Tuesday night saw the return of Cafe Scientifique to Portsmouth, with a presentation title that predictably stirred up the science fiction reader in me - “Is time travel possible?” Continue reading “Cafe Scientifique: Is time travel possible?”

Café Scientifique has started up again here in Portsmouth, and yours truly was there to catch the action. This event featured a talk by Prof. Ajit Narayanan, Head of the School of Computing at Portsmouth University, entitled ‘Can we find a mind gene?’

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The least-mimicked and least interesting meme on the entire intarwebs makes its triumphant return! Ladies and gentlemen, we give you…Friday Plant Blogging!

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As mentioned earlier, I didn’t write a proper post on Tuesday night because I was attending a Cafe Scientifique. Here is my regular report. Continue reading “Cafe Scientifique: Maths in the weirdest places”

It’s that time of week again…Friday means plant blogging! Continue reading “Friday Plant Blogging! As my fig gently weeps…”

I can say with certainty that there were at least forty or so people in the UK last night who weren’t obsessing over the fate of twentytwo overpaid men in shorts and one air-filled leather sack. We had far more interesting things to think about. Continue reading “Cafe Scientifique: Who’s afraid of conscious machines?”

Apologies to regular readers are in order, methinks. Continue reading “Oh, the shame! The shame!”

Last night I attended my first Cafe Scientifique, the second to be held here in Velcro City, put on in a combined effort by the University and the Council. Continue reading “Cafe Scientifique!”