of Vertebrates from Invertebrates JA
2025-09 Warm-blooded cf Cold-blooded Animals JA
2025-08 Fracking – Chemical and Environmental Considerations VC (A copy of some slides is available from the Science Study Group Leader)
2025-07 Visit to Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station (No presentation)
2025-06 Solanaceae - Surprising, Suspicious and Sinister plants SL
2025-05 Weather BE
2025-05 If Not One Point Five Then What KD
2025-04 Plastic Films TL
2025-03 Food Climate Biodiversity and Health MS
2025-01 Digital Voice Phones SP
2024
2024-11 Prostate MO
2024-10 Magnetism SP
2024-08 Trailer to the film “Infinite Potential” about the physicist David Bohm:
2024-07 Nervous System and Acupuncture JA
2024-06 Bacteria PW (2)
2024-04 Swifts – Are nest boxes a good idea? JW - A copy of the slides from our guest speaker, John Willis, is available on request from the Science Study Group Leader.
2024-03 Time CT
2024-02 Energy BE
2024-01 Electric Vehicles MB
2023
2023-11 Discussion on UK Gas Use and Fracking. A PDF of slides on Fracking by Stephen Rogers and Rory Edwards is available to members on request from the Science Study Group Leader.
2023-10 Freshwater Habitats KD
2023-10 Lowland Heaths SL
2023-10 Woodland Habitat JA
2023-08 Geology Suffolk MS
2023-07 Mind-Body Interactions MB
2023-06 Medical matters Update JA
2023-06 Climate Crisis- What Can We Do KD
2023-06 AI update MB
2023-04 Water BE
2023-04 Water - A bigger picture MS
2023-03 Fungi CT
2023-02 Cybernetics MB
2023-01 Microplastics TL. This presentation is available on request from the Science Study Group Leader.
Meeting Presentations older than January 2023 in general are not available online (but note 2022-01). A list of the available older Meeting Presentations is given below. To obtain any of these, please contact Science Study Group Leader.
2022
2022-11 Women in Science
- Dorothy Hodgkin JA
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell MS
- Steve Shirley MB
- STM Attitudes among pupils MB
- Women in Science Some Data KD
2022-10 Watching Briefs
- Alzheimer treatment JA
- Heatwaves and Extreme Weather KD
- Smart Cities MB
2022-08 Sustainable Transport KD
2022-07 Parasites and their Life Cycles JA
2022-06 Geology Introduction MB
2022-05 - Visit to farm near Bramfield (No report)
2022-04 Special Theory of Relativity NW
2022-03 Watching Briefs
- Early Birds and Flowers MS
- Biomedical Developments JA
- Technical Brief News Items MB
2022-02 COP26 Outcomes for Climate Change
2022-01 Geomagnetic Pole Reversal JR
2021
2021-11 Alfred R Wallace BE
2021-10 Covid - What have we learned?
-2021-10 Long Covid MS
-2021-10 Long Covid KD
-2021-10 Experience of Covid MB
-2021-10 mRNA Covid JA
2021-09 Post Office Research-Dollis Hill
2021-07 Domestic Energy in the 2030s TL
2021-06 Wine and Health FF
2021-05 Global Heating The 1.5C Limit KD
2021-04 Internet of Things MB
2021-03 Carbon Capture BE
2021-02 COVID Public Health MS
2021-01 Coronavirus Testing JA
2020
2020-10 Biological Ageing KD
2020-09 Health Psychology MB
2020-08 Risk Assessment BE
2020-08 Risk Assessment COVID Event Tree
2020-07 Future of Plastics Recycling TL
2020-06 Vaccines JA
2020-05 BlackHoles NW
2020-04 Pollution CJ
2020-04 Air Pollution MS
2020-02 Genetics introduction KD
2020-02 Gene editing and Modification JA
2020-01 First 4 billion years MO
2019
2019-11 Traffic Congestion FF
2019-10 Renal System JA
2019-08 Visit to Cambridge Zoological Museum
2019-07 Bird Ringing BE
2019-06 Gut-Brain Axis MB
2019-05 Micronutrients JA
2019-05 Macrobiotics DF
2019-04 Colour Science Art and Nature KD
2019-03 Insight Into Electricity CJ
2019-02 S Georgia Wildlife Conservation
2019-01 Solar Evolution NW
2018
2018-11 Materials for Modern Technology
2018-10 Artificial Intelligence MB
2018-09 Recycling and Waste Management
2018-08 Control Engineering CJ
2018-07 Origins of Life KD
2018-07 Extremophiles JA
2018-05 Malaria JA
2018-04 Interrogation and Confession
2018-03 Satellites TL
2018-03 GPS NA
2018-02 British Antarctic Survey
2018-01 Elements of Chemistry
2017
2017-11 Genetic Diseases and Treatment
2017-10 Sugar, Fats and Salt
2017-09 Refrigeration
2017-08 Recording Bird Sounds
2017-07 Belief Systems - a Neurological Basis
2017-06 Potential for Life in the Solar System
2017-05 Solar Energy
2017-04 Herring in the North Sea
2017-03 Socio-Technical Systems
2017-02 Allergies
2017-01 Medical Physics
2016
2016-11 Energy Workshop
- Why We Need Renewables
- Nuclear Power Generation
- Sustainable Alternatives: Mini-nuclear, Wave Tidal, Hydroelectricity
- Wind, Solar, Gas + Fusion and Storage
2016-10 Jupiter
2016-10 Mars
2016-10 Pluto
2016-08 Artificial Intelligence
2016-07 Thermodynamics
2016-06 Population Dynamics
2016-06 Mass extinction
2016-05 Antimicrobials
2016-05 Antibiotic Use
2016-03 Immune System
2016-02 Food and Biodiversity
2016-01 Batteries
2015
2015-11 Forensic Science
2015-10 Water Workshop
- Overview of Water
- Water Waste Treatment
- Water in Industry
2015-07 Food Workshop
- Food-Environmental Considerations
- Sustainable Food
- Food Labelling
2015-06 Visit to John Innes Experimental Plots
2015-05 Fisheries
2015-04 Environment Workshop
- Endocrine Disrupters
- Recycling Household Waste
- Plastics in the Sea
- Transport
- CO2 Emissions per journey
= CO2 Emissions per person
2015-03 Gut Bacteria
2015-02 Cancer
2015-01 Genetics
2014
2014-11 Robots
2014-10 Drug Use and Abuse in Sport
2014-08 Bees
2014-07 Safety Engineering
2014-06 Dementia
2014-04 Visit to Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cambridge
2014-03 What is Science?
2014-02 Personality Assessment
2014-01 Nanotechnology
2013
2013-07 Climate Change
2013 Energy Workshop (files not available)
- Consideration of Carbon Emissions
- Fracking
- Solar Energy