RAL 'Talking Science' lecture series

Talking Science series 2011-12

This series of FREE monthly scientific lectures by invited speakers takes place at STFC's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory every month.

Book now!

To book your place at any of the events, please either:

• complete the online booking form (link opens in a new window)
• call +44 (0)1235 445 959 (24 hour answer phone)
• email us

Forthcoming talks

• Power mad
  Dr Dan Faircloth (Friday 20 April 2012)
• An astronaut in space
  Tim Peake (Friday 11 May 2012)
• Creative sparks and celestial fire
  Christopher Parkin (Friday 8 June 2012)

Previous talks

We will soon be making our talks available to listen online after the live event. Click below to see details of previous talks held at STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and do come back soon to see the recordings.

• Ernest Rutherford and the big bang machine
  Dr Bruce Kennedy (20 January 2012)
  
• It takes guts
  The Science Museum Team (17 February 2012)
  
• A nourishing legacy: Sport, nutrition and communities
  Peter Wootton-Beard (30 March 2012)
• Surfing to the stars... A life in Astronomy
  Amy Tyndall (09 December 2011)
  
• X-rays to antimatter
  Dr Michael wilson (25 November 2011)
  
• Super intense lasers
  Ceri Brenner (14 October 2011)
  
• How alien invaders can change governments
  Chris Frost (06 May 2011)
  
• In search of the northern lights
  Jim Wild (25 May 2011)
  
• The big squeeze - putting materials under pressure
  Colin Pulham (24 June 2011)
  
• Nuclear physics - past and present
  David Jenkins (21 January 2011)
  
• Astronomy - an incredible journey of discovery
  Marek Kukula (16 February 2011)
  
• Reading the unreadable, probing manuscripts beyond the written word
  Tim Wess (11 March 2011)
  
• Cows in the Maze - mathematical explorations
  Ian Stewart (12 November 2010)
  
• Focus on fusion
  Dr Melanie Windridge (3 December 2010)
  
• 50 years of the laser and its implications in medicine
  Taj Bhutta / Mahmood Bhutta (15 October 2010)

Audio recording of this talk is available if you click the link above

• Antimatter
  Professor Frank Close (15 January 2010)
  
• Nuclear chocolate bars and laser light shows
  Dr Elizabeth Ainsbury and Dr John O'Hagen (24 February 2010)
  
• Darwin's Islands
  Dr David Robertson (26 March 2010)
  
• The Large Hadron Collider: Big science, big bangs and black holes
  Dr Kristian Harder (14 May 2010)
  
• The genetics of ear diseases, and Fair Trade in the NHS
  Mahmood Bhutta (18 June 2010)

Previous years

• Talking Science lecture series: October - December 2009
• Talking Science lecture series: 2008 - 2009
• Talking Science lecture series: 2007 - 2008