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Events
Feed your curiosity at our lunchtime discussions with local scientists
Ongoing series
Each event takes a single mystery object and tells its fascinating story
A late night journey into the land of miracles
Thursday 16 February
5x15 on the best and worst of human nature
29 February 2011
Exploring possibilities and dangers with the pioneers of neuroethics.
February - March 2012
Exploring relationships between patients and doctors.
March - May 2012
Changing perceptions and treatment of mental illness in the past 100 years
Sunday 25 March
Explore visual iconography from Christ to Che Guevara, the Coca-Cola bottle to the DNA double helix.
Wednesday 15 February
Changing attitudes to gender crossing and sexuality
Thursday 9 February
Changing perceptions of pregnancy and labour and the rise of obstetrics at the cost of midwifery.
Thursday 8 March
More
Exploring images and interpretations of the brain
Thursday 29 March
How our beliefs can affect our health
Thursday 12 January
With Ronald Hutton, Professor of History, University of Bristol
Wednesday 18 January
An evening exploring our obsession with all things small
Thursday 19 January
What can science tell us about the unexplained?
Thursday 2 February
How juniper and spirit came together in a glass and were consumed for health, pleasure and the promise of immortality
Wednesday 11 January
Tension between Victorian religious belief and scientific discovery.
Thursday 23 February
Dr Iwan Rhys Morus discusses the history of electriciy and the body.
21 March 2012