A list of all SciBar events in reverse chronological order

  • 7th March 2016 – The Hidden Science of How the Mind Really Works

    This talk is by Dr Warren Mansell about a scientific theory that has been ignored or misunderstood for over 50 years – Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) – see http://www.pctweb.org. The theory provides a whole new perspective on the mind and society.… continue reading

  • 1st February 2016 – Artificial Intelligence

    Dr Gavin Brown from Manchester University will talk to us about the development of artificial intelligence. We are not very far away from machines being more intelligent than humans,  so we need to consider the timescales and implications of this. continue reading

  • 4th January 2016 – The Impact of Alcohol on the Elderly

    Professor Clare Holdsworth of Keele University will talk to us of the different patterns of alcohol intake as we age and how it is changing in modern times. continue reading

  • 7th December 2015 – Drones

    Professor Andy Miah from the University of Salford will discuss with us what we need to resolve if drones are going to be a much larger part of our environment than currently. I suspect that, as happened when I’ve seen… continue reading

  • 2nd November 2015 – Oceanography

    Oceanography: from Microbes to Global Climate  Speaker: Professor Jonathan Sharples, University of Liverpool. How do the physics, chemistry and biology of some of the world’s smallest organisms, which live in the ocean, help to maintain our climate? continue reading

  • 5th October 2015 – LEDs and the Future of Lighting

    Professor Phillip Dawson from The Alan Turing Building – University of Manchester – will visit Knutsford Scibar to repeat his successful visit to Bollington SciBar to talk to us about LEDs and their significance for the future. continue reading

  • 7th September 2015 – The Square Kilometre Array

    Dr Evan Keane will bring us up to date with a revolutionary new radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Playing a crucial role,  it is possible and affordable for the SKA to be built by 2024. With an unprecedented… continue reading

  • 6th July 2015 – Quantum Biology

    Delivered by “The Manchester Quantum Biology Discussion Team”, comprising Professor Nigel Scrutton, Dr Sam Hay and Dr Alex R Jones. Disappearing in one place and reappearing in another. Being in two places at once. Communicating information seemingly faster than the… continue reading

  • 1st June 2015 – Global Positioning: Where Are We?

    Professor Terry Moore from Nottingham University had been scheduled to lead our discussion on Navigation Systems in December 2014 but, due to an unfortunate accident, he could not attend our  SciBar, which was thus cancelled. He said we can reschedule… continue reading

  • 11th May 2015 – Decrypting the Viral Enigma Code

    Professor Peter Stockley will discuss his work “Decrypting the viral enigma code – recent progress in anti viral therapy”. It certainly sounds much more like trying to solve the German “Enigma” code in the second world war than unravelling how… continue reading

  • 13th April 2015 – Should Animals Have Human Rights?

    Dr Sarah Chan  returns to Knutsford SciBar to discuss what rights – if any – animals should have in experiments. If we bring a Mammoth back from extinction,where will it live and does it matter? There are many other examples… continue reading

  • 2nd March 2015 – Whole Body Imaging

    Brought to us by Professor John Waterton. Whole Body Imaging refers to the internal display of the entire body in a single procedure. It may refer to one of two types of body imaging technologies used for security screening such… continue reading